Stats: Adele sells 1 million copies in Australia

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ADELE'S album 21 has become the first album in a decade to sell a million copies in Australia.

The album crossed the magical seven figure mark this week, just shy of the second anniversary of its release date of January 19 2011.

Delta Goodrem's Innocent Eyes was the last album to achieve the impressive feat in 2003.

21 spent 32 weeks at No.1 in Australia and has never dropped lower than No.46 since it debuted on the ARIA chart two years ago.

The album is at No.29 this week, after 103 weeks on the chart.

It spawned the hit singles Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You, Set Fire to the Rain and Rumour Has It.

Defying declining album sales, 21 has sold a remarkable 26 million copies internationally, including 10 million in the US and 4.5 million in the UK.
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Steve Cross, head of Adele's Australian record label Remote Control, said the album's success was a major achievement.

"It's a decade since an album sold this many copies in Australia and to achieve a million sales in two years, in the current climate, is remarkable. That speaks volumes for the quality of the album and the genuine connection it has made with Australians.

"It's all the more incredible if you factor in the fact that Remote Control is an independent label and we had a staff of five people when 21 was released."

Australia's highest-selling album remains John Farnham's Whispering Jack, which has sold 1.6 million since 1986.

However the list of million-selling albums in Australia does not include albums released before ARIA began tracking sales in the 1970s, leaving out albums by the Beatles as well as 1965's The Sound of Music soundtrack which spent a near-unmatchable 77 weeks at No.1 on the Australian chart.

AUSTRALIA'S MILLION SELLING ALBUMS

Whispering Jack - John Farnham (1986) - 1.6 million
Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (1977) - 1.2 million
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982) 1.2 million
Brothers in Arms - Dire Staits (1985) - 1.19 million
The Best of ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 1.1 million
Come on Over - Shania Twain (1997) 1.05 million
Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (2003) - 1.05 million
Arrival - ABBA (1976) - 1.05 million
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (1973) - 1 million
Grease - Soundtrack (1978) - 1 million
Greatest Hits - Queen (1981) - 1 million
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette (1995) - 1 million

SOURCE: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ent...-1226555660510

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21 has become the first album in a decade to sell a million copies in Australia

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21 spent 32 weeks at No.1 in Australia and has never dropped lower than No.46

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Remote Control is an independent label and we had a staff of five people when 21 was released

Queen ADELE.

BSPEARSUK

That's a massive achievement

Retro

Holy crap.

Katy.Kat.23

Legend.

DG1

Impressive

B94

This gif.

Congrats to the Queen.

theo.

ABEL-o-matic

The Queen of Australia

Only with 1 album

Queen Adele and King Buble ruling a whole continent

Pluto

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21 spent 32 weeks at No.1 in Australia

Underdogs

Amazing

Tylerbv

So impressive

bobbymfw

Not even P!nk.

Aden

Get it, Adele.

DAP

DvnR

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Remote Control is an independent label and we had a staff of five people when 21 was released

Adele , the ULTIMATE breakthrough story

.:Allen:.

Pink hasn't sold a million? Really?

Congrats tho to Adele

Alexz

Whispering Jack - John Farnham (1986) - 1.6 million
Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (1977) - 1.2 million
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982) 1.2 million
Brothers in Arms - Dire Staits (1985) - 1.19 million
The Best of ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 1.1 million
Come on Over - Shania Twain (1997) 1.05 million
Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (2003) - 1.05 million
Arrival - ABBA (1976) - 1.05 million
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (1973) - 1 million
Grease - Soundtrack (1978) - 1 million
Greatest Hits - Queen (1981) - 1 million
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette (1995) - 1 million

All these albums are fantastic

iamvladd

Starstruck.

Wow!