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
21 (Adele album) achieved separate consecutive number-one spells during its 2011 chart run on the UK Albums Chart, claiming the top spot for 11 straight weeks between February and April 2011, then for five consecutive weeks between April and June, and then for another two weeks in July 2011. It amassed 23 weeks at number one to date. Midway through 2012, "21" was the best-selling album of the year despite being released in early 2011. In December 2012, "21" overtook Oasis' "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" to become the fourth best-selling album of all time in the UK. By December 2012, "21" had