Excluding albums that were released on an irregular schedule, or, arrived early due to street-date violation sales, the 493,000 gain was the largest weekly unit increase for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. Among them:ġ) It broke the record for the most weeks for a woman at the top of Billboard's album chart, displacing in the week of Whitney Houston's funeral her soundtrack LP for The Bodyguard.Ģ) The record sold 730,000 copies in its 21st week at #1, following Adele's six wins at the 2012 Grammy Awards, moving from 237,000 copies during the previous seven days. But why not be obvious?'Ģ1's 21st week at #1 on the American album chart resulted in a number of milestones. I tried to think of other album titles but couldn't come up with anything that represented the album properly, I kept swerving 21 thinking it was obvious. The whole reason I called my first album 19 was about cataloguing what happened to me then and who I was then, like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years. All of which is helping define me and turning me in to who I'm becoming. Everyday something happens that affects me, whether it be relationships, events, something I hear, something I see or something I feel. I'm more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles.

The British singer explained on her website that the album 'knocked me for six when writing it.' She added: 'It's different from 19, it's about the same things but in a different light. Like 19, the 21 title refers to Adele's age at the time the songs were written.

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