Adele’s ‘30’ Becomes First Album This Year To Cross One Million Sales, Despite Decreasing CD Sales

Adele’s ‘30’ Becomes First Album This Year To Cross One Million Sales, Despite Decreasing CD Sales

Adele’s 30 is the first album of 2021 to cross one million album sales in the United States, according to Billboard, a feat that’s getting harder to achieve due to the decrease in popularity of traditional platforms like CDs, vinyls and digital downloads in favor of streaming.

A member of staff sorts copies of the new album from British singer-songwriter Adele, "30" in Sister ... [+] Ray record store in the soho area of central London in November 19, 2021. - The album "30", is her first in six years. Adele has previously said the recording of "30" began three years ago at a time when her life was "a maze of absolute mess and inner turmoil". (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)