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Originally posted by HausOfJabril
That's depressing, so undeserved and if it overtakes Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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It's not undeserved at all - an album has to be really big and keep up the momentum to outsell a phenomenon like Morning Glory was in the UK. The fact that 21 was the No 1 album of 2011 and now the No 2 album of 2012 shows its lasting dominance.
It likely won't overtake Sgt Pepper though, being around 500k behind (and with Sgt Pepper obviously always adding to its sales total, if slowly).
Still, if it were to do so in future years, thus becoming the UK's bestselling studio album of all time, it would again be thoroughly deserved. No album has the right to remain set in stone in a position forever, and if a new phenomenon like 21 comes along, it can outsell them.