Adele - 21

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ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 13 January 2022. Jones, Steve (13 July 2011). "Digital album sales soar, thanks to Adele, Eminem". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011 . Retrieved 15 July 2011. debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on 30 January 2011 with first-week sales of 208,000copies. [118] 21 achieved separate consecutive number-one spells during its 2011 chart run, amassing 23weeks at number one to date. [119] Midway through 2012, 21 was the best-selling album of the year despite being released in early 2011. [120] 21 sold over 5.08million copies as of May 2018, making it the biggest-selling album since 2000 in the UK. [121] As of October 2018, the album sold 5.11million copies, making it the second biggest-selling studio album in the UK, and fourth best-selling album of all time. [122] The success of 21 brought attention to Adele's previous work. 19 climbed to number four on the UK Albums Chart, making Adele the first living act since The Beatles in 1964 to have two UK top five albums and singles simultaneously. [123] A week later, 19 rose to number 2 in its 102nd week of release, making Adele the first act to occupy the chart's top two spots since The Corrs in 1999. [124] [125] Brazilian album certifications – Adele – 21" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved 11 October 2019.

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The album earned Adele seven Grammys. In February 2012, she won the Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form Music Video for "Rolling in the Deep," and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone like You" at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. [222] Additionally, her producer Paul Epworth won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. [223] Adele, who was named Best New Artist in 2009, is only the second artist and the first female in history to win all four major Grammy categories. Christopher Cross achieved the same feat in 1981 with a four-award sweep. [224] She is only the eighth artist in Grammy history to win six or more awards in one night, matching the record set among female artists by Beyoncé in 2010. [225] IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2012". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 1 January 2023.a b c Murphy, John (24 January 2011). "Adele: 21 Review". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011 . Retrieved 24 April 2011. Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1 - all etched, except Ⓜ stamped): XLLP313 B 718128-01 B1 Ⓜ MILES. Caulfield, Keith (2 March 2011). "Adele's 21 Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 With 352,000 Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018 . Retrieved 2 March 2011. Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael (2014). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.

The first is the list of the best-selling domestic albums of 2011 in Finland, the second is that of the foreign albums: Classifica annuale 2011 (dal 27.12.2010 al 01.01.2012) – Album & Compilation" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 16 January 2012. a b c d "Adele 21 (Album)" (in German). Schweizer Hitparade. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013 . Retrieved 18 May 2011.

Williams, Paul (7 September 2011). "Ten million and counting for the unstoppable Adele". Music Week. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012 . Retrieved 7 September 2011. In July 2012, the album was certified decuple platinum by the IFPI, denoting sales of ten million copies across Europe, making it the highest-certified album in Europe since the IFPI Platinum Europe award was launched in 1996. [134] The album lodged 35weeks atop the Irish Albums Chart, [135] the longest in the chart's history, [136] and sold over 270,000copies. [135] Charting 124weeks in Finland from early 2011 to summer of 2013 (with 11weeks atop) and re-entering in early 2014, 21 became the second-longest-charting album of all time in the country. [137] [138] [139] Americas [ edit ] Top stranih– tjedan 1. 2012" (in Croatian). Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014 . Retrieved 3 February 2014.