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Adele's '21' Is The Biggest-Selling Album Of The MILLENNIUM

Granted, there's been only 15 years of it so far but that's BIG...

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Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 12:20

Adele officially rules the world with 21 being named the biggest-selling artist album of the millennium to date.

Our friends over at the Official Charts Company have totted up the figures and can reveal that the 'Someone Like You' singer-songwriter has sold almost 4,740,000 copies of her second studio album in the UK to date...well over a million copies clear of her nearest rival...

Amy Winehouse's Back To Black places second with 3,560,000 copies shifted since its 2006 release and James Blunt comes in third with his Back To Bedlam LP selling 3,310,000.

At No.4 with Spirit is X Factor winner Leona Lewis who has so far sold 3,130,000 copies in the UK and rounding off the Top 5 is Dido who's No Angel has shifted 3,080,000 copies.

Elsewhere in the Top 50, Take That and Robbie Williams tie for the most entries with four apiece and only two albums in the list were released before the year 2000 - David Gray's White Ladder (8) and ABBA's Gold - Greatest Hits (19).

The Top 10 Official Biggest-Selling Artist Albums Of The Millennium So Far:

1. Adele - 21
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
4. Leona Lewis - Spirit
5. Dido - No Angel
6. Beatles - 1
7. Michael Buble - Crazy Love
8. David Gray - White Ladder
9. Lady Gaga - The Fame
10. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

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