21 (Adele album)

chronology
21st
Adele's studio album
Publication ; (s)	January 19, 2011
admission	2010
Label (s)	XL , Columbia
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	soul
Title (number)	11
running time	46:02
occupation	Adele;
production	Rick Rubin; Paul Epworth; Jim Abbiss; Fraser T Smith; Ryan Tedder; Dan Wilson;
November 29, 2010	Rolling in the deep
January 15, 2011	Set Fire to the Rain
February 15, 2011	Someone Like You
November 5, 2011	Rumor Has It

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
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)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
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)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
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
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
	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
	Rumor Has It	DE68 (5 weeks) DE	AT26 (7 weeks) AT	-	UK85 (4 weeks) UK	US16 (27 weeks) US	First published: November 5, 2011
	Turning tables	DE85 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK62 (3 weeks) UK	US63 (3 weeks) US	no release as a single

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
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