Which album, by a dead artist, became the biggest selling of the 21st century in the UK in September 2011 (i.e only counting sales in the 21st century)?
"""Back to Black"". Sales for 2008, in which ""Only by the Night"" was the third biggest selling album of the year, were 1,181,640 and a similar level of 1,078,555 for 2009, when it became the fifth biggest selling album of the year. It sold a further 340,000 units in 2010 and was placed at number 31 on the year-end chart. As of March 27, 2011, ""Only by the Night"" has spent 131 consecutive weeks inside the Top 75. As of October 2016, it has sold 2,916,779 copies in the UK. In the U.S., the album debuted at number five on"
"""21"" became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century and its fourth best-selling album of all time in 2011, certified platinum 16 times. During the same year, ""Back To Black"" by Amy Winehouse became the UK's second best selling album of the 21st century and its 13th best-selling album of all time following her death in 2011, certified platinum 11 times. In 2013, despite the trend of declining album sales persisting, the British music industry saw a 9% growth in revenue which could be traced to ""individual revenues by musicians, singers, composers, songwriters and lyricists"", adding £3.8bn to the"
"Solo Artist, and British Album of the Year presented to her by George Michael. Following the Brit Awards, ""21"" reached number one for the 21st non-consecutive week in the UK. The album has sold over 4.5 million copies in the UK where it is the fourth best-selling album. In October, the album's sales surpassed 4.5 million in the UK, and in November it surpassed 10 million sales in the US. The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, , the album has sold over 31 million copies. By the end of 2014, she had sold an estimated 40 million albums"
"Rain"" becoming international number-one songs, while ""Rumour Has It"" charted in the top 20 across Europe and North America. Globally, ""21"" was the biggest selling musical release for both 2011 and 2012, and helped revitalise lagging sales of the UK and US music industry. With over 31 million copies sold worldwide, ""21"" is one of the best-selling albums of all time. Critics hailed the album as a shift from the overtly sexual and musically bombastic status quo, and attributed its success to its deeply autobiographical yet universal songs. Shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize, ""21"" won the 2012 Grammy Award"
"at No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart, spending the last 6 weeks of 2011 in the top 30 of the chart. With 154,800 copies sold by year end, it finished at No. 77 on the Top 100 Best Selling Albums of 2011 list. The album also topped the Classical Compilation Albums Chart of the Official Charts. Concerto: One Night in Central Park Concerto: One Night in Central Park is a live album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The album was recorded September 15, 2011, during a concert at the Central Park's Great Lawn, in New York City. Guest performers"
"sold. By December 2009, the album had been certified 10× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 3 million, making it the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. In 2011, it was overtaken by the Amy Winehouse's ""Back to Black"" as the best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK. ""Back to Bedlam"" currently ranks as the 18th best-selling album in UK chart history. As of 2017, it has sold 3.33 million copies in the UK and over 11 million copies worldwide. Blunt had piano and violin lessons as a child, but his first"
"Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Jim Abbiss, and Dan Wilson. Praised by critics for its understated production, vintage aesthetic, and Adele's vocal performance, ""21"" defied the modest commercial expectations of her indie record label XL Recordings. The album topped the charts in more than 30 countries and became the world's best-selling album of the year for 2011 and 2012. In the United Kingdom, it is the best-selling album of the 21st century and fourth best-selling album of all time, while its 23-week tenure atop the UK Albums Chart is the longest by a female solo artist. In the United States, the album"
"spent 101 weeks in the UK Albums Chart Top 75, including 95 weeks in the Top 40, 76 weeks in the Top 10 and 23 weeks at number one. It has sold over 5.08 million copies as of May 2018, making the biggest selling album since 2000 in the UK, and fourth biggest seller of all time there. Globally, ""21"" is the best-selling album of the past decade according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, and topped the charts in more than 30 countries. In July 2012, the album was certified decuple platinum by the International Federation of"
