Adele Matches ‘Titanic’ Record

Published: Friday 20th Jan 2012 by David

Congratulations are most certainly in order for Adele.

Because, despite selling over 16 million copies world wide since last year, her album ’21‘ has now sold enough copies to match a record held by the ‘Titanic’ soundtrack.

Indeed, with 16 weeks spent at #1 in the US, it has now matched the soundtrack’s previously unbeaten chart run.

Full story below…

As if that wasn’t enough, with 104,000 copies sold in the US last week, the LP has now spent 16 weeks atop the Billboard 200, beating records previously held by The Beatles and Pink Floyd.  Both of whom amassed 15 weeks on top with their respective albums ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and ‘The Wall’.

With the rate ’21’ is selling, it won’t be long before it becomes the highest selling album of all time.

Do you think that will happen?

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  1. MISHKA January 20, 2012

    Ironically, Adele looks straight like Rose Dewitt-Bukater…

  2. Bey Fan… January 20, 2012

    Well I be damn’d……

    I guess Adele is gonna rule 2012 too…… congratssssss….

    Im still trying to figure out who doesn’t have this album yet?

  3. Shiva January 20, 2012

    What record did she break? What record did the Titanic soundtrack have? Just because Adele outsold the Titanic soundtrack does not mean that she “broke” its “record” because IT NEVER HAD A RECORD TO BREAK.

    I am sooooooooooooooo tired of TGJ reported inaccurate information. Leave the news to the professionals.

    PS: Sam please get new “staff”. If they aren’t stealing from everybody else, the news is either WRONG or a completely LIE.

    PPS: Whitney Houston had the best selling soundtrack. Bodyguard sold over 41 million.

  4. TrucieB January 20, 2012

    😀

  5. Kingphoenix January 20, 2012

    I’ve listened to the album and i still dont see what all the hype is about…Its a really good album but 19 was better to me….the highest selling album ever though? I just don’t get it…

  6. Bey Fan… January 20, 2012

    I hate the clef in her chin (i dont fiind clefs attractive on anyone) But Adele is really pretty ….

    Hope she stay healthy, but doesn’t lose too much weight. She is really a naturally pretty girl.

    But 16 million……damn….. I guess that Adele reign just wont let up. Not to mention that “19” is also selling.

  7. THE LEGENDARY LACEFRONCE RETURNS. January 20, 2012

    This FAT h** didn’t break any record stop the LIES !!!

    LEGENDhanna>>>WIDEele 🙂

  8. “IM VERY RICH B****” January 20, 2012

    @ KINGPHOENIX…I TOTALLY AGREE…I MEAN WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HER..SHE IS NOT IN SHAPE, SHE DOES NOT DANCE “AT ALL” I MEAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HER BC BEYONCE CAN SING BETTER THAN HER…MAYBE BC SHE IS A WHITE WOMAN AND IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH FOR THEM TO PUMP THEIR PEOPLE UP WHEN THEY ARE WHACK, AKA TAYLOR SWIFT, KATY PERRY, ECT…THEY DONT HAVE TO BE THAT GREAT TO MAKE IT BIG I SEE… BUT WHEN YOUR BLACK “YOU GOTTA BE THE BEST”

  9. HomeTownGlory January 20, 2012

    Shiva you are clearly so pressed that you cant read.
    It has spent 16 weeks at #1 which means it has MATCHED the titanics record.
    It is very f****** simple. Very f****** simple
    Im tired of people trying to discredit a woman who works so hard to create great music.

  10. Bey Fan… January 20, 2012

    @Shiva

    I see what you’re saying. The Bodyguard would be the record to beat. But we have to admit the selling 16 million is extremely good….especially these days.

    @KingPhoenix

    I will admit that Im one of few ppl who actually bought “19” (in 2009) …. but I have to say that when i first heard 19 i thought is was good. But when I first heard “21” …. i played that album like 10 times straight…LOL.

    But you may have a point, because over the past 2 months, I’ve been listening to tracks from 19…..and not 21…hmmmmmmmmm

  11. choosylover January 20, 2012

    if it keeps selling like it is,she’s going to beat Michael jackson’s record.Thriller is the best selling album of all time btw.great job Adele! #winning!!!!

  12. HomeTownGlory January 20, 2012

    im so mad at some of the people on here. you guys are haters. The only thing misleading about this story is the title but how u going to bash the site for commending Adele

  13. ADELE IS THE REAL QUEEN/KING January 20, 2012

    ADELE IS SLAYING BEYONCES WHOLE CARRER WITH 16 MILLION RECORDS SOLD . I BET BEYONCE STANS ARE MAD ONCE AGAIN. BEYONCE COULD NEVER DO THIS WITH 4.

  14. Kingphoenix January 20, 2012

    @ImVeryRich
    Well Beyonce is just too much for a lot black and white ppl, they just cant take her greatness i guess…But i dont think Adele has to be in shape or dance or any of that but its like her music is good, yett its not the best i ever heard by far…Her voice is good but it is not the best if ever heard by far…They keep hyping this album up to be so amazing, and a lot of it is very repetitive and kinda boring…smh.

