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Adele's '21' has become the 8th biggest selling album of all time

  • February 28, 2012
  • Mikey

Adele's '21' has overtaken Michael Jackson's 'Bad' to become the 8th biggest selling album ever in the UK, according to The Official Charts Company.

Sales of 65,091 last week were also enough for it to pass the 4,000,000 sales barrier, ending its 21st week at Number One with a total of 4,020,000. Since its release in January last year it has never left the Top 10.

The next target for '21' is Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', which has sold 4,114,000 odd copies.

However, the title of biggest selling album ever is still a long way away, currently belonging to Queen's 'Greatest Hits' on 5,863,000.

More exciting news about Adele selling truck loads of CDs as it happens.

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