Great to see a British artist outselling an American one in the UK, although frankly I don't like either Adele or Michael Jackson so my vote goes to Adele on patriotism alone. Why is everyone whining about Thriller's total sales? The article was clear, Adele has passed MJ's Thriller in UK SALES. I could never understand why people go gaga over Jackson, I've never liked male voices where they sound as if someone has their balls in a vice. Its a great achievement for another reason - album sales have steadily been dropping over the last couple of decades, making Adele's feat even more impressive. Singles sales have increased due to cheap downloads but album sales are the pits, only Adele and Gaga managed to sell over 5,000,000 worldwide last year (maybe Michael Buble as well, not sure on that), to me it shows how many thieves there are out there who are not paying for their music ;o)