21 Era Awards and Broken Records

[shadesofblack]

So here's a start to the records and awards Adele and 21 have achieved this year. Some of this is repeated but I just copied and pasted stuff I've posted mainly on twitter. Sandrine, you want to add your stuff? And if someone wants to clean this up and make it look like a real list, this would be really cool to put together! A way of saying goodbye, in style, to the 21 era.


From Soundscan/BillBoard (US). Best Selling Artist, Best Selling Album, Best Selling Physical Album, Best Selling Digital Album, Best Selling Internet Album, Best Selling Digital Song, Best Selling Digital Track, and Most Played Song on the Radio. 21 also scored the title of Best Selling Digital Album of All Time.

2012 Grammy wins for Album of The Year, Record of the Year, Song of The Year, Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Solo Vocal Performance, and Short Form Music Video.

One of only two people ever to have won all of the top four Grammy awards. Best New Artist, Album of The Year, Record of the Year, Song Of the Year. (Christopher Cross won all four in one year). So she is the only artist ever to have been named Best new artist and come back and swept the other three with a different album. (Nora Jones did not write the song of the year so she didn't sweep).

21 has most combined weeks at # 1 in US and UK ever (46 total weeks).

First woman ever to win Best artist, best album and best song of the year, Billboard..

In the US, since release in Feb 2011, 21 has only fallen out of top 5 once (7).

First artist album to spend 60+ weeks in the Top 5 in both US and UK.

In 2010, Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory". Random but no one mentions this.

21 hit number 1 in more than 26 countries,

Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number one album (21), number one single ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number one music video.

At the 2011 American Music Awards on 20 November, Adele won three awards; Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for 21

With 23 non-consecutive weeks at number 1 in the US, Adele broke the record for the longest number 1 album by a woman in Billboard history, beating the record formerly held by Whitney Houston's soundtrack The Bodyguard

On 9 December, Billboard named Adele artist of the year, Billboard 200 Album of the year (21), and the Billboard Hot 100 Song of the year ("Rolling in the Deep"), becoming the first female ever to top all three categories.

21 achieved the biggest weekly sales increase following a Grammy win since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. 735k

The album spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012, making it the longest-running album at number one since 1985 and 21 became the fourth best-selling album of the past 10 years in the United States.

On the week ending 3 March 2012, Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously

Billboard also announced that Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" is the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years, topping rock, pop, AC, R&B/hip-hop, dance and Latin charts. It went on to chart on 12 different radio formats.

In US, Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists being Judy Garland, Carole King, and Whitney Houston

At the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards in May, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year, and "Rolling in the Deep" won the award for Most Performed Work of 2011

In April 2012, American magazine Time named Adele one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.

66th week that 21 has stayed in top 5 of BB.

Artist albums with most weeks in the top 5 (in 21st century)

66 - 21, Adele (2011)
26 - Confessions, Usher (2004)
25 - Fearless, Taylor Swift (2008)

Artist albums with most weeks in the top 5 (all-time). Adele trails only Thriller.

71 - Thriller, Michael Jackson (1982)
66 - 21, Adele (2011)

Born in the USA and 21 have both spent longer at No 2 than any others in US history - with 24 weeks each

Wks in Top 3. 21 is second only to Thriller, ever. I expect 21 to break this record.

63 - Thriller, Michael Jackson
61 - 21, Adele



RITD has sold over 13.5 million single copies worldwide.

First artist album to spend 60+ weeks in the Top 5 in both US and UK.

Top5 best selling albums in the UK so far this year.

1 - 1 - 561,200 - Adele - 21
2 - 2 - 474,600 - Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events
3 - 3 - 456,200 - Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
4 - 4 - 381,600 - Ed Sheeran - +
5 - 5 - 260,200 - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

ADELE - 21

16 x PLATINUM in UK and 4'800'000 copies shipped.

Date of certyficate: 25.05.2012

Certification History:

15 x Platinum Certification Friday, March 02, 2012
14 x Platinum Certification Friday, December 16, 2011
12 x Platinum Certification Friday, November 18, 2011
10 x Platinum Certification Friday, July 08, 2011
8 x Platinum Certification Friday, April 22, 2011
7 x Platinum Certification Friday, April 08, 2011
6 x Platinum Certification Friday, March 25, 2011
5 x Platinum Certification Friday, March 18, 2011
4 x Platinum Certification Friday, March 04, 2011
3 x Platinum Certification Friday, February 25, 2011
2 x Platinum Certification Friday, February 11, 2011
Platinum Certification Friday, January 28, 2011

since its US February 2011 release, 21 has only fallen out of top 5 one time on its way to near 9.3 million in sales.

