Royal Albert Hall events in British culture, each year it hosts more than 390 shows in the main auditorium, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestra, sports, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and banquets. A further 400 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces. The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the "Central Hall of Arts and Sciences", but the name was changed to the "Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences" by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband, Prince Albert,
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele album) of 28 November 2012, "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" had surpassed sales of one million copies in the United States and sales of three million copies worldwide. "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" is the first music DVD to surpass sales of one million in the USA since Eagles' "Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne" in 2005 (Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Hits" sold one million copies in 2007, but was a CD/DVD combination). In 2014, the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD), granted to sixfold Diamond to Live at The Royal Albert Hall for its sales over 1 million copies