Mar

4

2012

Adele’s ’21′ Certified 8x Platinum

Written by Trent | Filed under Adele,Charts

Adele has achieved an astounding new benchmark as her ’21′ album continues to race toward diamond status in the US. The record, which has held the top slot on the Billboard 200 for 22 non-consecutive weeks, has been certified 8x platinum.

’21′ has been awarded the 8x platinum certification by the RIAA for shipments exceeding 8 million copies in the US. The record has thus far sold over 7.65 million copies at retail outlets and is on track to sell yet another 200K copies by March 5th. Additionally, ’21′ has been certified 15x platinum and sold over 4 million copies in Adele’s UK home territory.

Thus far, ’21′ has generated 3 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 - ‘Rolling in the Deep’, ‘Someone like You’ and ‘Set Fire to the Rain’. Moreover, ‘Rolling in the Deep’ has surpassed Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’ as the biggest-selling digital single by a female artist in the US history with sales exceeding 6.68 million downloads. The song is now ranked as the second most downloaded track of all time behind the Black Eyed Pears’ ‘I Gotta Feeling’, which sold 7.82 million copies via digital retailers.

The good news did not end there for Adele, though. Her debut album, ’19′, which was released in 2008, has just been certified 2x platinum in the US. Furthermore, the LP has sold over 1.99 million copies in that country.

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11 Comments

1. Pokemon Trainer(Sinnoh) says:

   March 4, 2012 at 11:31 am

   looooool @ That GIF!!!! Oh my Lord, who is still buying this woman’s album? Gwan Adele! GET MONEY Yesss lol.

   If only Rihanna could sell albums like that *smh* lol
2. MzGoodBadGirl says:

   March 4, 2012 at 12:20 pm

   Even though I’m not a fan fan if Adeles she’s giving bitches her ASS to kiss, LMAO
3. rorymaynor says:

   March 4, 2012 at 12:44 pm

   @Pokemon Trainer(Sinnoh)

   What do you mean if only Rihanna could sell albums like that???
   If only ANY of these female artists can sale like that. Gaga, Bey, or Katy don’t sale like that. It’s just weird that you singled out Rihanna.
4. Ugh says:

   March 4, 2012 at 1:27 pm

   i still don’t get the hype. congrats though
5. Girrrl says:

   March 4, 2012 at 2:41 pm

   this is good for the music industry! let’s hope that more albums sell like this in the future. I think Confessions was the last big seller like this.
6. YAAAAS says:

   March 4, 2012 at 3:40 pm

   I love the fact that Adele is sucessful cause it shows that there are some of us that still love and appreciate soulful singers and its not always about the sexy image. I’m tired of the auto tuned dance music, I want to hear some real singing about real issues I’m going through.
7. Cliff says:

   March 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm

   its gonna be diamond certified for sure,
8. Theman says:

   March 5, 2012 at 1:53 am

   Lol Trent said this would buzz out at about 7 or 8x platinum and he was wrong. Keep it going Adele. People that love great music are buying her albums. Radio needs to wake up, if they play more music like hers that happens to be versatile, more people would support.
9. Army Of Queen Aaliyah says:

   March 5, 2012 at 3:05 am

   SLAY-Adele Is Still Snatching Wigs !? #Deal

   Anywho @Trent It’s Rumored That Aaliyah The Late Queen Of Urban Pop Is Releasing A New Album youknowigotsoul.com/?p=18717 & m.thatgrapejuice.net/2012/03/aaliyah-album-producer/
   #Slay.Com
10. Shea Butter says:

    March 5, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    I think the sing song era is coming back, the ballad with vocal runs and just the era of vocal performance is trying to make a comeback in my opinion.
11. Theman says:

    March 6, 2012 at 4:10 am

    I agree Shea folks want real music. Dance music is cool, but folks need a variation…