In 2012 sales, 21 has outsold Gaga, Katy, Carrie, Nicki, Kelly, Madonna, Bey, Taylor, Florence, Rihanna, Nora and Lana combined.

Adele's music is now tracked in 170 countries, the most regions PRS for Music has ever worked in to track an artist

RITD has been played one billion times.

Media Traffic. After 70 weeks on the list the total sales of '21' are at 21,89 million enough for no.55 on the ALL TIME CHART.

Adele is ranked 24 on World's Most Powerful Celebrities list, according to Forbes. Earnings of 35m.

In the US, Adele's 21 has sold 4.75 million copies so far in 2012 Billboard Calendar Year (dated Dec 3, 2011 - Nov 25, 2012).

21 is first album to hit 9 million since Usher's Confessions 7/24/05. 21 reached 9 million in 64 weeks, Confessions in 70 weeks.

21 will be first album to reach 10 million in U.S. sales since Eminem's The Eminem Show (released 5/02. It topped 10M 10/2011).

Adele's Live @ RAH #1 for 23rd week in US. Sets new record for music video w most weeks at #1 by a female artist. May 16

Last albums to reach 23m besides 21. All released in 2000. Beatles 1, 31 million sold; Linkin Park and Backstreet Boys, 24 million.

UK . 21's entire chart run. Weekly position and weekly sales.

21

01 -01 - 01 -01 - 01 -01 - 01 -01 - 01 -01 - 01 - 02 -01 - 01 -01 - 01 -01 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 01 - 01 -02 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 02 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 08 - 07 - 09 - 08 - 09 - 05 - 06 - 06 – 06 – 06 – 01 – 02 - 01 – 03 – 04 - 05 - 03 - 01 – 02 – 04 – 03 - 05 - 04 - 03 - 01 - 01 – 02 – 05 – 04 – 04 – 03 – 10

208,090 - 135,585 - 134,241 - 188,764 - 173,178 - 180,493 - 161,580 - 159,895 - 156,162 – 257,731 - 114,476 - 107,408 - 91,803 - 73,771 - 80,922 - 70,362 - 51,183 - 49,611 - 49,260 - 44,936 - 58,818 - 44,509 - 39,553 - 43,526 - 43,555 - 46,649 - 42,433 - 35,200 - 32,933 - 29,689 - 35,236 - 38,695 - 49,268 - 35,305 - 32,269 - 27,914 - 30,831 - 27,207 - 23,232 - 23,029 - ~27,100 - ~26,900 - ~31,800 - 41,430 - 61,274 - 83,847 - 105,585 - 129,310 - 35,835 – 38,380(2012) - 23,831 – 20,978 - 19,394 – ~15,700 – 17,544 - 47,498 - 65,091 - 41,030 - 32,526 - 47,668 – 22,820 - 16,269 – 28,156 - 22,235 - 17,065 - 15,464 –15,365 - 14,644 – 13,022 - 12,675 – 10,529

561,204 (2012 total)
4,333,504 TOTAL

US BB200 chart run.

01 – 01 – 02 – 01 – 03 – 03 – 01 – 02 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 03 – 02 – 01 – 03 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 03 – 01-02 – 01 – 04 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 01 – 04 – 05 – 05 – 03 – 07 – 02 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 02 – 02 – 02 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 03 – 02 – 04 – 02 – 02 – 02 - 02

