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Chart News: Adele's 25 passes 3m sales in UK
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Adele's 25 passes 3m sales in UK
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Adele's 25 has now sold more than three million copies, as her Saturday headline slot at Glastonbury Festival catapults the album back up the charts in today's midweeks.
25 made its streaming debut last Friday, ahead of the singer's Glasto appearance, with lifetime sales for the album standing at 2,994,383.
Today's sale flash showed it at No.1, on sales of 10,127. That tally comprises 5,320 downloads, 4,351 physical purchases and 456 streaming sales, bringing 25's lifetime total to 3,004,510.
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https://www.musicweek.com/talent/rea...-glasto/065164
25 was the fastest album to reach 1 million sales, fastest album to reach 2 million sales and now fastest album to reach 3 million sales.
Adele is(will) also the only artist to have 2 diamond albums in US and 2 10XPlatinium albums in UK
Sales Breakdown:
19 = 2.32m
21 = 4.95m
25 = 3m
Total = 10.27m albums in UK
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only artist to have an album selling 3+ million in UK this decade. and she has 2
*21 - 4,95 million
*25 - 3 million
i think 25 might also be inside the top 25(!) of the best selling albums of all time in UK. and it's predicted to be #1 this week
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Legends only
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Thought it'd be at 4 million by now... shame she's underperforming.
EDIT: C'mon guys it was a joke I love Adele
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Wow, congrats
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Originally posted by blackbeatxx
legend
only artist to have an album selling 3+ million in UK this decade. and she has 2
*21 - 4,95 million
*25 - 3 million
i think 25 might also be inside the top 25(!) of the best selling albums of all time in UK. and it's predicted to be #1 this week
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Fourth act overall and first female to archive it. & Bublé's CL closes top 25 at 3.1M so it'll take a few weeks.
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Originally posted by MANUELF
And how high is 19?
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According to the link below, on the week '25' was released, '19''s total in the UK was 2,256,976, but that was in November, so maybe 2.3m now? And I'd say '19' is in the Top 40 best-selling albums of all-time in the UK at this point.
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index...owtopic=184376 (need registration to view this part of the site)
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Wow, she's the only artist to have 3m+ selling albums this decade, the fourth person and the first woman ever to achieve this feat?
Legend gets more legendary. Just another day in her life, at this point.
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21, 25, and 19. The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.
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Originally posted by C_Colstead
Wow, she's the only artist to have 3m+ selling albums this decade, the fourth person and the first woman ever to achieve this feat?
Legend gets more legendary. Just another day in her life, at this point.
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What a legend
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Originally posted by C_Colstead
According to the link below, on the week '25' was released, '19''s total in the UK was 2,256,976, but that was in November, so maybe 2.3m now? And I'd say '19' is in the Top 40 best-selling albums of all-time in the UK at this point.
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index...owtopic=184376 (need registration to view this part of the site)
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if I fly to UK again I will buy my physical copy of "19" there. I want legend to have 3 times a 3M album
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Merciless
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Originally posted by C_Colstead
According to the link below, on the week '25' was released, '19''s total in the UK was 2,256,976, but that was in November, so maybe 2.3m now? And I'd say '19' is in the Top 40 best-selling albums of all-time in the UK at this point.
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index...owtopic=184376 (need registration to view this part of the site)
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19 was at a little bit over 2,3 million in march, when her total albums sales in UK exceeded 10 million, so yeah i'd say 2,32 million now. 21 is getting really close to 5 million now aswell and i'd say Sgt Pepper's wig aint safe for that mich longer
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The real Queen of England
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Originally posted by C_Colstead
According to the link below, on the week '25' was released, '19''s total in the UK was 2,256,976, but that was in November, so maybe 2.3m now? And I'd say '19' is in the Top 40 best-selling albums of all-time in the UK at this point.
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index...owtopic=184376 (need registration to view this part of the site)
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Isnt this like having 3 diamond albums?
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Very impressive
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Originally posted by MANUELF
Isnt this like having 3 diamond albums?
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UK's certs are a bit tougher than those of US, but Adele has:
19: 7x plat (8x elligible)
21: 16x plat (highest certified album of all time in UK until BPI changed the rules recently)
25: 9x plat (10x elligible)
by just comparing population US vs UK (hypothetically, but still interesting):
19: 12,4 mill
21: 26,7 mill
25: 16,3 mill
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