Adele's '21' named Amazon's top-selling album of all time

By Alex Galbraith, Mstars Reporter | Dec 16, 2013 03:59 PM EST

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Adele's 21 has been named Amazon's top-selling album of all-time, according to The Independent. 

That the British singer's 2011 effort would come out on top of Amazon's highest-selling rankings is no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention. 21 was the top-selling album of 2011 and 2012, a feat that is unmatched in the SoundScan era.

All told, 28 million copies of 21 have been sold. Meaning, if the Earth has roughly 7 billion people, then about 1 in every 250 people on the Earth bought a copy of Adele's sophomore album.

Adele is also the only artist to have more than one album in the top 10. Her debut 19 came in at number 8.

Check out the full top 10 below:

1. Adele - '21'
2. Susan Boyle - 'I Dreamed A Dream'
3. Stephan Schwartz and Original Broadway Cast - 'Wicked' 
4. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - 'Raising Sand'
5. Mumford & Sons - 'Sigh No More'
6. Taylor Swift - 'Fearless'
7. Amy Winehouse - 'Back To Black'
8. Adele - '19'
9. Dixie Chicks - 'Taking The Long Way'
10. Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" 

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Adele is currently on lockdown to crank out her first post-baby album by the middle of 2014.

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