351.649 - 167.950 - 132.719 - 98.076 - 95.991 - 94.265 - 88.233 - 92.536 - 153.030 - 155.209 - 155.996 - 137.626 - 126.423 - 120.913 - 114.314 - 114.540 - 101.340 - 91.535 - 79.455 - 76.717 - 77.130 - 82.549 - 76.000 – 72.722 - 80.013 - 82.206 - 154.182 - 121.334 - 119.183 - 116.859 - 117.937 - 111.928 - 110.575 - 105.568 - 106.967 - 107.542 - 104.200 - 112.825 - 140.166 - 143.597 – 187.379 – 276.689 – 398.766 – 144.185 – 124.498(2012) – 104.047 – 95.144 – 115.973 – 121.940 – 237.479 - 729.900 - 296.549 – 246.529 – 194.643 – 148.394 – 130.421 – 121.234 – 153.268 – 91.683 – 89.744 – 83.917 – 77.379 – 101.351 – 63.058 – 55.823 – 57.840

3.440.814 (2012 total)
9.264.442 TOTAL

worldwide chart run for 21.
'21' Sales History

359.000 - 252.000 - 224.000 - 259.000 - 635.000 - 452.000 - 378.000 - 345.000 - 342.000 - 447.000 - 296.000 - 295.000 - 354.000 - 303.000 - 343.000 - 339.000 - 296.000 - 278.000 - 282.000 - 274.000 - 276.000 - 242.000 - 222.000 - 221.000 - 217.000 - 222.000 - 224.000 - 212.000 - 218.000 - 224.000 - 234.000 - 314.000 - 285.000 - 276.000 - 262.000 - 261.000 - 261.000 - 255.000 - 243.000 - 245.000 - 250.000 - 245.000 - 260.000 - 327.000 - 395.000 - 499.000 – 706.000 - 957.000 – 394.000 – 309.000 - 260.000 - 244.000 - 254.000 - 247.000 - 369.000 - 979.000 - 520.000 – 429.000 – 348.000 – 303.000 – 247.000 – 228.000 - 271.000 - 201.000 – 188.000 – 177.000 – 161.000 – 187.000 – 141.000 – 127.000

6.584.000 (2012 total)
21.890.000 TOTAL (#55 in All-Time Chart)

[TurningTables]

In the US, since release in Feb 2011, 21 has only fallen out of top 5 once (7).

That's crazy!

[AdeleArgentina]

She really deserves everything that is happening. I hope to she continue so for many years. I love you Adele!

[sandrine_]

Here is my list. It includes 19 and 21 era. Some of the records are repeats from what shadesofblack posted.. thanks again for your help :)

AWARDS

Grammy Awards:
2009 - Best New Artist
2009 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Chasing Pavements)
2012 - Album of the Year (21)
2012 - Record of the Year (Rolling in the Deep)
2012 - Song of the Year (Rolling in the Deep)
2012 - Best Pop Solo Performance (Someone Like You)
2012 - Best Pop Vocal Album (21)
2012 - Best Short Form Music Video (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 8

AIM Independent Music Awards:
2011 - Most Played Independent Album (21)
2011 - Best "Difficult" Second Album (21)
Total: 2

American Music Awards:
2011 - Pop/Rock: Favorite Female Artist
2011 - Pop/Rock: Favorite Album (21)
2011 - Adult Contemporary Music: Favorite Artist
Total: 3

ASCAP Pop Music Awards:
2012 - Most Performed Work (Someone Like You)
Total: 1

Billboard Music Awards:
2012 - Top Artist
2012 - Top Female Artist
2012 - Top Billboard 200 Artist
2012 - Top Hot 100 Artist
2012 - Top Digital Songs Artist
2012 - Top Radio Songs Artist
2012 - Top Digital Media Artist
2012 - Top Pop Artist
2012 - Top Billboard 200 Album (21)
2012 - Top Pop Album (21)
2012 - Top Streaming Song (Audio) (Rolling in the Deep)
2012 - Top Alternative Song (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 12

BMI London Awards:
2009 - Award Winning Pop Songs (Chasing Pavements)
Total: 1

Brit Awards:
2008 - Critics Choice
2012 - British Female Solo Artist
2012 - British Album of the Year (21)
Total: 3

BT Digital Music Awards:
2011 - Best Independent Artist
Total: 1

ECHO Music Awards:
2012 - Rock/Pop International Female Solo Artist
2012 - International Album of the Year (21)
Total: 2

European Border Breakers Awards:
2009 - Best Album (19)
Total: 1

Fryderyk Prize:
2012 - Best International Album (21)
Total: 1

Glamour Women of the Year Awards:
2009 - UK Solo Artist of the Year
2011 - UK Solo Artist of the Year
Total: 2

