Adele scores her FOURTH UK number one album with 30 after shifting 260k copies in one week and gaining 55.7m streams... yet sales are still DOWN a whopping 75% on her last record 25 The sales figures also represent the biggest opening week on the UK’s Official Albums Chart since 2017 On November 19 the album broke the record for the most-streamed album in a day globally by a UK artist in Spotify history Additionally, Adele broke the record for the most streamed UK artist globally in a day in Spotify history Despite the impressive numbers, the record still sold 75 per cent less than her last album 25's first week of release The singer has also secured a UK number 1 chart double as 30 joins the album's lead single Easy On Me at the top of the UK official chart By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 16:18 GMT, 29 November 2021 | Updated: 16:52 GMT, 29 November 2021 17 Viewcomments Adele has claimed her fourth consecutive UK number one album and the fastest selling of 2021 with her latest autobiographical LP, 30. The release has generated 260,000 sales in one week and a staggering 55.7 million streams across its 12 tracks, many of which document the singer's painful divorce from Simon Konecki. The sales figures also represent the biggest opening week on the UK’s Official Albums Chart since 2017 and sees 30 join previous albums 19, 21, and 25 as Number 1s on the UK Official Albums Chart. Despite the impressive numbers, the record still sold 75 per cent less than her last album 25's first week of release. Popular: Adele has claimed her fourth consecutive UK number one album and the fastest selling of 2021 with her latest autobiographical LP, 30 On November 19 the album broke the record for the most-streamed album in a day globally by a UK artist in Spotify history. Additionally, Adele broke the record for the most streamed UK artist globally in a day in Spotify history. The singer has also secured a UK number 1 chart double as 30 joins the album's lead single Easy On Me at the top of the UK official chart. Success: The release (pictured) has generated 260,000 sales in one week and a staggering 55.7 million streams across its 12 tracks The plaintive ballad continues to dominate the UK Top 40 singles chart since it's release six weeks ago and is Adele’s longest running UK number 1 single to date. Additionally, the singer also lands two other entries within the top 5 of the UK official chart, with Oh My God debuting at number 2 and I Drink Wine at number 4. Since release, 30 has broken numerous records including 24 million streams total first week streams in the UK and earnt the biggest week of digital download sales of 2021 so far, with 23,500. Success: 25, Adele's third album, went on to sell a massive 18 million copies worldwide over its first year While this gives Adele the biggest opening week of any album of the year, it's still a drop from the 3.8m copies she sold of 25 when it was released in November 2015. 25, Adele's third album, went on to sell a massive 18 million copies worldwide over its first year. The dip could partly be due to the decrease in album sales in general over the last several years as listeners turn to streaming. According to MCR Data, album sales in the US alone went from 507 million units sold in 2007 to 102 million by 2020, with a decline seen each year in between. Achievement: The sales figures also represent the biggest opening week on the UK’s Official Albums Chart since 2017 Easy On Me has also dominated UK radio, becoming the first record this year to break 100 million listeners in one week as it spends its five week at number 1 across radio airplay. Critics are as impressed as the figures, with 30 heralded as Adele’s finest album to date. However Adele admits her son Angelo, nine, is 'not a fan' and is not even aware of her music - much to her shock and chagrin. Explaining that the album is for her peers rather than teenagers, she told Zayn Lowe for Apple Music: 'I don't want twelve-year-old's to listen to this record – it's a little too deep... 'I prefer to take care of people who are at my level, who have spent the same amount of time on earth and have gone through all the same things.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility