Adele had a thing or two to say about the Brit Awards producers who cut off her acceptance speech.  And sales of her CD “21″ speak volumes in the US, as Adele breaks a big record.Adele won Best Album at the BRIT Awards last night, but was cut off by the host.  Her speech was running long (because the crowd wouldn’t stop cheering, btw!), so the host came up and said he had to introduce the band Blur, who closed out the show.

Adele made a quick exit, but not before flipping THE BIRD for all to see.  Afterwards, she apologized:

I was cut off during my speech but I wanted to thank the British public for all their support.

I was held up with my voice and troubles but the album kept walking without me.  I flipped the bird for the suits at the BRITS who cut me off.  Sorry if I offended anyone but it was for them, not for the fans.

The host of the BRIT Awards, James Corden, was also equally appalled and embarrassed:

I don’t understand quite why I was made to [cut her short]…she’s the biggest star in the world.  I don’t understand what happened but I’m upset about it.

Blur played for 11 minutes, and she didn’t get [the] chance to say thank you once.

On a brighter note for Adele, “21″ just scored its 21st week at #1 on the Billboard album chart, making it the longest-running number one album by a woman in history.  Eerily enough, the album she just passed was “The Bodyguard” by Whitney Houston.  It is also the longest-running number one album in the SoundScan era.

She still has a few more records to break, so here are the albums with the most weeks at #1, according to Billboard:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year

54, “West Side Story” soundtrack, 1962**

37, “Thriller,” Michael Jackson, 1983

31, “Rumours,” Fleetwood Mac, 1977

31, “South Pacific” soundtrack, 1958

31, “Calypso,” Harry Belafonte, 1956 24, “Purple Rain,” Prince and the Revolution/Soundtrack, 1984

24, “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, 1978

21, “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em,” M.C. Hammer, 1990

21, “21,” Adele, 2011

** (The figure of 54 weeks at No. 1 combines the set’s time atop separate stereo and mono LP charts before the Billboard 200 became a singular ranking the week of Aug. 17, 1963.)

More Billboard fun facts about Adele’s album:

• “21″ also turns one-year old on the Billboard 200 as it claims its 52nd week on the list. The album has never left the top 10 in its entire chart run, dipping only as low as No. 7 on Dec. 10, 2011.
• Adele is not only No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, but she’s also No. 4 with her debut set, “19″.This is the first time an act has two concurrent albums in the top four of the chart since Oct. 9, 2004, when Nelly’s concurrently-released “Suit” and “Sweat” were Nos. 2 and 4 in their second week on the chart.
• 7,353,000 – Total number of copies “21″ has sold in the U.S.
• 2.34% – Percentage of the U.S. population that owns “21″ (based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s current population estimate of 313,059,000; and if each “21″ owner only has one copy).