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards:
2011 - Platinum Award (21)
Total: 1

Independent Music Awards:
2012 - International Album of the Year (21)
2012 - International Solo Artist of the Year
Total: 2

Ivor Novello Awards:
2012 - Songwriter of the Year
2012 - PRS for Most Performed Work (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 2

Juno Awards:
2012 - International Album of the Year (21)
Total: 1

MOBO Awards:
2011 - Best UK R&B/Soul Act
Total: 1

MP3 Music Awards:
2011 - Radio/Charts/Downloads (Someone Like You)
Total: 1

MTV Europe Music Awards:
2011 - Best UK/Ireland Act
Total: 1

MTV Best Of..
2011 - Song of the Year (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 1

MTV Video Music Awards:
2011 - Best Art Direction (Rolling in the Deep)
2011 - Best Cinematography (Rolling in the Deep)
2011 - Best Editing (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 3

NRJ Music Awards:
2012 - International Breakthrough of the Year
2012 - International Song of the Year (Someone Like You)
Total: 2

Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards:
2012 - Best UK Female
Total: 1

Premios Fuse TV Awards:
2011 - International Album of the Year (21)
2011 - Best Cinematography (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 2

Premios Oye! Awards:
2012 - International Album of the Year (21)
Total: 1

Q Awards:
2011 - Best Track (Rolling in the Deep)
2011 - Best Female
Total: 2

Swiss Music Awards:
2012 - Best International Rock/Pop Album (21)
2012 - Best International Hit (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 2

UK Video Music Awards:
2011 - Best Pop Video (Rolling in the Deep)
2011 - Best Cinematography (Rolling in the Deep)
Total: 2

Urban Music Awards:
2008 - Best Jazz Act
Total: 1

TOTAL: 63 AWARDS WON
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RECOGNITIONS

2011 - iTunes Artist of the Year

2012 - Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People

2012 - VH1 100 Greatest Women in Music (#5)

2012 - Entertainment Weekly Greatest Artists Right Now (#1)

2011 Billboard Year-End Charts:
Top Artist
Top Hot 100 Song (Rolling in the Deep)
Top Billboard 200 Album (21)
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Top Digital Song (Rolling in the Deep)
Top Digital Album (21)
Top Digital Albums Artist
Top Adult Pop Song (Rolling in the Deep)
Top Catalog Album (19)
Top Canadian Hot 100 Song (Rolling in the Deep)
Top Canadian Album (21)

Billboard Magazine:
2011 - Artist of the Year
2011 - Song of the Year (Rolling in the Deep)
2011 - Album of the Year (21)
(First Female to Top All Three Categories)

Rolling Stone Magazine:
2011 - Best Song (Rolling in the Deep)
2011 - Best Album (21)

Music Week Awards:
2012 - Manager of the Year (Jonathon Dickins)
2012 - Artist Marketing Campaign (Purple PR for Adele)
2012 - PR Campaign (Purple PR for Adele)

Soundscan/Billboard Records:
Longest Running #1 Album by a Female Artist in Chart History
First Artist in History to Have 3 Singles at #1 on Hot 100 Concurrently With a #1 Album on Billboard 200
Biggest Selling Digital Song by a Female Artist (Rolling in the Deep)
First Female Artist to Place 3 Songs in the Hot 100 Top 10 Concurrently with 2 Albums in the Top 5 of Billboard 200 (The second artist overall to achieve this)
First Piano and Vocal Only Song to Reach #1 on Hot 100 (Someone Like You)
First Artist in History to Have the Year's #1 Album (21), #1 Single (Rolling in the Deep) and #1 Music Video (Royal Albert Hall)
Adele is one of only four female artists to have an album chart at #1 for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists being Judy Garland, Carole King, and Whitney Houston)
Artist with the most weeks in the Top 5 of Billboard 200 (in 21st century) (66 weeks)
Second Artist with the most weeks in Top 5 of Billboard 200 (All time)
21 is one of only two albums to have both spent longer at #2 than any others (24 weeks each)
Second Artist with most weeks in the Top 3 of Billboard 200 (All time) (61 weeks)
Since release in Feb 2011, 21 has only fallen out of the Top 5 on Billboard 200 only once (#7)

