Best for last - Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
Genres considered - Pop, Soul, Blues, Jazz, R&B
5-4-3-2-1 : Adele 1
British icon
Honors -
16 Grammy Awards
12 Brit Awards
1 Academy Award
1 Primetime Emmy Award
1 Golden Globe Award
Over 120 million albums sold worldwide - one of the best-selling music artists
Full background - Wikipedia
Full Discography (in lieu of a top favorite) -
19
Debut album
Released in January 2008
2 Grammy Awards (including Best New Artist)
No. 1 in the UK ... Top 10 in the U.S.
Over 8.5 million copies sold worldwide
Over 2.5 million copies sold in the UK alone
All-time Charts -
- Irish Female Albums, No. 27
- UK Female Albums, No. 14
- U.S. Billboard 200, No. 80
Certifications -
- Gold in Finland & Mexico
- Platinum in Germany, Italy, Spain, & Switzerland
- 2x Platinum in Australia & Belgium
- 3x Platinum in Denmark & the Netherlands, the U.S.
- 4x Platinum in Canada & New Zealand
- 8x Platinum in the UK
21
Second album
Released in January 2011
Best-selling album of the 21st Century
Third best-selling album of all time
No. 1 on UK Albums Chart for 23 weeks - longest by a female solo artist
Best-performing Billboard 200 album of all time
Over 10 million copies sold in the U.S. alone
Over 31 million copies sold worldwide
1 Grammy Award
1 Brit Award
Listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
All-time Charts -
- Irish Female Albums, No. 1
- UK Albums, No. 4
- U.S. Billboard 200, No. 1
- U.S. Billboard 200 (Women), No. 1
Certifications -
- Gold in Columbia, Iceland, Japan
- Platinum in Austria, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Norway, Russia
- 2x Platinum in Chile, Finland, Portugal
- 3x Platinum in Sweden
- 4x Platinum in Argentina, the Netherlands
- 5x Platinum in Spain
- 6x Platinum in Belgium
- 7x Platinum in Switzerland
- 8x Platinum in Germany
- 9x Platinum in Italy
- 11x Platinum in Denmark
- 14x Platinum in the U.S.
- 17x Platinum in Australia, New Zealand
- 18x Platinum in Ireland, the UK
- Diamond + 3x Platinum in Mexico
- 2x Diamond in Canada, Poland
- 3x Diamond in Brazil
25
Third album
Released in November 2015
Over 23.3 million copies sold worldwide
4th best-selling album of the 21st Century
1 Billboard Music Award
1 Brit Award
2 Grammy Awards
Certifications -
- Gold in Venezuela
- Platinum in Portugal
- 2x Platinum in Finland, South Africa, Sweden
- 3x Platinum in Austria, Spain
- 3x Platinum + Gold in Mexico
- 4x Platinum in Norway
- 5x Platinum in Hungary, Italy
- 6x Platinum in Germany, Switzerland
- 7x Platinum in Denmark
- 8x Platinum in Belgium
- 10x Platinum in Australia
- 11x Platinum in the U.S.
- 13x Platinum in the UK
- 15x Platinum in New Zealand
- Diamond in Brazil, Canada, Poland
30
Fourth album
Released in November 2021
6 Grammy Nominations
1 Brit Award*
*Brit Award for British Album of the Year!
!First solo artist in history to win this award three times
No. 1 in 25 countries
5.54 million copies sold worldwide
Certifications -
- Gold in Chile, Portugal
- Platinum in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland
- 2x Platinum in Brazil, Sweden
- 3x Platinum in Canada, France, 3x New Zealand, the UK, the U.S.
- 4x Platinum in Poland
Of the full discography, choosing one from a relatively brief list is not possible. Therefore, if I could choose a favorite song, I would opt for "Rumour Has It." (Of course, "Skyfall" will always rank at the top for me.)
"Rumour Has It"
No. 16 on Billboard Hot 100
No. 1 on Billboard Adult Album Alternative chart
Top 10 in Iceland and Israel
Over 2 million copies sold in the U.S. alone
Certifications -
- Gold in Australia, Italy, Mexico
- Platinum in Brazil, New Zealand, the UK
- 2x Platinum in the U.S.
- 3x Platinum in Canada
In conclusion to the July countdown, what began as a group of five men planning a musical future led to one woman defining her musical future. All those in between guaranteed success.
5-4-3-2-1 : Play it!
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