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Adele didn’t go easy on her music-making rivals in 2021, as her latest album30 finished the year as the No. 1 title worldwide.

The British pop singer leads the way onIFPI’s global albums charts, and does so in record breaking fashion.

Announced Tuesday (March 1),30 dominates all three of the international trade body’s tallies , as it rolls on to No. 1 on the Global Album All Format Chart, now in its second year; the Global Album Sales Chart; and the first-ever Global Vinyl Album Chart.

Following its release in November 2021, 30 was an immediate hit around the world, hitting No. 1 in over 20 markets, including the U.S. and U.K.

Across her career, Adele has built a reputation as a big-hitter on CD sales. She only enhanced that by shifting a whopping 5 million physical units of her latest album in less than two months, IFPI reports.

“It has been wonderful to have Adele back and releasing music over the second half of last year,” comments Frances Moore, CEO of IFPI. “Her dominance of all three IFPI Album Charts speaks to her unique song-writing talent, her iconic voice and unrelenting global popularity.”

Moore continues, “we are thrilled to award Adele and all of her team the IFPI Global Album All Format chart award and send huge congratulations for a stellar year.”

So far, Adele has cleaned up on the awards circuit with her latest album, including a swag of Brit Awards, where she won for artist of the year, Mastercard album of the year and song of the year for “Easy on Me.”

The Top 10 Global Album All Format Chart 2021 is stacked with international acts, including albums from Sweden’s ABBA, Canadian acts The Weeknd and Justin Bieber, Australian The Kid Laroi, and Britons Adele, Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa.

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