The latest sales data from the Official Charts Company reveals that 21 become the UK’s fifth biggest selling album of all-time, selling 4,274,300 copies in the UK, one place behind Oasis' What's The Story Morning Glory.
21 has spent 66 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, 23 of those at number one and has outsold Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black to become the biggest selling album of the 21st Century.
The Top 10 biggest-ever selling albums in the UK are now:
1. Greatest Hits (1981) - Queen
2. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967) - The Beatles
3. Gold - Greatest (1992) - ABBA
4. What's The Story Morning Glory (1995) - OASIS
5. 21 (2011) – Adele
6. Thriller (1982) - Michael Jackson
7. Brothers In Arms (1985) - Dire Straits
8. The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd
9. Bad (1987) - Michael Jackson
10. Greatest Hits II (1991) - Queen
© 2012 the Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
21 has spent 66 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, 23 of those at number one and has outsold Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black to become the biggest selling album of the 21st Century.
The Top 10 biggest-ever selling albums in the UK are now:
1. Greatest Hits (1981) - Queen
2. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967) - The Beatles
3. Gold - Greatest (1992) - ABBA
4. What's The Story Morning Glory (1995) - OASIS
5. 21 (2011) – Adele
6. Thriller (1982) - Michael Jackson
7. Brothers In Arms (1985) - Dire Straits
8. The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd
9. Bad (1987) - Michael Jackson
10. Greatest Hits II (1991) - Queen
© 2012 the Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.