"record formerly held by Whitney Houston's soundtrack """". ""21"" spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012, making it the longest-running album at number one since 1985, and it became the fourth best-selling album of the past 10 years in the US. The best selling album in the UK of the 21st century, and the best selling album by a female in UK chart history, ""21"" is also the fourth best-selling album in the UK of all time. ""21"" was her first album certified diamond in the US. On 6 March, ""21"" reached 30 non-consecutive weeks at number"
"Immaculate Collection""), and the most cumulative weeks at number one (solo female) in the UK. ""21"" sold 4 million copies by February 2012 and by March, it had been certified 16-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 4,500,000 units, the highest ever certified album in the UK. It is also the most downloaded album in UK history, the biggest-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, and the 4th best selling album in the UK of all time. Sales of ""21"" helped increase XL Recordings', Adele's record label, bank balance from £3million to £32million in the"
"and became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse's ""Back to Black"", with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year. ""Set Fire to the Rain"" became Adele's third number one single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, as Adele became the first artist ever to have an album, ""21,"" hold the number-one position on the ""Billboard"" 200 concurrently with three number one singles. Moreover, ""21"" had the most weeks on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart of any album by a woman. To promote the album, Adele embarked upon"
"streaming service Spotify also spiked by 2,822% after his death, while the singer occupied all ten of the top ten music videos on the iTunes video chart. Bowie was the biggest-selling vinyl artist of 2016 in the UK, with five albums in the vinyl Top 30, including ""Blackstar"" as the number one selling vinyl album of the year. BPI, who oversees the charts, noted that Bowie's album likely ""would have sold in large volumes"" even had Bowie not died. Several artists performed songs by Bowie during concerts in the weeks following his death, including Elton John, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and"
"their opinion."" Similarly, Jonathan Owen of ""The Independent"" contrasted the albums that had been featured in 2011's Poll of Polls against those that had sold the most that year in the UK. Although ""Let England Shake"" had topped HMV's listing, Owen remarked that ""hardly anyone would agree"", as Harvey's album had, at the time, sold only 130,000 copies, compared with 3.5 million copies of the year's best-seller, ""21"" by Adele. Albums released through independent (indie) record labels often performed well in the poll. In discussion of the 2008 chart, John Rostron of Cardiff's The Point remarked that he had ""seen"
"""Rolling in the Deep"" and ""Someone Like You"" were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart, making Adele the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top-five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records. Following her performance of ""Someone Like You"" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, it became Adele's second number-one single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. By December 2011, ""21"" sold over 3.4 million copies in the UK,"
"achieved separate consecutive number-one spells during its 2011 chart run on the UK Albums Chart, claiming the top spot for 11 straight weeks between February and April 2011, then for five consecutive weeks between April and June, and then for another two weeks in July 2011. It amassed 23 weeks at number one to date. Midway through 2012, ""21"" was the best-selling album of the year despite being released in early 2011. In December 2012, ""21"" overtook Oasis' ""(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"" to become the fourth best-selling album of all time in the UK. By December 2012, ""21"" had"
"!scope=""row""|US ""Billboard"" 200 !scope=""row""|Australian Albums (ARIA) !scope=""row""|Danish Albums (Hitlisten) !scope=""row""|Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) !scope=""row""|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) !scope=""row""|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) !scope=""row""|US ""Billboard"" 200 ! scope=""row""| US ""Billboard"" 200 </ref> 21 (Adele album) 21 is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele. It was released on 24 January 2011 in Europe and on 22 February 2011 in North America. The album was named after the age of the singer during its production. ""21"" shares the folk and Motown soul influences of her 2008 debut album ""19"", but was further inspired by the American country and Southern blues music to which she"
