First album to top the global chart for two consecutive years

First album to top the global chart for two consecutive years
Who
Adele
What
26400000 unit(s) sold
Where
Not Applicable ()
When
Adele’s (UK, b. Adele Adkins) 21 was the biggest-selling album in the world for an unprecedented two years in a row: 2011 and 2012. The award-winning XL/Columbia Records set, which smashed a host of chart and sales records following its worldwide release in early 2011, shifted 18.1 million copies in 2011 and 8.3 million copies in 2012 to become the first album to top the global albums chart in successive years since the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) introduced its global best-sellers list in 2001. 21’s worldwide sales of 26.4 million copies to the end of 2012 put it comfortably among the 50 biggest-selling albums of all time.