On a more positive note, after a year on release, 21 has racked up a massive 3,855,535 sales, including 747,926 downloads and 3,824 12-inch albums. It is by far the biggest selling album of all-time digitally, outselling the number two and three titles - Lady GaGa's The Fame (353,749) and The Kings Of Leon's Only By The Night (332,428) - combined.

For the second week in a row, a fanbase act made a sufficiently strong opening to top the initial ...