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Originally posted by Red
I mean, 21 is going to reach diamond in the US before too long. A diamond-selling album? In two years? IN THIS MUSIC CLIMATE? And unlike some artists who are primarily album sellers, Adele had three #1 hits off of 21, and let's not forget about another song that reached the top 20 despite everyone and their mother already owning the album.
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Great points. Like you say the climate is so hostile to high album sales (illegal downloading, cherry picking off iTunes, general economic slowdown, wider variety of entertainment options to spend your money on).In such a climate, to sell 10m in the US, 4m+ in the UK, over 1m in France, Canada, Germany and (soon) Australia is just phenomenal.
Let's face facts, if 21 had been released in the 90s and had the same chart runs it has had now, it would have sold 50m copies worldwide. It would be the 2nd biggest selling album of all time.
How people can think it's a fad escapes me. Oh wait, they don't - they just wish Adele would go away to stop embarrassing their faves both critically and commercially.