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Adele Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (, ; born 5 May 1988), professionally known by the mononym Adele, is an English singer and songwriter. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a reco ...
has released four
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s, one
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, two
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s, 16
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s and nine music videos. Adele has sold over 70 million in pure album sales and over 100 million in album equivalent units worldwide over four studio albums and one video album as of December 2021.She was named as the best-selling album artist of the 2010s decade in the US and worldwide She has also sold over 100 million in single sales with total sales records over 170 million as of December 2021. She also became the best selling female artist of 21st century in the UK . Her album ''21'' became the best selling album of 2010s decade and best selling album of 21st century. ''30'' also became the best selling album of 2020s decade so far. Adele signed a record deal with XL in 2006, and released her debut album '' 19'' in 2008 which sold over 8 million in pure album sales worldwide as of 2022. The album reached number one on the
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, and her single, "
Chasing Pavements "Chasing Pavements" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her debut studio album, ''19 (Adele album), 19'' (2008). Written by Adele with its producer Eg White, the song was released as the second Single (music), single from ...
", reached number two on the
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. Another single, "
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", reached number one in the Netherlands. '' 21'', Adele's second studio album, was released on 24 January 2011. The album was immediately certified platinum by the
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while debuting at number one. ''21'' spent 24 weeks atop the ''Billboard'' 200 since its US release and has sold over 31 million in pure album sales worldwide to become the best selling album of 21st century. The album's first single, "
Rolling in the Deep "Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, '' 21'' (2011). It is the lead single and opening track on the album. The song was written by Adele and Paul Epworth. The singer herself des ...
", also reached number two in the UK and became her first number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The second single, " Someone like You", was released in February 2011 and peaked at number one in the UK and Ireland, her first in her home country. It also became her second number one in the US. "
Set Fire to the Rain "Set Fire to the Rain" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, '' 21'' (2011). The song was written by Adele and Fraser T. Smith while the production was handled by the latter. It became Adele's third ...
" was released as the third single off the album in the rest of Europe and became her third number one in the US. In 2012, it was confirmed Adele would record and release the new ''James Bond'' theme. In October that same year, she released "
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", which peaked at number two in the UK and number eight in the US, as well as reaching the top position in Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. She also won the
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for "Skyfall". '' 25'', Adele's third studio album, was released on 20 November 2015. It became the best-selling album of 2015 with 17.4 million copies sold within the year and sold over 23 million in pure album sales worldwide as of 2022. "
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" was released as the lead single from the album on 23 October 2015 and peaked atop the charts in United Kingdom, where it became her second UK number-one single. In the United States the song debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Adele's fourth number-one single in the US and breaking several records, including becoming the first song with over a million digital sales in a week. As of March 2016, Adele had sold over 10 million albums in the UK; meanwhile, in the US, the singer has sold 31 million albums as of January 2022. '' 30'', Adele's fourth studio album, was released on 19 November 2021. It was an international success, topping the official charts in 34 countries. It became the best-selling album worldwide for 2021 with 5.5 million copies sold within the year. It became the best-selling album of the 2020s decade in the world and in the UK. It also became the best-selling album of 2021 and 2022 in the US. "
Easy on Me "Easy on Me" is a song by English singer Adele from her fourth studio album '' 30'' (2021). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on 15 October 2021. It is a minimally pr ...
" was released as the lead single on 15 October 2021 to international success, peaking atop charts in over 25 countries, including the UK Official Singles Chart and the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It became Adele's longest running number one single in the UK, topping the chart for 8 weeks. In addition, after ''30'' release, Adele's total weeks at number one rose to 42 weeks at number one on the UK Official Albums Chart, more than any other female singer. After ''30'' spent six consecutive weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, Adele became the British soloist with the most weeks at number one in chart's history with 40 weeks.


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See also

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List of best-selling music artists The following list of best-selling music artists includes those music acts from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization t ...
* List of best-selling female music artists in the United Kingdom * List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones *
List of artists who have achieved simultaneous UK and US number-one hits A number of artists have achieved either simultaneous number one singles or albums on the official charts in the UK and the US ( ''Billboard'' in the United States and the Official Charts Company from the United Kingdom, also the BPI). , twelve ...
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List of artists who have achieved simultaneous number-one single and album in the United States A number of artists have achieved number-one singles and albums simultaneously on the ''Billboard'' charts in the United States. The list includes only those charting on the primary top singles/songs and top albums charts, presently the ''Billboa ...
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List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart This is a list of artists who have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company. Artists are listed alphabetically, solo artists are listed by surname and groups are listed by full names excluding "the" o ...
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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in t ...
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List of artists who reached number one in the United States This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard'' magazine's weekly singles chart(s). This list spans from the issue dated January 1, 1955 to the present. Prior to the creation of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ''Bill ...


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