"Presley, as the solo artist with the most number-one albums ever. At that time, only The Beatles had more number-one albums in British chart history, with 15. Presley reclaimed that record with his posthumous compilation album, ""The Wonder of You"" (2016). ""MDNA"" dropped out of the top ten by its third week, the first time that a Madonna studio album descended so fast out of the charts. As of March 2015, the album had sold 134,803 copies in the country, being certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Across Europe, the album reached the top of the charts in"
"charts worldwide. On 24 July 2011, with fewer than seven hours sales after the announcement of her death counting towards the respective week's chart figures, the original album re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 49 with 2,446 copies sold, while the deluxe edition sold 843 copies to re-enter the chart at number 163. The following week, it soared back to number one, marking the fourth time the album had reached the top of the chart. ""Back to Black"" held the top spot for two additional weeks, selling 63,071 copies in the second week and 43,726 copies in the third"
"and the best-selling album of the decade (2000 to 2009) in the US, as well as the best-selling album of the decade worldwide. ""1"" was remastered and reissued in September 2011, and was remixed and reissued again in several different deluxe editions in November 2015, the most comprehensive of which is a three-disc set entitled ""1+"", which includes video discs of the band's music videos. As of June 2015, ""1"" is the sixth best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, having sold over 3.1 million copies. Compiled by producer George Martin and the (then) three surviving members of"
"– the feat was also achieved later by Michael Jackson in July 2009 and by David Bowie in February 2016, both times following the performer's death). In the UK the album has re-entered the charts in every decade since its release, its most recent appearance being in the week ending 26 October 2013. ""Tubular Bells"" has sold more than 2,630,000 copies in the UK alone, and as of July 2016 it is the 42nd best-selling album of all time in the UK. It is estimated to have sold in excess of 15 million copies worldwide. Notes Citations Sources Tubular Bells"
"one million copies by a solo female in the UK. ""Spirit"" was the second biggest selling album of 2007 in the UK, behind ""Back to Black"" (Amy Winehouse, 2006). For each of the first seven weeks it sold over 100,000 copies, a record which was later equalled by ""JLS"" (JLS, 2009), and beaten by ""21"" (Adele, 2011), which sold over 100,000 copies for twelve weeks. On 23 November 2008, the album returned to number one for a week, following the release of the deluxe version of the album. In the UK ""Spirit"" was the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s,"
"after a long struggle with cancer. His No. 1 from 1971, ""My Sweet Lord"" was re-issued and shot straight to the top of the charts. Though it only remained there a week, it entered the record books, being the first time in UK chart history a posthumous release has taken over from another posthumous release by another artist. Returning to number one after April in 2001, the Stereophonics returned to the top with their third album, ""Just Enough Education to Perform"". Spawning two No. 5 singles, the album remained at the top for 3 weeks in this return, one more"
"Awards, including British Album of the Year; and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 17 times platinum in the UK, and is overall the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond. The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, ""21"" has sold over 31 million copies. The success of ""21"" earned Adele numerous mentions in the ""Guinness Book of World Records."" She was the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the ""Billboard"""
"top 10 on ""Billboard"". Stone released her fifth album, ""LP1"", on 22 July 2011, which reached the top 10 on ""Billboard"". Throughout her career, Stone has sold 14 million records worldwide, establishing herself as one of the best-selling soul artists of the 2000s, and the best-selling British artists of her time. Her first three albums have sold over 2,722,000 copies in the US, while her first two albums have sold over 2 million copies in the UK. Stone has earned numerous accolades, including two Brit Awards and one Grammy Award out of five nominations. She also made her film acting"
"well as ""Rolling Stone"" voting it as the 20th best album out of their top 50 Best Albums of 2008. The album was also awarded Best International Album at the BRIT Awards, the Meteors and the Juno Awards. ""Only by the Night"" was a massive success in the United Kingdom. At the end of September 2008, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, with first week sales of over 220,000 copies. In February 2009, it was announced that ""Only by the Night"" is currently the biggest selling digital album of all-time in the UK, surpassing Amy Winehouse's"