    @Beyfan
    I swear something isn’t right, i wanna see the receipts for real!

  15. ADELE IS THE REAL QUEEN/KING January 20, 2012

    4 MORE NUMBER ONES AND SHE WILL PASS BEYONCES CHART HISTORY LIKE RIHANNA DID .RIHANNA HAS HOW MANY NUMBER ONES?

  16. ADELE IS THE REAL QUEEN/KING January 20, 2012

    @KINGP BEYONCE IS A OLD WASHED UP RAG DOLL WITH NO ORIGINALITY!

  17. Dev January 20, 2012

    Okay, whoever doesn’t have this album put your hands up. Although good, it isn’t that great, i don’t understand who’s still buying?

  18. Randy January 20, 2012

    Im not gonna be cynical but she’s isn’t that good. America and the world please get off her d*** and support other artists. Yeah it was a good album and she’s a good artist but come on this is just overplay. move on

  19. ADELE IS THE REAL QUEEN/KING January 20, 2012

    They are in over their heads and do not know what they are doing. He is a hoodlum and common thug, pretending to be a mogul, when he is far from it. She is a narcissistic, fame obsessed, mentally ill, illiterate singer, constantly stealing preexisting copyrighted songs and music videos, in criminal violation of the law, to support their lavish lifestyle. They have bought into their own hype and the lies in their bios their publicists push on the world.

  20. ADELE IS THE REAL QUEEN/KING January 20, 2012

    @BEYONCE STANS JAY AND BEYONCE are in over their heads and do not know what they are doing. He is a hoodlum and common thug, pretending to be a mogul, when he is far from it. She is a narcissistic, fame obsessed, mentally ill, illiterate singer, constantly stealing preexisting copyrighted songs and music videos, in criminal violation of the law, to support their lavish lifestyle. They have bought into their own hype and the lies in their bios their publicists push on the world.

  21. xoxo January 20, 2012

    @Lacefronce

    Legendhanna? did any of her albums sell 16,000,000? no.

  22. ADELE IS THE REAL QUEEN/KING January 20, 2012

    @BEYONCE STANS JAY AND BEYONCE are in over their heads and do not know what they are doing. He is a hoodlum and common thug, pretending to be a mogul, when he is far from it. She is a narcissistic, fame obsessed, mentally ill, illiterate singer, constantly stealing preexisting copyrighted songs and music videos, in criminal violation of the law, to support their lavish lifestyle. They have bought into their own hype and the lies in their bios their publicists push on the world. LOLOL

  23. Randy January 20, 2012

    @Adele is the real king/queen…. HUSH

  24. LOL January 20, 2012

    ADELE has soul unlike beyonce ,rihanna,katy perry,and lady ga ga

  25. darla January 20, 2012

    CONGRATS TO A REAL ARTIST

  26. JP January 20, 2012

    Wow…Adele is really winning right now and she is doing it so effortlessly.

    I can’t be mad at her. This is the way you do it.

  27. JohnVidal January 20, 2012

    Is it me or is there something wrong in the way this post is written??? I mean:
    – Most weeks at number one doesn´t equal best selling
    – How is it an unmatched record when there are still albums who stayed at #1 more than 16 weeks? I mean, the word record is like diva and legend nowadays, a joke, specially on TJG

    That said, this is amazing and I´m so glad it´s happening. But now she is really profiting from the lack of huge competition like it existed a decade ago. Congrats anyway, “21” is now a classic. Best era for any artist in the 21th century

    Also the way this is written it seems 21 has sold more than Titanic Soundtrack, when the later sold at least 25 million copies (not to mention Celine´s own album from that same year sold 25 million more, at the same time…)

  28. JAY January 20, 2012

    At this rate she’ll be bigger than beyonce AND rihanna put together. Bow down to a real artist.

  29. ThankMeLater January 20, 2012

    Thank god she’s taking a 2 year break.

  30. :l January 20, 2012

    this is history in the making,everyone in the world is going to have that album by the time she is done.

  31. Theman January 20, 2012

    Give Adele her dayum credit she is doing beyond phenomenal and she deserves it so much. Her album is beyond refreshing. She looks beautiful in that photo. Wow she’s doing amazing. All artists don’t have to dance, or use trickery. She has talent. Adele’s voice is astonishing. She’s very polished.

  32. RATEDXXX(YOU MAD BECAUSE??) January 20, 2012

    dead dead dead at some of these comments…..some people are so f****** bitter thats its not even funny anymore….

    first of all Adele skin color aint got s*** to do with her album sales….shes outselling everybody..because people got tired of the same b******* over and over again that we hear on the radio..

    second….real talent aint got s*** to do with how u look..she doesnt have to be a dancer to be talented..or skinny

    mariah who is in the top 5 selling artist in the world….and one of the greatest voices in the world, cannot dance for s***…

  33. may29 January 20, 2012

    THRILLER HAS SOLD 110 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE, MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE’S ENTIRE CAREER SALES. NOTHING WILL BEAT THAT RECORD. ADELE HAS A VEEEEEEEERY LONG WAY TO GO IF SHE’S TRYING TO BREAK THAT!

