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Adele has managed to score the biggest selling artist album of the millennium to date.
According to figures for the Official Charts Company, Adele's second album has sold nearly 4,740,000 copies in the UK to date, including spending 23 weeks at No.1. Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black is in second place with sales of over 3,560,000 since being released in 2006.
The rest of the list makes slightly more depressing reading with James Blunt's debut, Leona Lewis Spirit and Dido's No Angel filling out the top five. It's particularly galling for anyone with even a passing interest in guitar music that the only passable 'rock' album in the top 20 is from Kings Of Leon (and the only hip-hop album is Eminem's breakthrough LP).
The full top 20 is:
1. 21 - Adele
2. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
3. Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
4. Spirit - Leona Lewis
5. No Angel - Dido
6. 1 - Beatles
7. Crazy Love - Michael Buble
8. White Ladder - David Gray
9. The Game Lady Gaga
10. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
11. Life For Rent - Dido
12. Only The Night - Kings Of Leon
13. Beautiful World - Take That
14. Hopes and Fears - Keane
15. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
16. X&Y - Coldplay
17. Parachutes - Coldplay
18. Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
19. Gold - Abba
20. The Marshall Matthers LP - Eminem
Emily Eavis recently denied rumours that Adele would be performing at the festival in Somerset. However, Emily Eavis has told The Sun that's it's not to be: "I would love Adele. To have Adele would be a complete dream, but she's not going to be here this year." Ever secretive when it comes to rumours, she added, "That's the only denial I will do."
Glastonbury Festival 2015 takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset from 24 - 28 June 2015.
