[Kaluda]

Impressive.

[!ola]

The album is so overrated

[chanel]

Originally posted by Tainted Blood

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...

Yea thats true but its more or less people make a big deal out of nothing. Its a good feat for someone when people always claim that albums dont sell

[Phoenix83]

Originally posted by 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.)

I predicted getting to #4 but no higher. Would still be an incredible achievement to outsell Morning Glory in the UK though.

Sgt Pepper is the one that annoys me (despite the fact it may be the greatest album in history). I don't care about Greatest Hits albums being above 21, but I don't want to think it has been denied its place as bestselling studio album of all time because someone mysteriously "added" 1 million sales to Sgt Pepper's total...

[ramyon74]

Originally posted by Phoenix83

I predicted getting to #4 but no higher. Would still be an incredible achievement to outsell Morning Glory in the UK though.

She will definately go #4...she only needs 200K. sold well over 500K in the last 5 months..and still in the top 5....mother's day this weekend too

[B94]

Originally posted by !ola

The album is so overrated

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Ironic.

[melomano]

Originally posted by JClarkSTAN

So undeserved.

She can NOT be at the same (or higher) level...

I mean, she is not a complete artist like Michael Jackson, her songs only talk about love...

I'm not here for these news...

[Allthatisholy]

Originally posted by ramyon74

She will definately go #4...she only needs 200K. sold well over 500K in the last 5 months..and still in the top 5....mother's day this weekend too

Mother's day is in march in UK.
Different dates in different countries

[ramyon74]

Originally posted by Allthatisholy

Mother's day is in march in UK.
Different dates in different countries

Shame, anyway should help things along in the US

[bendi_94]

Originally posted by melomano

She can NOT be at the same (or higher) level...

I mean, she is not a complete artist like Michael Jackson, her songs only talk about love...

I'm not here for these news...

Since whenn a real artists have to have songs about few subjects?

[ramyon74]

Originally posted by melomano

She can NOT be at the same (or higher) level...

I mean, she is not a complete artist like Michael Jackson, her songs only talk about love...

I'm not here for these news...

Michael Jackson was much more than just a fantastic singer...and song writer...his dance moves & choreography were revolutionary too....

[berberocka]

The pressed have remained "pressed' as usual...ADELE once again, doesnt give a damn and remains unbothered once more

[Phoenix83]

Originally posted by melomano

She can NOT be at the same (or higher) level...

I mean, she is not a complete artist like Michael Jackson, her songs only talk about love...

I'm not here for these news...

No one is claiming she is above Michael Jackson as an all-round entertainer.

What is true though is that her album which "only talks about love" as you put it (and is probably the best album ever made about relationship breakups along with Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours") has proven more universally popular in the UK than Thriller.

Why does this news disturb you so much?

[Allthatisholy]

To paraphrase a classic Megadeth song:
21 sells...but who's buying?

[Ichinaru19]

Why do people keep asking who is buying 21? The population in the UK is like 60 million and the in the US its 300 + million...

[Allthatisholy]

I know, i just listened to the aforementioned song, and it fit in with the usual comments here by tweens.
Fact is, everyone is buying it. And by that, i mean it has broken demographic barriers like almost no other album before. Everyone from teen girls to grandmas, to happy wives to widows to middle aged ceo's to gays to hiphoppers to metalheads to hiptsters are buying it.
And thus, keeps selling

[Phoenix83]

Originally posted by Allthatisholy

I know, i just listened to the aforementioned song, and it fit in with the usual comments here by tweens.
Fact is, everyone is buying it. And by that, i mean it has broken demographic barriers like almost no other album before. Everyone from teen girls to grandmas, to happy wives to widows to middle aged ceo's to gays to hiphoppers to metalheads to hiptsters are buying it.
And thus, keeps selling

Yup that's it. Teenage girls who buy stuff by boy bands/Britney etc. will also buy 21 for the heartbreak songs. Young adult fans of soul/country/indie music will also all flock to the album as it contains musical elements appealing to all of them. Older generations will find it melodic and reminiscent of great singers of previous eras (my dad who is almost 60 likes the album because Adele reminds him of Alison Moyet, a British singer from the 80s). Every age group, even pensioners, can buy the album and not find it 'threatening' or 'weird' because they can appreciate the music - you couldn't imagine many pensioners buying the likes of Gaga and Rihanna and 'getting' the album. And fans of other genres like metal heads will make 21 their rare purchase of another style of music.

I've been thinking whether another album that I can remember has had such wide appeal. Certainly none this century has. You have to go back to late 90s albums like Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill", Shania's "Come On Over" and (in the UK only) Oasis' "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" to find anything approaching an equivalent.

I think really though you have to go back to Thriller.

[Mr. Duff]

Originally posted by JClarkSTAN

So undeserved.

Why? I think Adele really deserves her sales.

[Allthatisholy]

Originally posted by Phoenix83

Yup that's it. Teenage girls who buy stuff by boy bands/Britney etc. will also buy 21 for the heartbreak songs. Young adult fans of soul/country/indie music will also all flock to the album as it contains musical elements appealing to all of them. Older generations will find it melodic and reminiscent of great singers of previous eras (my dad who is almost 60 likes the album because Adele reminds him of Alison Moyet, a British singer from the 80s). Every age group, even pensioners, can buy the album and not find it 'threatening' or 'weird' because they can appreciate the music - you couldn't imagine many pensioners buying the likes of Gaga and Rihanna and 'getting' the album. And fans of other genres like metal heads will make 21 their rare purchase of another style of music.

I've been thinking whether another album that I can remember has had such wide appeal. Certainly none this century has. You have to go back to late 90s albums like Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill", Shania's "Come On Over" and (in the UK only) Oasis' "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" to find anything approaching an equivalent.

I think really though you have to go back to Thriller.

21 is the first non-rock album in atleast 5 years that i've bought.
And while i was at it, i bought 19 aswell -