Brits helps Adele to equal Lennon record

Although she didn't take home an award (she had no releases in the eligibility period) Adele was the biggest winner, with an intense performance of Someone Like You propelling the previously flagging track to number one on sales of 111,739 downloads while ensuring that parent album 21 remains atop the album chart.

With 21's first single. Rolling In The Deep, recovering 5-4 (53,889 sales), and Adele's first album, 19, rising 6-4 (39,637 sales), the 22-year-old becomes the first artist to ...

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