Official chart analysis: weekly album sales plummet to record 21st Century low, Adele back at No.1

21's return to number one is attended by sales of just 22,235 copies - the sixth lowest weekly tally of its career, and the lowest for a number one album for 11 weeks.

Its return to number one is not entirely organic - demand for Adele product was helped by BBC re-screening an edited version of her Live At Royal Albert Hall concert DVD (6th April), renditions of Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You the following day on ...

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