Posted February 4, 201213 yr I was thinking that with Adele breaking so many records of late it may be worth trying to collect them all in one place to further underline her amazingness. I'll put a few I remember down if anyone knows any more feel free to chip in. Singles Biggest selling song by UK female ever (Someone Like you, I think this has now unsold Alexandra Burkes Hallelujah to take this) Biggest selling digital track of all time, biggest selling digital only single of all time (Someone like you, appears to have overtaken I Gotta Feeling which still held the record up to now I think) Albums Biggest Selling Studio Album by Female Artist Ever (Possibly Biggest Selling Album too now if overtaken The Immaculate Collection) 21 Biggest Selling Album in a Calendar Year Ever 21 Most weeks over 100k sales in a row ever (11, 12 non consecutive?) Most weeks over 20k in a row ever 52 Fastest Female Album to sell 2m (joint with Dido) [Fastest selling albums to 2m sales: 1. Robson & Jerome (48 days) 2. Dido / Adele (87 days) 3. Beatles - 1 (97 days)] Most consecutive weeks at no1 for a female artist 21 Most weeks at no1 by a female album ever 21 Most weeks at no1 by a solo artist album ever 21 Most Consecutive Top 10 weeks (ever, by female? Dunno this one) Tonnes of American stuff... Edited February 21, 201213 yr by spicefunk
February 4, 201213 yr I was thinking the other day, it's a shame we didn't have a thread like this since she released her album, since there's probably loads of records she's broken which we've all forgotten about now. :( Although none of us could've known at the time she would break so many records. :lol: One that Adele broke in the US last week, which I do remember, was she is the first time an artist has had 3 songs from an album at #1 at the same time as the album.
February 4, 201213 yr I've mentioned quite a few of them in commentaries over the last year. I'll have to look back at the archives (unless someone else gets there first).
February 4, 201213 yr Has 21 sold the most in a 12 month period or is that Oasis - Morning Glory? Also, in the same 12 months - sales of her 2 albums have probably beaten anyone else's catalogue sales in a 12 month period? Unless Oasis or the Beatles have out sold her cumulative total. Edited February 4, 201213 yr by tonyttt31
February 4, 201213 yr Has 21 sold the most in a 12 month period or is that Oasis - Morning Glory? Also, in the same 12 months - sales of her 2 albums have probably beaten anyone else's catalogue sales in a 12 month period? Unless Oasis or the Beatles have out sold her cumulative total. Yes "21" has beaten Oasis in that respect. Their combined sales of WTSMG stood at 3,730,000 for 95 & 96 combined (roughly 14 months)
February 5, 201213 yr Author I think she'll have biggest selling non top 10 single too before too long, with SFTTR. Did it make no1 in America too?! What was the last British artist or artist to have 3 no1s in a row (and off the same album) there? Wow Ps I know these are all Adele related but they are chart records which i why I think they belong in Chart Chat rather than the artist forum where someone interested in chart records won't see them
February 5, 201213 yr I don't think most Adele fans will have the knowledge to contribute to this thread, so I'm moving it back to Chart forum.
February 5, 201213 yr Author I don't think most Adele fans will have the knowledge to contribute to this thread, so I'm moving it back to Chart forum. ;-) I know normally I'd see the logic of it being in the artist forum, but she's won so many it sort of breaks the rules (as she has about every album record going it feels!)
February 6, 201213 yr Author Most total weeks at no1 in the album chart by a female act too (total 21) - realised I hadn't mentioned that technically before!
February 6, 201213 yr I was thinking that with Adele breaking so many records of late it may be worth trying to collect them all in one place to further underline her amazingness. I'll put a few I remember down if anyone knows any more feel free to chip in. Albums Most weeks over 100k sales in a row ever (11, 12 non consecutive?) 12 weeks, from 5/2-23/4/11 - plus two more just before Xmas.
February 6, 201213 yr Biggest selling non-top 10 by a female artist. (SFTTR is 2nd only to Jason Mraz, who I believe is about 40k ahead with I'm yours)
February 7, 201213 yr Unfortunately she is setting herself a massive wall to climb over with her next album/singles. I can see the media doing what they do best by bigging up an artist and then knocking them to the ground a year later. Its probably impossible for her to sell 4 million copies of her next album here, I just hope the press dont jump on her back when she doesnt realise these heights again
February 7, 201213 yr Even if her next album sells "only" two million there will be people dismissing it as a flop.
February 8, 201213 yr Unfortunately she is setting herself a massive wall to climb over with her next album/singles. I can see the media doing what they do best by bigging up an artist and then knocking them to the ground a year later. Its probably impossible for her to sell 4 million copies of her next album here, I just hope the press dont jump on her back when she doesnt realise these heights again They did with Dido... :(
February 8, 201213 yr Dido had two huge albums though before bombing completely (compared to LFR) And tbh, "Safe Trip Home" was horribly boring. Sometimes press are right too. Just because hardcore fans like something it doesn't mean it's universally liked. Plus sometimes the initial charm is just gone. It's happened to Dido, Norah Jones, Duffy and it might happen to Adele as well at some point. Edited February 8, 201213 yr by SKOB
February 8, 201213 yr Has 21 sold the most in a 12 month period or is that Oasis - Morning Glory? Also, in the same 12 months - sales of her 2 albums have probably beaten anyone else's catalogue sales in a 12 month period? Unless Oasis or the Beatles have out sold her cumulative total. Your 2nd question is an interesting one. Over a 12 month period she has sold over 5 million copies of 19 and 21 (plus an additional ~200k of Live at the RAH and London Itunes Festival) I think it v unlikely that any other artist in history has sold more than 5.2 million albums in 12 months. Plus, another record to add to this list above would be total album sales in a calendar year. Adele sold 5million in 2011 (more if you count LATRAH), whereas the nearest challenger is MJ with 2.7 million in 2009
February 8, 201213 yr She holds the record for most WW sales in a calender year, since they started keeping accurate records. Previous higest was Usher with 12 million, Adele sold 15.7 in 2011, and apparently, WW, has sold over 2 million this year already. (They count the last week in December as week 1 for 2012, because the last day of the week(Sunday) fell in 2012.). Ive been following charts and sales for years , ever since the sixties and have never ever seen an album sell like this in its first year. Its phenomona almost bordering on the paranormal. I mean, she smashed the UK calender year sales record for an individual album by almost 1.3 million. Thats about 50% higher than the previous record. (2.4 million, James Blunt) and in an era when Album sales generally are at an all time low. World wide best sellers over the last 5 years.... 2007 Amy Winehouse 5.5 Million 2008 Coldplay 6.6 Million 2009 Susan Boyle 6 million 2010 Lady gaga 5.9 million 2011 Adele 15.7 Million! Edited February 8, 201213 yr by Olympus
February 8, 201213 yr Yes, she's going to find it hard to emulate these sales consistently for her next Album., However, I believe first week sales will be phenomenal, Both here and in the States.
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