New album 30 eclipses first-week sales of Abba’s Voyage, while
Singer occupies three out of five slots in the
UK Top 5 singles
Adele has scored the highest opening week for an album in 2021, beating Abba’s recent blockbuster return.
Her fourth album, 30, notched chart sales of 261,000, a figure derived from streaming, downloads and physical sales (including 16,700 copies shifted on vinyl). It’s the biggest first week sales figure since Ed Sheeran’s Divide in 2017, and beats Abba’s 204,000 figure for Voyage.