25 became just the 20th album to sell a million copies in a single week (in Nielsen history) when it arrived with 3.38 million sold in the week ending November 26.
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Adele’s latest album, 25, has topped the charts for the second week running.
After returning from a break earlier this year, Adele is still paying off tax bill worth 4 million pounds from 2014. This makes her the first artist to sell a million copies of the same album in two different weeks since Nielsen Music began tracking album sales.
Even though streaming is still huge, 51% of the sales of Adele’s album have been from physical copies – vinyl and CDs, according to a report. The final word on her second-week sales will be released on December 6th.
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And Adele has admitted she still has five “really great” songs leftover from when she was writing the album. Elsewhere in the album charts, Elvis Presley held second position with the If I Can Dream compilation while Justin Bieber’s objective held on to third. Love Yourself was the most streamed single of the week with 5.97 million plays. Getty Adele has had a fantastic comeback It has already achieved the feat of being the quickest million-selling album in United Kingdom chart historical past, after it bumped Ed Sheeran’s x off the top spot.