"as other countries. The album later earned a total of six Grammy Award nominations and won awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording. By the fourth quarter of 2009 she had released her second studio album ""The Fame Monster"", with the global chart-topping lead single ""Bad Romance"". In 2001 Michael Jackson, one of popular music's most successful artists of all-times, released his final studio album ""Invincible"", though it did not receive a lot of exposure compared to previous releases. Michael Jackson died in June 2009, creating the largest public mourning since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales"
"of 73. On November 29, 2001, George Harrison – an English musician best known of the guitarist of the Beatles died of lung cancer at the age of 58. Innovator, inventor, performer and guitar virtuoso Les Paul also died on August 12, 2009, at the age of 94. In 2002, Robbie Williams signed a record-breaking £80 million contract with EMI. So far it is the biggest music deal in British history. In Alternative rock, the garage rock revival and Post-punk revival entered the mainstream, with bands such as The Strokes, Interpol, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and The White Stripes seeing"
"making it the UK's second best-selling album of the 21st century behind Adele's ""21"", as well as the 13th best-selling album in the UK of all time. ""Back to Black"" debuted at number seven on the ""Billboard"" 200 in the United States with first-week sales of 51,000 copies, becoming the highest debut entry for an album by a British female solo artist at the time—a record that would be broken by Joss Stone's ""Introducing Joss Stone"", which debuted at number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 the following week. Following Winehouse's multiple wins at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, the album"
"into the 21st century while breaking numerous sales records. With certified sales of 5.1 million copies, it is the third-best-selling album in UK chart history. It is one of the most commercially successful albums in the US, where the RIAA certified sales of 11 million copies in 1997. By 2000, ""Sgt. Pepper"" was among the top 20 best-selling albums of all time worldwide. As of 2011, it had sold more than 32 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest-selling albums of all time. ""Sgt. Pepper"" has topped many ""best album"" lists. It was voted in first place in"
"Blackstar (album) ★ (pronounced Blackstar) is the twenty-fifth and final studio album by English musician David Bowie. It was released worldwide through ISO, RCA, Columbia, and Sony on 8 January 2016, coinciding with Bowie's 69th birthday. The album was largely recorded in secret between The Magic Shop and Human Worldwide Studios in New York City with Bowie's longtime co-producer Tony Visconti and a group of local jazz musicians. Two days after its release, Bowie died of liver cancer; his illness had not been revealed to the public until then. Co-producer Visconti described the album as Bowie's intended swan song and"
"gimmicks in Adele's music undermined the widespread perception that female performers have to conform to specific body-types, or imbue their music with gratuitous sexual imagery, in order attain success. In September 2011, Adele claimed ""Guinness World Records"" for becoming the first female artist to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five simultaneously. ""21"" also became the first album in UK chart history to reach sales of three million copies in a calendar year, and set records for the most consecutive weeks with a UK number-one album (solo female) with 11 weeks (overtaking Madonna's 1990 compilation ""The"
"album became the fourth best-selling album of 2010 in the UK. The album had sold 1,800,000 copies in the United Kingdom by September 4, 2011. By December 16, 2011, ""Loud"" was certified six-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), marking shipments of 1.8 million copies to retailers. It was the biggest selling R&B album of 2011 in the UK. As of August 2012, ""Loud"" is the fifth biggest selling digital album of all time. As of March 2015, ""Loud"" is the 45th best-selling album of the millennium in the United Kingdom. As of November 2011, the album has sold"
"was also included in the book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". ""A Rush of Blood to the Head"" debuted at number-one on the UK Albums Chart selling 273,924 copies. The British Phonographic Industry has since certified the album 9x Platinum for its accumulated sales of over 2.8 million copies. With the subsequent release of ""Clocks"" and ""The Scientist"", the album spent over one year on the chart. ""A Rush of Blood to the Head"" has been placed at number seven on the list of United Kingdom's 20 biggest-selling albums of the 21st century, published by the British"