Adele has overtaken Michael Jackson to claim the fifth best-selling album in UK history. The singer's second album 21 has sold over 4,274,300 copies in the UK as of this morning (May 3), which is 500 sales ahead of Michael Jackson's Thriller.
阿黛爾的個(gè)人第二張唱片《21》取代邁克爾.杰克遜的經(jīng)典專輯《Thriller》,成為英國有史以來第五大銷售唱片。截至到5月3日上午,《21》已經(jīng)在英國賣出了4274300張,比《Thriller》的銷量多了500張。

"To add to her many landmark records, Adele's achievement in overtaking Thriller in the all-time sales list is truly remarkable," comments the Official Charts Company's managing director Martin Talbot. "Thriller has long been recognised as one of the most iconic albums of all time - there is now no doubt that 21 can be spoken of in the same breath."
官方排行榜公司的常務(wù)董事Martin Talbot說:“阿黛爾的《21》取代杰克遜的《Thriller》的成為英國第五大暢銷唱片是阿黛爾的又一重要記錄,非常了不起?!薄啊禩hriller》一直被看做是有史以來最偉大的唱片之一,毫無疑問,現(xiàn)在《21》也享有同樣的盛譽(yù)?!?/div>

Since its release in the UK in January 2011, Adele's 21 has spent 65 weeks in the Top 10, with 23 of those weeks at number one. It has outsold Amy Winehouse's Back To Black to become the highest-selling UK album of the 21st century and won Adele six Grammys and two Brit Awards.
自阿黛爾的《21》在2011年1月在英國開始銷售以來,這張專輯已經(jīng)停留在排行榜前10名長達(dá)65周,并在其中的23個(gè)星期位居榜首。《21》取代艾米?懷恩豪斯的《Back To Black》成為21世紀(jì)最暢銷的唱片,并為阿黛爾贏得了六座格萊美獎(jiǎng)和兩座全英音樂獎(jiǎng)。

The UK's five highest-selling albums of all-time are as follows:
1. Queen: Greatest Hits
2. The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. ABBA: Gold: The Greatest Hits
4. Oasis: (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
5. Adele: 21
英國有史以來最暢銷的五大唱片:
No.1:皇后樂隊(duì)的《精選集》
No.2:披頭士的《佩珀軍士孤寂心靈俱樂部樂隊(duì)》
No.3:阿巴合唱團(tuán)的《熱門金曲集》
No.4:綠洲樂隊(duì)的《清晨的榮耀》
No.5:阿黛爾的《21》