21 (Adele album) broke the record for the longest-charting album by a female artist on the "Billboard" 200, surpassing "Tapestry" by Carole King. In Canada, "21" spent 28 weeks at number one, and was certified diamond in January 2012 by Music Canada for shipment of 800,000 copies of the album. "21" had sold over 1.489 million copies by January 2013, making it the third best-selling album in Canada, since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales. The album was nominated for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize. In November 2011, Adele won three American Music Awards including Favorite Pop/Rock Album for "21". Adele has seven Grammys
Zoë (British singer) her two solo albums. Zoë released her debut single, "Sunshine On A Rainy Day", in late 1990, with two different music videos. It failed to reach the UK Top 40, however it was remixed and re-released in 1991 and it became a Top 10 hit, peaking at number 4. Her début album, "Scarlet Red and Blue" (to which singer Sam Brown contributed) included "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" and another moderately popular song, "Lightning", which peaked and spent a respectable 3 weeks at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. The album, despite good promotion and reviews, however, did not