Adele breaks million mark with No. 1 album

Adele has succeeded in sustaining a sixth week atop the UK album chart, as sales of her sophomore album 21 pass the million mark.

The 'Rolling In The Deep' singer made the milestone after adding another 180,000 copies to her tally this week, breaking the record for the quickest album to make it to seven figures between January and March. In addition to the unprecedented feat, Adele's debut record 19 continues to hang within the top five at four, while her track 'Someone Like You' remains at number one on the singles chart.

"We are witnessing a real superstar in the making," Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company argued. "A million sales in six weeks for one album would be impressive enough but to have another album and two singles continuing to sell so strongly, plus heading both the Official Singles and Albums Charts simultaneously is truly exceptional."

Despite being unable to topple fellow Brit School graduate Adele from the top spot, critically-acclaimed newcomer Jessie J manages to make a strong impression with her debut LP Who You Are, which lands at two with first-week sales of 105,000.

Also arriving high on the ranking is former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher's new band Beady Eye, who make it to third with their first album Different Gear, Still Speeding.

Other significant new entries on the chart this week include the debut records from Clare Maguire and Alexis Jordan, both of whom manage to blast their way through a strong top ten. Maguire's Light After Dark is straight in at seven, while America's Got Talent alumnus Jordan makes it to nine with her self-titled effort.

Further down the listings, a top ten full of newcomers results in every spot between 11 and 20 being occupied by a falling favourite. The most significant loss is collected by the Glee cast, who only recorded a single week in the upper part of the chart with their fourth compilation album, down seven to 11, while Tinie Tempah's Disc-Overy also stumbles out of the top ten, settling for 12 from last Sunday's seven.

Also suffering a substantial drop are Plan B, JLS and Rumer, all of which head down six places with their respective albums The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Outta This World and Seasons Of My Soul - this week's 14, 16 and 19.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Adele: '21'
2. (-) Jessie J: 'Who You Are'
3. (-) Beady Eye: 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'
4. (2) Adele: '19'
5. (3) Rihanna: 'Loud'
6. (6) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
7. (-) Clare Maguire: 'Light After Dark'
8. (5) Mumford & Sons: 'Sigh No More'
9. (-) Alexis Jordan: 'Alexis Jordan'
10. (9) Cee Lo Green: 'The Lady Killer'

Source: Official Charts Company

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