With more and more record-breaking stats starting to make their way in, it seems that Adele’s 25, the singer’s anticipated third album, has quickly become a phenomena, in the short-term at least.
According to Music Week, 25, which was released just four days ago (Friday 20th November), is continuing to shift in massive numbers, out-selling the rest of the UK’s Top 200 albums…. combined!!
Utilising the data in today’s recently-revealed Midweek Charts, Music Week have confirmed that Adele had shifted over 1/2 million copies of 25 up until midnight Sunday – 537,575 to be exact. Excluding the current No.1, the rest of the Top 200 reaches a combined sales-total of 423,304.
Not only is there a margin of over 100,000 there, 25 has now become the second fastest-selling album in UK chart history, falling just behind Oasis’ Be Here Now (the latter sold 696k copies back in 1997). However, Oasis’ accolade utilises a full-week’s worth of sales; should Adele sell a further 160k (or so) copies by Thursday, it will knock the 18 year-old accolade away from Oasis’ hands.
Turns out not allowing fans to stream 25 on the likes of Spotify or Apple Music has paid off, then!
25 can be purchased via the iTunes link below:
