21 (Adele album)
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21 is the second album by the British singer Adele . It was released on January 19, 2011. The album reached number one in the charts in the entire German-speaking area, but also in Adele's homeland, the United Kingdom . With over 5 million units sold, it is the best-selling album of the 21st century to date and the fourth most successful album ever.
The album contains eleven songs, and Adele contributed the lyrics to ten contributions. The album cover shows a close-up of Adele's face, including "Adele" in the same font and size and the album title "21". The picture is gray, the lettering is white and green.
success
The album entered the German-language charts at the beginning of February and reached number one in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 21 also peaked in several other European countries, including Adele's homeland, the United Kingdom, as well as the United States and Canada.
Adele is the first British female artist to sell three million albums in the UK in one year. On November 30, 2011 it was announced that 21 was the most downloaded album in Germany to date with over 140,000 downloads. At the Grammy Awards 2012 , Adele received 6 trophies, including the categories “Recording of the Year”, “Record of the Year” and “Best Song of the Year” ( Rolling in the Deep ).
Album title
The album title 21 refers to Adele's age at the time she composed and recorded the tracks, as on her debut album 19 .
Single releases
The single Rolling in the Deep was released on November 29, 2010. In Germany and Switzerland the song reached number one, in Austria and Great Britain it rose to number three. The song also became a number one hit in the USA.
On February 15, 2011, the second single was released with Someone Like You . In the UK, the song went straight to number one after a live performance at the Brit Awards . Adele set a record that was last achieved by the Beatles in 1964 when she was twice in the top 5 in both the singles and album charts. In the US, Someone Like You became Adele's second number one hit.
Set Fire to the Rain was chosen as the third worldwide and in Central Europeas the second singlebefore Someone Like You . The song reached the top 10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland only through downloads. In Belgium and the Netherlands the song becamea number one hitlike Rolling in the Deep . It was released as the third single in the US and, like Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You, reached number 1 in the US singles chart, making ittheir third number one hit.
The fourth single was the song Rumor Has It . It was released on November 5, 2011 and rose to number 16 in the US.
Track list
# | title | Songwriter | producer | length |
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1. | Rolling in the deep | Adkins, Paul Epworth | Epworth | 3:48 |
2. | Rumor Has It | Adkins, Ryan Tedder | Tedder | 3:43 |
3. | Turning tables | Adkins, Tedder | Jim Abbiss | 4:10 |
4th | Don't you remember | Adkins, Dan Wilson | Rick Rubin | 4:03 |
5. | Set Fire to the Rain | Adkins, Fraser T. Smith | Smith | 4:02 |
6th | He won't go | Adkins, Epworth | ruby | 4:38 |
7th | Take It All | Adkins, Eg White | Abiss | 3:48 |
8th. | I'll be waiting | Adkins, Epworth | Epworth | 4:01 |
9. | One and only | Adkins, Wilson, Greg Wells | ruby | 5:48 |
10. | Love song |
Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst, Boris Williams |
ruby | 5:16 |
11. | Someone Like You | Adkins, Wilson | Adkins, Wilson | 4:45 |
reception
21 received consistently positive reviews. laut.de awarded three out of five stars and was particularly pleased with Rolling in the Deep . The song is "more than splendid as an opener" and shows a lot of variety. CDStarts compared Adele to Kate Nash , Amy Winehouse and Duffy , claiming that Adele easily outpaced them with this album. LetMeEntertainYou awarded all five possible stars and selected 21 as the CD highlight of the year.
Charts
album
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2011 | 21st |
DE1 (148 weeks) DE |
AT1 (137 weeks) AT |
CH1 (204 weeks) CH |
UK1 (278 weeks) UK |
US1 (... week) US |
Single releases
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2010 | Rolling in the deep |
DE1 (83 weeks) DE |
AT3 (67 weeks) AT |
CH1 (93 weeks) CH |
UK2 (66 weeks) UK |
US1 (32 weeks) US |
First published: November 29, 2010
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2011 | Set Fire to the Rain |
DE6 (60 weeks) DE |
AT5 (41 weeks) AT |
CH4 (57 weeks) CH |
UK11 (56 weeks) UK |
US1 (43 weeks) US |
First published: January 15, 2011
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Someone Like You |
DE4 (50 weeks) DE |
AT2 (36 weeks) AT |
CH1 (95 weeks) CH |
UK1 (78 weeks) UK |
US1 (39 weeks) US |
First published: February 15, 2011
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Rumor Has It |
DE68 (5 weeks) DE |
AT26 (7 weeks) AT |
- |
UK85 (4 weeks) UK |
US16 (27 weeks) US |
First published: November 5, 2011
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Turning tables |
DE85 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK62 (3 weeks) UK |
US63 (3 weeks) US |
no release as a single
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Sales figures and awards
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 15 × platinum | 1,050,000 |
Belgium (BEA) | 6 × platinum | 180,000 |
Brazil (PMB) | 3 × diamond | 900,000 |
Denmark (IFPI) | 8 × platinum | 240,000 |
Germany (BVMI) | 8 × platinum | 1,600,000 |
Europe (IFPI) | 10 × platinum | (10,000,000) |
Finland (IFPI) | 2 × platinum | 83.234 |
France (SNEP) | - | 1,710,000 |
Greece (IFPI) | platinum | 6,000 |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | 270,000 |
Italy (FIMI) | 8 × platinum | 480,000 |
Japan (RIAJ) | gold | 100,000 |
Canada (MC) | 2 × diamond | 1,600,000 |
Mexico (AMPROFON) |
5 × gold + diamond |
450,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | 13 × platinum | 195,000 |
Netherlands (NVPI) | 9 × platinum | 450,000 |
Norway (IFPI) | platinum | 30,000 |
Austria (IFPI) | platinum | 20,000 |
Poland (ZPAV) | 2 × diamond | 200,000 |
Portugal (AFP) | 2 × platinum | 40,000 |
Russia (NFPF) | platinum | 10,000 |
Sweden (IFPI) | 3 × platinum | 120,000 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 7 × platinum | 210,000 |
Spain (Promusicae) | 5 × platinum | 300,000 |
Hungary (MAHASZ) | platinum | 6,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 14 × platinum | 11,500,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 17 × platinum | 5,110,000 |
All in all |
2 × gold 124 × platinum 9 × diamond |
26.860.234 |
Main article: Adele (singer) / Awards for music sales
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniel Gumble: Adele's 21 breaks five million sales barrier on musicweek.com , article from January 4, 2017, accessed on April 15, 2018
- ↑ Adele breaks Official Charts history with 3 million album sales ( Memento from July 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Adele sets download record , Media Control press release of November 30, 2011
- ^ Adele ( memento of November 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at blackbookmag.com
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Adele in the German charts
- Adele in the Austrian charts
- Adele in the Swiss charts
- Adele in the Official UK Charts (English)
- Adele on the US Billboard charts The Hot 100 / Billboard 200
- ↑ Sales of 21 in France
- ↑ Sales of 21 in Ireland ( August 3, 2012 memento on WebCite )