British singer Adele has added another accolade to her long list of honors, with her latest record ’30’ winning the Global Album All Format Chart for 2021, IFPI, the recorded music industry representative body, said on Tuesday.
’30’, which went to no.1 around the world upon its release in November, also topped IFPI’s Global Album Sales Chart and its inaugural IFPI Global Vinyl Album Chart.
Congratulations again to UK superstar @Adele winner of this year’s #IFPIGlobalAlbumAllFormatChart, who also tops this year’s #IFPIGlobalAlbumSalesChart and for the first time ever the #IFPIGlobalVinylAlbumChart with the biggest-selling album of 2021 ‘30’ 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hyy2CjBebJ
— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 1, 2022
The album, Adele’s fourth, was her first in six years since 2015’s Grammy Award-winning ’25’. Last month, ’30’ won album of the year at Britain’s pop music honors, the BRITs.
“It has been wonderful to have Adele back and releasing music over the second half of last year,” IFPI Chief Executive Frances Moore said in a statement.
Further congratulations to @Adele, who also tops this year’s #IFPIGlobalAlbumSalesChart! 👏
Here is the top 10 👇
🥇@Adele
🥈@ABBA
🥉@pledis_17@BTS_twt@edsheeran@justinbieber@taylorswift13@pledis_17@SN__20200122@taylorswift13— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 1, 2022
“Her dominance of all three IFPI Album Charts speaks to her unique songwriting talent, her iconic voice, and unrelenting global popularity.”
Known for her ballads about heartbreak and nostalgia, Adele said she wrote ’30’ to explain her divorce to her young son.
Congratulations again to @Adele, the winner of this year’s #IFPIGlobalAlbumAllFormatChart! 👏
Here is a recap of the top 10 👇
🏆@Adele
🥈@oliviarodrigo
🥉@justinbieber@edsheeran@theweeknd@DUALIPA@thekidlaroi@ABBA@MorganWallen@DojaCat pic.twitter.com/sTUjSaVJC5— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 1, 2022
“Following its release in November 2021, ’30’ surpassed over five million physical albums equivalent units in 2021 alone, in under two months,” IFPI said.
American singer Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ was second in the Top 10 Global Album All Format Chart, followed by Canadian pop star Justin Bieber’s ‘Justice’.
#2 @oliviarodrigo – SOUR
Newcomer to the Global Charts and one of this year’s breakout stars, US singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo enters the top 10 at #2 with debut album SOUR, breaking records across formats as the 2nd best-selling album of 2021.#IFPIGlobalAlbumAllFormatChart pic.twitter.com/xMBgBQngCz
— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 1, 2022
ABBA’s ‘Voyage’, the Swedish supergroup’s first album in 40 years, was no.2 in the Top 10 Global Album Sales Chart, followed by K-pop band SEVENTEEN’s ‘Attacca’.
And yet more congratulations to @Adele, the winner of the 1st ever #IFPIGlobalVinylAlbumChart! 👏
Here is the top 10 in full 👇
🥇@Adele
🥈@Harry_Styles
🥉@fleetwoodmac@oliviarodrigo@billieeilish@taylorswift13@thebeatles@Nirvana@pinkfloyd@taylorswift13— IFPI (@IFPI_org) March 1, 2022
For the vinyl album chart, Harry Style’s ‘Fine Line’ and Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ completed the top 3.
