Adele - 25

 

3rd album

Released in November 2015

Title meaning - Reflection of life and frame of mind at 25 years old

Themes - "yearning for her old self, her nostalgia...melancholia about the passage of time" ... "motherhood, new love, and regret" - Adele interview by Rolling Stone

Genres considered - Pop, Soul, British Pop

No. 1 in 32 countries 

3.38 million in sales in first week of sales in the U.S. alone

Over one million in sales in the second and fifth weeks

800,307 in sales in first week of sales in the UK

World's best-selling album of the year in 2015 (17.4 million copies)

4th best-selling album of the 21st Century (over 22 million copies worldwide)

3rd best-selling album of the 21st Century in the UK

Among the best-selling albums in UK music history

One of the best-selling albums of all time

4 singles released to promote -

"Hello" - international No. 1 & fastest selling digital single in the U.S. (over one million in sales within the first week)

"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" - Top 10 in Europe & North America

"When We Were Young" & "Water Under the Bridge" - Top 20 in Europe & North America

Brit Award for British Album of the Year (2016)

Brit Award for British Single of the Year ("Hello", 2016)

Billboard Music Awards - 9 nominations, 5 wins (2016)

Juno Award for International Album of the Year (2016)

American Music Awards - 4 nominations

BBC Music Award for BBC Radio Album of the Year (2016)

Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album (2016)

ECHO Music Awards - 1 nomination

iHeartRadio Music Awards - 1 nomination

iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Pop Album 

Grammy Award for Album of the Year & Best Pop Vocal Album (2017)

Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, & Best Pop Solo Performance ("Hello," 2017)

Grammy Award for Album of the Year (2017)

Worldwide concert tour, Adele Live 2016, grossed $278.4 million

Review Scores -

AllMusic - 4.5/5 Stars

The Daily Telegraph - 5/5 Stars

Entertainment Weekly - A-

The Guardian - 3/5 Stars

The Independent - 3/5 Stars

NME - 3/5

Pitchfork - 7.3/10

Rolling Stone - 5/5 Stars

Spin - 6/10

USA Today - 3.5/4 Stars

No. 2 on Rolling Stone's The 50 Best Albums of 2015

On December 18, 2015, sales exceeded 2 million in sales in the UK.

Additional 450,000 in sales in 5th week of release

As of November 2016, the album sold 3.12 million copies.

As of October 2018, the album sold 3.50 million copies.

As of October 2018, the album is the 10th best-selling in UK history.

No. 1 in Germany

France - Fast-selling album of 2015 (169,693)

No. 1 in the Netherlands

No. 1 in Spain

No. 1 in Portugal

No. 1 in Switzerland

U.S. - Fastest-selling album of the 21st Century (2.3 million within first 3 days of release)

U.S. - Best-selling album of 2015

U.S. - 2.433 million sales on fourth day ... surpassed single week record for an album since Nielson Soundscan began tracking sales in 1991

U.S. - 3.38 million sales in first week ... First album ever to achieve this record

U.S. - 1.11 million in sales in second week

U.S. - 695,00 in sales in third week

U.S. - 790,000 in sales in fourth week

No. 1 on Billboard 200 in sixth week

8,008,000 in sales by the end of 2015

2,310,000 in digital sales by the end of 2015 (third best-selling digital album)

No. 1 on Billboard 200 in 7th week

First album by a female artist to top Billboard 200 in first seven weeks (since Whitney Houston's 1987 album, Whitney)

5th album released since 2000 to achieve at least 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200

No. 1 in Canada - 306,000 in sales in first week

Canada - 145,000 in sales in second week

Canada - As of 2019, 1.09 million in sales

No. 1 in Mexico Top 100

Mexico - 10th best-selling album in Mexico in 2015

Australia - Over 210,000 copies sold in five days

Australia - Best-selling album of 2015 & 2016

New Zealand - Best-selling album of 2015

Track List -

1.  Hello

2.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

3.  I Miss You

4.  When We Were Young

5.  Remedy

6.  Water Under the Bridge

7.  River Lea

8.  Love in the Dark

9.  Million Years Ago 

10.  All I Ask

11.  Sweetest Devotion

Charts

Certified Gold in Venezuela

Certified Platinum in Portugal 

Certified 2x Platinum in Finland, South Africa, & Sweden

Certified 3x Platinum in Austria & Spain

Certified 3x Platinum+Gold in Mexico

Certified 4x Platinum in Norway

Certified 5x Platinum in Hungary & Italy

Certified 6x Platinum in Germany & Switzerland 

Certified 7x Platinum in Denmark

Certified 8x Platinum in Belgium

Certified 10x Platinum in Australia

Certified 12x Platinum in the U.S.

Certified 13x Platinum in the UK

Certified 15x Platinum in New Zealand 

Certified Diamond in Brazil, Canada, & Poland

(Wikipedia)

My greatest achievement at age 25 was graduating from college.  Adele surpasses my milestone by leaps and bounds.