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British singer Adele tops UK music charts record-breaking comeback album "30"

British singer Adele tops UK music charts record-breaking comeback album "30"
November 27, 2021 Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Music star Adele soared straight to the top of the UK charts with her new album "30", making a triumphant and record-breaking return.

One of the world's best selling singer-songwriters, the Grammy Award winner released her fourth studio album last week, with critics and fans praising her honesty on the record she said she made to explain her divorce to her son Angelo, 9.

First week sales for "30" totalled 261,000, giving it the biggest opening week of the year so far, the Official Charts Company said. The figure is the biggest for an album since Ed Sheeran’s "Divide" in 2017 and the biggest for a female solo album since Adele’s last record, 2015's "25".

"It becomes Adele’s fourth UK Number 1 album; she has now reached Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with all of her studio albums, a record for a female act," the Official Charts Company said in a statement.