
Adele’s second album 21 has overtaken Michael Jackson’s Thriller in the list of best-selling UK albums.
It has sold 4,274,300 copies in the UK, 500 more than Jackson’s 1982 classic.
In the 15 months since Adele’s second album was released, it has spent 65 non-consecutive weeks on the Official Albums Chart.
It has outsold Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black to become the biggest selling album of the 21st Century.
The top 10 biggest-selling albums in the UK are:
1 – Greatest Hits – Queen
2 – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
3 – Gold: Greatest Hits – ABBA
4 – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
5 – 21 – Adele
6 – Thriller – Michael Jackson
7 – Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
8 – The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
9 – Bad – Michael Jackson
10 – Greatest Hits II – Queen

