The Official Charts Company have confirmed that Adele’s 21 has overtaken Pink Floyd’s classic The Dark Side Of The Moon, in the UK’s all-time biggest selling albums chart.
21 has now sold over 4,142,000 copies in the UK, making it the seventh biggest-selling album of all-time. However, with just 12,000 sales separating 21 from the Number 6 album, Dire Straits’ 1985 long player Brothers In Arms, Adele could easily overtake the British rockers by the end of this week.
'As every week goes by, another record seems to tumble in front of Adele,' comments the Official Charts Company's Managing Director, Martin Talbot. 'Now, her 21 album has overtaken The Dark Side Of The Moon in the all-time biggest sellers list - and by the end of the week, it may well have overtaken Brothers In Arms, too. Then she will have Michael Jackson's Thriller in her sights. It has been an extraordinary 12 months or so for Adele, and it looks set to become even more extraordinary as the days and weeks go by.'
The biggest selling albums of all-time Top 10 now stands as follows:
1. Greatest Hits – Queen 5,864,000
2. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles 5,045,000
3. Gold: Greatest Hits – ABBA - 4,992,000
4 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis 4,520,000
5 Thriller - Michael Jackson 4,272,000
6 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 4,154,000
7 21 – Adele - 4,142,000
9 Bad - Michael Jackson - 3,960,000
10 Greatest Hits II – Queen - 3,888,000
© The Official Charts Company 2012. All rights reserved.
Source: Official Charts Company – www.officialcharts.com
21 has now sold over 4,142,000 copies in the UK, making it the seventh biggest-selling album of all-time. However, with just 12,000 sales separating 21 from the Number 6 album, Dire Straits’ 1985 long player Brothers In Arms, Adele could easily overtake the British rockers by the end of this week.
'As every week goes by, another record seems to tumble in front of Adele,' comments the Official Charts Company's Managing Director, Martin Talbot. 'Now, her 21 album has overtaken The Dark Side Of The Moon in the all-time biggest sellers list - and by the end of the week, it may well have overtaken Brothers In Arms, too. Then she will have Michael Jackson's Thriller in her sights. It has been an extraordinary 12 months or so for Adele, and it looks set to become even more extraordinary as the days and weeks go by.'
The biggest selling albums of all-time Top 10 now stands as follows:
1. Greatest Hits – Queen 5,864,000
2. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles 5,045,000
3. Gold: Greatest Hits – ABBA - 4,992,000
4 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis 4,520,000
5 Thriller - Michael Jackson 4,272,000
6 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 4,154,000
7 21 – Adele - 4,142,000
9 Bad - Michael Jackson - 3,960,000
10 Greatest Hits II – Queen - 3,888,000
© The Official Charts Company 2012. All rights reserved.
Source: Official Charts Company – www.officialcharts.com
