21 (Adele-Album)
21 is the second album by British singer Adele. It was released on January 19, 2011. The album reached, among others, throughout the German number one rank on the charts, but also in Adele's homeland, the United Kingdom. There is so far the best-selling album of the 21st century, with about 3.5 million units sold.
The album contains eleven songs, ten contributions Adele has contributed the text. The album cover shows a close-up of Adele's face, including in the same font and font size " Adele " and the album title "21". The picture is decorated in gray, the lettering is white and green.
Success
The album debuted in early February in the German charts and reached both in Germany and in Austria and Switzerland square one. 21 reached the highest position in some other European countries, including in Adele's homeland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and Canada. In Germany, the album now for over 25 months holds in the charts.
Adele is the first British artist who was able to sell three million albums a year within the UK. On 30 November 2011 it was announced that 21 with over 140,000 downloads is so far the most downloaded album in Germany. At the 2012 Grammy Awards Adele was honored with six trophies, including in the category " Record of the Year ", " Album of the Year " and "Best Song of the Year " ( Rolling in the Deep ).
Album Title
The album title 21 refers to Adele's age at the time when she composed the title and has taken, as with her debut album 19
Singles
The single Rolling in the Deep was born at 29 November 2010. In Germany and Switzerland the song reached number one in Austria and the UK, he rose to third place. In the U.S., the song was a number -one hit.
On 15 February 2011 appeared with Someone Like You, the second single. In the UK, the song rose after a live performance at the Brit Awards straight to number one in. Adele hired a record that was most recently the Beatles succeeded in 1964 by was represented in both the single and the album charts twice in the top 5. In the U.S., Someone Like You, Adele's second number -one hit.
Set Fire to the Rain was chosen as the world's third and in Central Europe as a second single before Someone Like You. The song reached only by download, the top 10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In Belgium and the Netherlands as the song Rolling in the Deep was a number -one hit. In the U.S. it was released as the third single from the album, reaching as Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You # 1 on the U.S. singles charts and became her third number -one hit.
The fourth single the song Rumour Has It was determined. It was released on November 5, 2011 and in the U.S. rose to 16th place
Title list
Reception
21 received consistently positive reviews. laut.de awarded three out of five stars and was used primarily to Rolling in the Deep favor. The song lend itself " as an opener more than magnificent " and prove a lot of variety. CDStarts compared with Adele Kate Nash, Amy Winehouse and Duffy, claiming Adele 've hung loosely with this album. LetMeEntertainYou missed all five possible stars and chose 21 for CD highlight of the year.