Adele's 30 already claims the UK's biggest opening week of 2021 on the Official UK Albums Chart, overtaking ABBA's Voyage
Adele's new album 30 continues to power towards the Number 1 spot on this week's Official UK Albums Chart, and already claims the UK's biggest opening week of 2021 so far.
In today's sales flash (November 24), 30 logs 219,000 chart sales so far this week, overtaking ABBA's comeback album Voyage, which opened with 204,000 chart sales earlier this month.
It's also the highest opening week for a female artist album since Adele's last album 25 in November 2015.
MORE: Adele's 30 praised as her "best album yet" by critics
It looks like Adele could land the Official Chart double this week as popular album album track Oh My God is competing with her current Number 1 Easy On Me on the Official Singles Chart. Another song, I Drink Wine, is inside the Top 5.
While 30 is all but certain to net Adele her fourth consecutive on the Official Albums Chart, lots more new releases are eyeing up Top 10 debuts this week, including Oasis' Knebworth 1996, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss' Raise The Roof, Elbow's Flying Dream 1, and James Blunt's The Starts Beneath My Feet (2004 - 2021).
This week's Number 1 album will be revealed on Friday, November 26 on BBC Radio 1's Official Chart show with Scott Mills from 4pm. A deep dive into Adele's first week numbers, plus the full Top 100, will be revealed on OfficialCharts.com at 5.45pm.
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timmusicmaniac@yahoo.ca
The fact that ADELE can get more Sales then ABBA is really no surprise to anyone ,the fact that ABBA is Selling as much as ADELE & ED SHEERAN is simple amazing....Mind blowing...One point i want to make ABBA Did have the Biggest selling Album in the first week with VOYAGE in USA/CANADA...No.2 only because of Streaming ...They Sold the most Albums...
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Sarah
Might be neck to neck at the moment but in the long run it'll be a different story.
crunch2k
So maybe around 250-275 at the end of the week? Obviously amazing sales but a big drop from her last album
Alfred Lock
Maybe so but that'll do and it still shows she's head and shoulders above everyone on 1st week sales.
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Sarah
Worldwide sales of her last Album 25 sold a whopping 22 million- and #1 in over 24 countries, so be interesting to see how 30 will preform, especially when it's considered her best Album yet, and will probably also be nominated yet again for a Grammy.
Lawrence Colwell
No real surprise there, but Abba are still the biggest comeback, 40 years in the making, it was also reported last week, Voyage worldwide sales over 1 million, went to number 1 in 19 Countries, also hitting number 2 on Billboard charts, Abba's highest album in the US. Yesterday I still have faith in you, nominated for a Grammy award. I have no doubt Adele will break records, I am not a fan of hers and she has her own massive fan base, which is fine, but Abba have really left their mark on popular music. Voyage and Gold will hit the top of the charts again when the Abbastars tour opens next year....
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Sarah
Actually 20 countries- but who' counting.