Blur's Album Sales Increase By 2,700% After Brit Awards

Adele, Blur and Ed Sheeran have all seen album sales surge following their performances at the Brit Awards last night.

Blur's album sales have already increased by 2,700% after they picked up the award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' and drew the ceremony to a close.

Meanwhile Adele's '21' increase by 166% Ed Sheeran's debut album '+' had a 796% increase.

Both of Adele's albums, '19' and '21' have also both moved back into Amazon's UK top ten following her wins in the 'British Female Solo Artist' and 'British Album of the Year' categories.

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Amazon UK music and MP3 manager Paul Firth said: "Adele may have been cut short during her 'Album of the Year' acceptance speech but her reign in the charts continues with orders for both of her 21 and 19 albums after the Brits last night propelling her back up the top ten.

"While Adele is back at the top of the chart it was Blur who saw the biggest uplift in sales of CDs and MP3 downloads last night with a 2,700% increase following the ceremony with many of their fans from the '90s looking to reconnect with the Britpop band."

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