Adele equals Oasis and Queen album chart record
Adele Adele has equalled the album chart records of Oasis and Queen.
According to The Official Charts Company, 21 is now in its 20th non-consecutive week at number one since its release twelve months ago.
Adele has now spent a career total of 21 weeks at number one, with her debut album 19 spending one week at the top.
This now puts her on a par with Oasis and Queen in the number of weeks spent at the top of the album chart.
But where Adele has achieved this with her first two albums, Oasis took eight albums to notch up 21 weeks at the top and Queen nine albums to reach the same feat.
And 21 is the longest running number one album for a solo artist in UK chart history and sixth longest running overall, with only Simon & Garfunkel and The Beatles surpassing the record.
Ed Sheeran's + and Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto follow 21 in second and third spot in this week's chart, while Enter Shikari have the highest new entry, reaching number four with their third album A Flash Flood Of Colour.
Grunge rockers Tribes enter the chart this week with their debut album Baby at 20. The band are on this year's NME Awards Tour playing alongside Azealia Banks, Metronomy and Two Door Cinema Club in February.