  34. RATEDXXX(YOU MAD BECAUSE??) January 20, 2012

    please do not put lady gaga in the same category as katy perry and other fake singers

    lady gaga can actually sing……………..thats one of the reasons why I’m a huge fan of hers..she actually has a great voice, and can play many musical instruments

    but everything else she does outshines her voice….

    even though I prefer Amy winehouse voice over Adele, I’m going to give Adele her props….she killed it in 2011 and on to 2012….

    i know some people are so f****** bitter, talking about whos still buying that album…shes only selling because shes white…shes too fat, she cant dance….SHUT THE F*** UP….I mean damn..get out out of beyonces ass for one second and stop being so bitter…

    whos still buying that album? people that aint buying 4…NEXT

  35. RATEDXXX(YOU MAD BECAUSE??) January 20, 2012

    nobody I mean nobody, can touch michael jackson..nobody is ever going to be near or on micheal’s level of talent and sales….

    hes in the 1 billion sales……………………………………..

  36. Realtalk 101 January 20, 2012

    Mad props to Adele but it’s really strange how she’s selling all these records without captivating anyone. I’m just saying……………………

  37. just sayin’ January 20, 2012

    Congrats to Adele, but TGJ, at the rate its going it will be the highest selling record of 2011 and 2012….of all time? not so much. It still has 30 something years of selling to beat out THRILLER, which is the highest selling record of all time…and is still selling. Just sayin’ lol

  38. Bey Fan… January 20, 2012

    @RatedXXX

    no one can fit in Beyonce’s ass cuz you taking ALL the room….

    When I asked who was still buying the album, I was being bitter or hateful. I asked because albums usually dont sell like that nowadays…. Name one one album since 2001 that has sold about 100,000 a week consistently for over 10 weeks????

    Yo ass LOOKS for reason to bring up Beyonce. And I guess this “Im Very Rich” person gave it to you….. but Im willing to bet its you posting under a different name because thats how much you hate that fake ass Beyonce…..smh

  39. Lamone January 20, 2012

    Adele is British. So are Florence and the Machine, Jessie J and Coldplay.

  40. NaQu January 20, 2012

    Take THAT Gaga…

  41. RATEDXXX(YOU MAD BECAUSE??) January 20, 2012

    @BEY FAN

    first of all i wasnt the first person to bring beyonces name up…i responded to dumb idiots like u who stay talking s*** about other artist who are doing better than beyonce.. maybe if u take that d*** out of ur ass, u will learn how to f****** read first….

    ..obviously albums are still selling..hence adele outselling everybody…u sound so f***** bitter saying whos still buying her album….obviously people who are tired of fakes ass singers like beyonce…

    yes i post under different names…rolls eyes….

    please…none of u delusional beyonce stans means s*** to me..so i dont need to post under different names..

    queens like u..makes me laugh for real…going nuts over a broad who doesnt even know u exist….

    next time keep my name out of ur mouth…..ur so f****** pathetic..

  42. RATEDXXX(YOU MAD BECAUSE??) January 20, 2012

    i dont even bother commenting or even reading a beyonce post anymore….so why would i look foward to somebody bringing her name up…

    the only time i even bring her name up..is when ur pathetic bitter ass stans come on post that aint got s*** to do with her, and bash the artists…..

    talking about beyonce can do better..if she could she would have,,point blank..get the f*** over it…

    if u beyonce stans feel some type of way about me not liking the chick….go choke on a d***…..

    its not that damn serious..

  43. riri January 21, 2012

    well done to her! no gimmick, no b******* from Adele! I brought both 19 and 21. But i want her to use age as title for her next album two years time!

    And people so underestimate lady gaga, yes she uses tooo much gimmick but the b**** can sing.

  44. Tyrone January 21, 2012

    Brandy said it best, you are allowed to like more than one artist without the comparison. Adele’s cd is selling because it is good, honest music. Why hate so much? People are loving it simply because it’s not what your used to….. THERE ARE NO RADIO HITS ON THE CD….. at least thats not what she aimed for when she made it….. It’s like she just wrote what she felt, whether it was crossover or not! And it happened to be successful.

  45. Delusion January 22, 2012

    See, floponce’s fans are always on other people’s thread & bashing artists. Bitter b****** who can’t accept that flopnce’s not all that. She’s fake, a thief & hypocrite like all her poor fans who just b**** online & don’t have the money to buy 4 and make it sell 16 million. Fools. Quit the bitchin & just buy her album if you want floponce to beat some records. Poverty affected retards.

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