More Soundscan Records for 2011:
Best Selling Artist, Best Selling Album (21), Best Selling Physical Album (21), Best Selling Digital Album (21), Best Selling Internet Album (21), Best Selling Digital Song (Rolling in the Deep), Best Selling Digital Track (Rolling in the Deep), and Most Played Song on the Radio (Rolling in the Deep). 21 also scored the title of Best Selling Digital Album of All Time

Guinness World Records:
Most Successful Singles Sales in a Year
Most Cumulative Weeks at #1 on UK Albums Chart (Solo Female Artist, Individual Album)
Most Consecutive Weeks at #1 on UK Albums Chart (Solo Female Artist)
Most Grammy Awards Won in a Single Year by a British Act (Female)
First Female to Have Two Singles and Two Albums in the UK Top 5 Simultaneously
Best Selling Download Album in the UK

Other Current Sales Records:
Fifth Best Selling Album in History, in the UK (21)
Best Selling Album in History, by a Solo Artist, in the UK (21)
21 has most combined weeks at # 1 in US and UK ever (46 total weeks)
First artist album to spend 60+ weeks in the Top 5 in both US and UK
21 hit #1 in more than 26 countries
One of only two people ever to have won all of the top four Grammy Awards (Best New Artist, Album of The Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year)
In 2012 sales, 21 has outsold Gaga, Katy, Carrie, Nicki, Kelly, Madonna, Bey, Taylor, Florence, Rihanna, and Lana combined
Adele's music is now tracked in 170 countries, the most regions PRS for Music has ever worked in to track an artist.
Rolling in the Deep has been played one billion times.
In the US, 21 is the first album to hit 9 million since Usher's Confessions 7/24/05. 21 reached 9 million in 64 weeks, Confessions in 70 weeks.
21 will be first album to reach 10 million in U.S. sales since Eminem's The Eminem Show (released 5/02. It topped 10M 10/2011).
Live at Royal Albert Hall has been #1 for 23 weeks in US. This sets new record for a music video with most weeks at #1 by a female artist. (As of May 16)

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Upcoming/Pending Awards:

2012 Teen Choice Awards:
Female Artist
Single by a Female Artist (Set Fire to the Rain)
Total: 2

[AnimExFeveR]

21 is 67 weeks in the top 5but really nice list you have going :)

[MayLovesAdele]

So proud of Adele!
I'm adding a few to the list. :)


On average, a copy of 21 was sold every 6.5 seconds in the year 2011.
In the entirety of 2011, only one release of a Concert DVD sold more than 100,000 copies, and that is Adele's Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
Adele's "21" has spent 66 weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard Charts since the day of its release and never left it.
Adele became the only artist to sell 1 million or more copies of three different songs in the first quarter of 2012.
Adele's 21 sold 3,772,000 copies in 2011 in the UK alone, the biggest-selling album for that year.

[shadesofblack]

21 is the only album in UK history to sell over 3 million copies in one year.
Just read this one: If 21 makes it back to #1 next week, it will hold the record for longest span between first hitting number 1 in March '11 to going back to number 1 next week, June 13, 2012.
From NF:
The record before was Thriller which was #1 which first hit #1 on Feb 26, 1983 and last on April 14, 1984.
One in six households in the UK own 21.

[AnimExFeveR]

21 is the only album in UK history to sell over 3 million copies in one year.
Just read this one: If 21 makes it back to #1 next week, it will hold the record for longest span between first hitting number 1 in March '11 to going back to number 1 next week, June 13, 2012.
From NF:
The record before was Thriller which was #1 which first hit #1 on Feb 26, 1983 and last on April 14, 1984.
One in six households in the UK own 21.

Wait are you talking about the UK if she makes it back to #1?

[shadesofblack]

21 is the only album in UK history to sell over 3 million copies in one year.
Just read this one: If 21 makes it back to #1 next week, it will hold the record for longest span between first hitting number 1 in March '11 to going back to number 1 next week, June 13, 2012.
From NF:
The record before was Thriller which was #1 which first hit #1 on Feb 26, 1983 and last on April 14, 1984.
One in six households in the UK own 21.

Wait are you talking about the UK if she makes it back to #1?

US.

[chickie63]

One in six households in the UK own 21.

...and the problem with the other five households is??? ; /