March 21, 201213 yr The 'Dark Side Of The Moon' sold around 50 million worldwide. So we'll see if Adele can break that, there's more to the UK market remember. Hence the topic title being "Adele overtakes Pink Floyd in UK’s biggest selling album" :lol:
March 21, 201213 yr Yeah, no one saying that she's approaching the all-time #1 worldwide, where it is worldwide is irrelevant to this topic which is about the UK and the UK alone. The higher reaches of the worldwide chart are pretty much unattainable now (although we thought that about the UK one as well and Adele has gone and disproven that so who knows). It's the first album since 'Confessions' (2004) to appear on the Wikipedia article for 'best-selling albums', which includes any albums with claimed sales of 20m+.
March 21, 201213 yr Yeah, no one saying that she's approaching the all-time #1 worldwide, where it is worldwide is irrelevant to this topic which is about the UK and the UK alone. The higher reaches of the worldwide chart are pretty much unattainable now (although we thought that about the UK one as well and Adele has gone and disproven that so who knows). It's the first album since 'Confessions' (2004) to appear on the Wikipedia article for 'best-selling albums', which includes any albums with claimed sales of 20m+. I don't think it was, back to bedlam, spirit and back to black have proven that modern albums can get clost to the top 10 at least. I mean Back to Black is only just over 2 million short of the record in itself, so it was never completely impossible. Recent music has often done better in the album chart than in the singles chart, I mean is anything recent EVER going to break Candle In The Wind's record????
March 21, 201213 yr I don't think it was, back to bedlam, spirit and back to black have proven that modern albums can get clost to the top 10 at least. I mean Back to Black is only just over 2 million short of the record in itself, so it was never completely impossible. Recent music has often done better in the album chart than in the singles chart, I mean is anything recent EVER going to break Candle In The Wind's record???? Back To Bedlam, Back To Black and Spirit were released before album sales went completely down the shitter though - and by 'the higher reaches' I was referring more to the top 3/5, although even top 10 seemed unattainable with how bad album sales are now. Especially getting there as quick as Adele has - in just fourteen months of chart action in a low sales environment she's overtaken legendary monster hit albums like 'Bad', 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' and soon 'Brothers In Arms' and 'Thriller'. The upper reaches of the all-time top singles are even more unattainable with just one song this century going over 1.5 million (though we may start to see more getting to those heights now the biggest of hits can sail past the million once again, Someone Like You, Moves Like Jagger, Party Rock Anthem, Price Tag etc.) and I don't think Candle In The Wind will ever be beaten. Will any new song ever even break the top 10?
March 21, 201213 yr I'd say she's more influential than Dire Straits. Way, way too soon to make this claim. Come back in 10-15 years.
March 21, 201213 yr Her overtaking "Dark Side of the Moon" is quite scary really. Still, I'll be more annoyed when she beats the 24 million mark of "Hybrid Theory" in the worldwide albums of the century list.
March 21, 201213 yr Her overtaking "Dark Side of the Moon" is quite scary really. Still, I'll be more annoyed when she beats the 24 million mark of "Hybrid Theory" in the worldwide albums of the century list. Well, prepare yourself for it, because it's going to happen before the summer. 21 has shipped over 22million copies and is currently selling 1-2 million worldwide per month
March 21, 201213 yr Well, prepare yourself for it, because it's going to happen before the summer. 21 has shipped over 22million copies and is currently selling 1-2 million worldwide per month Hence the use of "when" rather than "if".
March 21, 201213 yr So, she will get to #4 fairly by the end of the year max (possibly - I keep on expecting a slump but she is just a constant seller still!) - not sure if she will get into the top 3 before totally running out of steam, but trickle sales will be on her side for a fair few years.
March 22, 201213 yr Hence the use of "when" rather than "if". Hence the importance of you preparing yourself for it. Especially as you already seem a bit annoyed :P
March 22, 201213 yr Hence the importance of you preparing yourself for it. Especially as you already seem a bit annoyed :P Thanks for telling me to prepare myself for something I'm already prepared for. I can tell you're going to be an excellent poster.
March 22, 201213 yr would love if Adele was top 3 by the end of the year. love even more people saying its a travesty if she did. no its not....
March 22, 201213 yr Thanks for telling me to prepare myself for something I'm already prepared for. I can tell you're going to be an excellent poster. Charlie. My first post was being light hearted and informative. It was you that took it the wrong way and responded in an over-reactive, grumpy and downright patronizing way. So whether or not you spend a lot of time behind your computer screen typing posts on this site, you need to look at how 'excellent' a poster you are. Herbs- you're right, of course it's not a travesty that 21 could become top 3. There are millions of people in the UK that prefer Adele to Oasis, Oasis to Adele, Abba to The Beatles, etc etc with any two of the top 10 bestsellers. It's completely subjective as to what the 'better' music is.
March 22, 201213 yr The most astonishing thing about the success of "21" is the sales climate in which she is achieving these incredible sales and the rate that she has sold over 4 million - no record in UK history has sold that quickly and many of the Top 10 have accumulated the majority of their sales over a decade or more. Adele's "21" hasn't been out more than 60 weeks yet!
March 22, 201213 yr There is no value judgement about this list that some are placing on it. It's simply a list of albums that the most people have bought.
March 22, 201213 yr It isnt even selling for a discounted price yet :o It's only selling for half the price that 'Morning Glory' did 17 years ago, not 1/3 of it! :o
March 22, 201213 yr Charlie. My first post was being light hearted and informative. It was you that took it the wrong way and responded in an over-reactive, grumpy and downright patronizing way. So whether or not you spend a lot of time behind your computer screen typing posts on this site, you need to look at how 'excellent' a poster you are. Herbs- you're right, of course it's not a travesty that 21 could become top 3. There are millions of people in the UK that prefer Adele to Oasis, Oasis to Adele, Abba to The Beatles, etc etc with any two of the top 10 bestsellers. It's completely subjective as to what the 'better' music is. Lighten up, it's called sarcasm. I'm not claiming it's a travesty that Adele is outselling "better" albums because IMO she's been doing that most weeks since the album was released. I just think that the sales of 21 are disproportionately high compared to its cultural impact and possible legacy, particular when contrasted with some of the albums in the top 10/20 that she's overtaking now.
March 22, 201213 yr Ooooooooh Abba could be #2 by the year end :o I can't believe Gold has sold that much!
March 22, 201213 yr Lighten up, it's called sarcasm. I'm not claiming it's a travesty that Adele is outselling "better" albums because IMO she's been doing that most weeks since the album was released. I just think that the sales of 21 are disproportionately high compared to its cultural impact and possible legacy, particular when contrasted with some of the albums in the top 10/20 that she's overtaking now. Overall I'm not a massive fan of the album, it has a lot of forgetful tracks in my opinion. BUT I disagree about the cultural impact - all you need to do is watch her royal albert hall performance of 'Someone Like You' to realise the cultural impact she has had, especially in the UK
March 22, 201213 yr Overall I'm not a massive fan of the album, it has a lot of forgetful tracks in my opinion. BUT I disagree about the cultural impact - all you need to do is watch her royal albert hall performance of 'Someone Like You' to realise the cultural impact she has had, especially in the UK She's a popular artist, no doubt. But bigger than "Thriller"? Really?
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