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Adele sees off Elvis to score a seventh straight week atop the Official Albums Chart
Plus climbers and new entries from Bryan Adams, Rhiannon Giddens and Future Islands.
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There’s no stopping everyone’s favourite chart record-breaker this week, as Adele’s 25 scores a seventh consecutive week at Number 1.
Despite a serious challenge this week from Elvis Presley – who would’ve celebrated his 81st birthday today – Adele finished out in front of the King by almost 3,300 chart sales.
MORE: View this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart
Since going straight in at the top of the Official Albums Chart in November, 2015, the Londoner’s third LP hit 2 million sales in record time and was the top selling entertainment title of 2015.
Birthday boy Elvis has to settle for Number 2 today, then, with If I Can Dream, which spends its 10th consecutive week in the Top 3. Click to see where all Elvis's UK hit singles and albums have charted
Meanwhile, Justin Bieber’s Purpose holds firm at 3, Jess Glynne’s I Cry When I Laugh stays at 4 and James Bay’s Chaos And The Calm rises five places to return to the Top 5.
New entries and high climbers
Following his live show at Big Ben, broadcast on the BBC on New Year’s Eve, Canadian rocker Bryan Adams, sees a boost, with two albums returning to the Top 40. Hits collection The Best Of Me rockets 108 spots to land at Number 20, while latest release Get Up zooms 61 places to this week’s Number 26.
Highest brand new entry this week comes from Rhiannon Giddens, with Tomorrow Is My Turn going in at 28. American synthpop group Future Islands score an Official Albums Chart personal best – their Singles collection is new at 34.
Proving the world can’t get enough of Adele, her debut 19 leaps 22 places to Number 37, and Michael Jackson’s smash hit retrospective Number Ones also makes a return, landing at 40 this week.
View this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart (from 5.45pm)
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Alfred Lock
Now that several of you on here have had your little beef with maidenfan(I like Iron Maiden by the way) can we get back to the original opinion of the living legend David Bowie(He has never made a really duff album throughout his career) ending Adeles reign this Friday.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Everyone's favourite chart record breaker? No, just no. I'm getting sick and tired of it at the top all the time.
Johnny McVey
I feel the same about Justin Bieber constantly dominating the singles chart
I Am A Stegosaurus
I don't really care about him being top all the time but I do want Love Yourself to fall soon.
Brian Quinn
Adele only beat Elvis by 3,029 sales not 3300. The report is inaccurate.
M
maidenfan
cant stand adele so arrogant and full of herself, she is a music con as ive never met anyone who likes her and im a dj who has done gigs everywhere
JPW
J P Williams
all artists are a little bit full of theirself otherwise they would release any music, nothing bad about knowing that you are talented
AB
Anthony Brennan
How is she arrogant? She seems pretty humble in every sense of the word. I think you're suffering from tall poppy syndrome mate lol
mimicuptea
You are jealous, mate. I bet Adele has rejected your offer maybe? That's why you are bitter or maybe you didn't get opportunity like what she gets now.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Not as much as Ariana Grande, but 25 at the top constantly is tiring me out.
Johnny McVey
"Full of herself?" "A music con"? If you dislike Adele so much that you have to resort to making up reasons why, then that's just pathetic, and you have abysmal grammar by the way. I've seen Adele interviewed several times, and she's one of the most humble people in music, not arrogant at all. You're just a stubborn metalhead, judging by your username.
G
gini
Yes ! I agree with you
MusicStan_1997
How many copies did Adele sell this week?
Brian Quinn
43,446 units giving her an album total of 2,539,346 units.
Zoltán Oskovits
Hi Brian, off topic: do you happen to know the sales units for Bublé's Christmas for 2015? It is No 40 on the year end charts.
Brian Quinn
Zoltan
2015 sales for MB's 'Christmas' album - 143,500. Total sales since release date until the end of 2015 are: 2,257,500).
Zoltán Oskovits
Thanks so much!
Alfred Lock
Her reign will end next week with the return of the living legend that is David Bowie and there's no shame in making way for such a star as him and I'm sure Adele won't mind.
James Agg
agreed and i don't think she will!
I Am A Stegosaurus
I don't really like David Bowie but I'm in for it taking Adele off the top.
Brian Quinn
I guarantee that downloads are what prevented Elvis from getting to No.1. I bet he is No.1 on physical sales.
Andrew Martin Barber
Hi Brian. Any news on sales figures for this week? I know we was on 881,000 at years end. Was just wanting to see how far off the million we was. Thank you. Andy
James Agg
What for the last 7 weeks? doubtful, why would he be ahead on Physical Sales? adele is not getting a certain adjusted figure from streaming!
Brian Quinn
Please see the following:
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-albums-chart/
James Agg
Ok Cool, still he is not No1 , he has done well, if it wasn't for Adele he would of had a long run at the top , still fantastic sales compared to most in a short space of time as well. Nice to see him outsell Bieber
H
Higgins
He sold 42,000 this week. So it's now gone 3x platinum. The total for the album is now 922,659.
Brian Quinn
Elvis sold 40,417 units.
Andrew Martin Barber
Excellent. Do U think it will get to million as still some 80,000 off
Brian Quinn
I anticipate it reaching the 1 millionth sale by the end of February, 2016.
H
Higgins
He will easily get to a million. I also think by the end of the year it will probably be 4x platinum. It's already spent a 10 consecutive weeks inside the top 3.
Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello
From 690,000 to 3,300, that is fantastic reduction...
James Agg
3,300 wasn't the weekly figure , it was the difference between the 2
Brian Quinn
3,300 was wrong anyway. It was 3,029.
Andrew Martin Barber
Brian. Ur fantastic. The facts and stats u give are just that. Facts! Thank u. Can u keep us all updated on sales figures please. I'm guessing this week was always going to be lower after Christmas and the new year. It might pick up again next week. I'm so hoping it will get to the million. You know what the best news about the success of this album is? Yep, there will now almost certain be another. And who knows, maybe another number 1. Yessss. Andy.
G
gini
Nope ! He lost