Adele surpasses Dire Straits in best-selling list

After toppling Pink Floyd, another classic album succumbs to '21'

March 23, 2012 by Michael Baggs | Photo by WENN.com

Adele surpasses Dire Straits in best-selling list

Adele's '21' album continues its sales rampage, having now toppled Dire Straits' 'Brothers In Arms' in the UK's all-time best selling albums list.

'21' is now the sixth best selling album of all time in the UK, and sales show no sign as stopping, as the album is still No.3 in the UK album charts, more than a year since its January 2011 release.

Atthe beginning of the week it was reported that Adele had outsold Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon'. A few days later, and another classic album falls under the might of the UK soul star.

Adele recently made the Top Ten biggest earning artists in music for 2011.

The best selling album in the UK of all time is Queen's 'Greatest Hits', having sold 5.86million copies.

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