cliff richard has sold the most records in the uk.
cliff richard has sold the most records in the uk.
who has sold the most records in the uk?
cliff richard
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in the united kingdom, "25" debuted at number one on the uk albums chart and sold 800,307 copies in its first chart week, overtaking oasis' "be here now" (1997) to become the fastest-selling album of all time in the uk. of that total, 252,423 copies were digital downloads, breaking the record for most digital copies sold in a week, and 548,000 were physical copies. in its first week, "25" sold more copies in the uk than the combined sales of the last 19 number-one albums in uk on their debut week. it also outsold that week's other 86 highest-selling albums combined. after ten days on sale, it became the fastest million-seller in the uk, surpassing "be here now", which achieved this feat in 17 days in 1997. in its second week, "25" sold 439,337 copies, which broke the record for highest second-week sales in the uk and also was the sixth biggest weekly sales of all time. in its third week, "25" sold 354,000 copies, which represents the second highest third-week sales since take that's "the circus", which sold 382,000 copies in its third week, and was also certified quintuple platinum by the british phonographic industry, with total uk sales at 1,593,530 copies. on 18 december, 29 days after its release, the album surpassed sales of 2 million copies in the uk, becoming the fastest 2 million-seller in the country. in its fifth week of release, the album sold another 450,000 copies in the uk, becoming the christmas number one. the album has spent 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one and, as of november 2016, had sold 3.12 million copies, being later certified 11× platinum. in december 2016, it became only the third album to be the uk's biggest-seller two years in a row, after simon & garfunkel's "bridge over troubled water" (1970 and 1971) and simply red's "stars" (1991 and 1992). it has sold over 3.50 million copies as of october 2018, making the ten biggest selling studio album in the uk history.
25 (adele album)