News US Register Of Copyrights essentially quashes major labels' request - for now News Ms Adkins laughs in the face of the 'album is dead' crowd Analysis Has the new Friday release date put the kibosh on a key sales opportunity for labels? News Kurt Hugo Schneider has 6m subscribers on his channel News UK sales storm past half a million in three days Analysis Latest piracy charts throw assumed logic into question. Adele does that a lot. News American sales record looks like a foregone conclusion News Over 300k sold in the UK - US performance is "beyond belief"