[Euromillions]

Originally posted by Allthatisholy

21's chartrun:
*1*-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-
2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-4-2-2-3-4-2-
3-4-8-7-9-8-9-5-6-6-6-6-1-2-1-3-4-5-3-1

Beats almost every other album.
Funny thing tho, its chartrun is even better in US.
Compare this to the other bestsellers' chartruns and you'll REALLY see how impressive it is, rather than just looking at sales (which are extremely impressive aswell considering it's only been out 12/13 months!)

Even better, compare the chart runs of the rest of that best selling list in both the UK and US and realise this album's chart performance is already legendary. I can't test the validity of this but it was posted by Pheonix83 on UKMix:

Most combined wks at No 1 in UK and US album charts (non-soundtracks):

45 - Thriller, Michael Jackson (37 in US, 8 in UK)
43 - Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel (33 in UK, 10 in US)
42 - Sgt Pepper, Beatles (15 in US, 27 in UK)
42 - 21, Adele (21 in US, 21 in UK)

"21" is the only non-soundtrack ever to spend at least 20 wks in both UK and US

[Euromillions]

The Top 10 UK list with release dates added. Crazy.

1 1981 Greatest Hits Queen 5,863,000
2 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 5,044,000
3 1992 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 4,989,000
4 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 4,517,000
5 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson 4,248,000
6 1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 4,152,000
7 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 4,114,000
8 2011 21 Adele 4,020,000
9 1987 Bad Michael Jackson 3,959,000
10 1991 Greatest Hits II Queen 3,887,000

thanks to Hotelier on digitalspy for the list!

[Lukitoo]

Wow at Adele taking Madonna off the top 10

[Delta]

Originally posted by Lukitoo

Wow at Adele taking Madonna off the top 10

Madonna's albums have never been big deal in the UK.

[iamvladd]

Originally posted by JClarkSTAN

So undeserved.

You almost became the first person I ever reported.

[Delita_chan]

This is a person who deserves the record and has done it through hard work and true talent. You go, Adele.

[Squall]

She did it !

Impressive, coming for the 4,5M !

[JClarkSTAN]

Originally posted by Delita_chan

This is a person who deserves the record and has done it through hard work and true talent. You go, Adele.

Hard work?

[Waffles_]

Gunna get flack for this but.

Do we really REALLY need a thread every time Adele passes anyone in sales? There are plenty of places to discuss this....hell we have an Adele album sales thread. Its getting just a bit ridiculous. I know I am new here but the forum clutter of non news worthy "news" drives me nuts.

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by Wafflecakes

Gunna get flack for this but.

Do we really REALLY need a thread every time Adele passes anyone in sales?

Right. What we really need is a copy-by-copies sold ticker on top of the ATRL logo.

[iLays]

QUEEN

[Lukitoo]

Originally posted by Delta

Madonna's albums have never been big deal in the UK.

I just meant The Immaculate Collection was #10 before 21 entered the list. And it was the best-selling album by a female artist in British music history.

[Get $leazy]

Legendary.

[chanel]

Originally posted by Lukitoo

I just meant The Immaculate Collection was #10 before 21 entered the list. And it was the best-selling album by a female artist in British music history.

yea nobody said anything about that

[tcweh]

And people still try to deny that shes the biggest Female Out there right now

[chanel]

Originally posted by tcweh

And people still try to deny that shes the biggest Female Out there right now

you gotta give it to her... she is doing the damn thing

[Loghen]

Originally posted by Wafflecakes

Gunna get flack for this but.

Do we really REALLY need a thread every time Adele passes anyone in sales? There are plenty of places to discuss this....hell we have an Adele album sales thread. Its getting just a bit ridiculous. I know I am new here but the forum clutter of non news worthy "news" drives me nuts.

I think the fact that it passes the best-selling album ever in the UK, which isn't exactly an irrelevant market, makes it thread worthy enough.

[MrCookiepants]

She really is set to become a legend. Look at the company she's in.

[Allthatisholy]

It'll get to #4 on the all time chart sometime this fall, bit i dunno about ever enter top 3 tho (altho some chartexperts mean that some of the sales are controversial. Like the numbers of Queen GH, where different editions and half of the GH1&GH2 bundle edition is counted or smt like that, and sergeant pepper's sales basically has 1 million in sales not accounted for. But it's the way it is.)

[Tainted Blood]

Originally posted by chanel

yea nobody said anything about that

Is that really surprising for you? It's ATRL, people are anti-Madonna here.

The funny thing is: when she surpassed Madonna months ago, i wasn't even pressed because i was happy for Adele, i thought she deserved it. And Madonna is my n°1 fave! Really show how some people can be more mature than others in some situations...