Yuuri 21,636 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 21 has sold over 35 Million units WW and has gone Diamond (10 times Plat[Plat = 1 Million units in the US) 25 has sold over 20 Million units WW has also gone Diamond in the US. In 2011 she had the best selling album with 21, and managed to hold that best selling spot in 2012 as well. She followed that record again with 25 in 2015 and 2016. No modern artist has been able to out-sell her, and with the release of 25 Justin Bieber and 1D were forced to push back their albums to avoid going up against her. So why is she able to sell a lot of copies when streaming is a main force against her? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 98,021 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Because her albums are good If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirages 20,259 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Beacuse she has a wide appeal. Young people like her/give her pass, old people can take her as opposed to EDM music and other genres, people in middle age love her. Her lyrics appeal to everyone who has ever been in love and her music is pleasant to listen to whenever, except for a party. I'm the bitch that's fragile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldHeart 335 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 She appeals to an older base that are not as tech savy and still buy albums. Moms love Adele. It's that simple. Her demographic is just different than Bieber or 1D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmgSum1Actually 3,041 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 What's cool about her is that she's trying to live a normal life more than any other celebrity - dem lyrics are so relatable Shameless selfpromo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imwoahvicky 4,248 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 she's a relatable artist and pleasant to listen to her, and it's extremely hard to hate on her since she's such a sweetheart! she has international appeal worldwide too, she's very popular in continents like Asia--especially Korea ⚜ Roll Deep ⚜ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelusionalGaga 29,580 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Mainstream music is usually only bought by young people, but Adele's music is appealing to grown-ups and elders as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Call me crazy: But she was the Anti-Lady Gaga. Despite Gaga making it clear that she's absolutely talented, the general public saw her (and Kesha who was big at that time too) as random hags with not talent that relied on auto-tune and gimmicks for attention, and people (especially straight people) were extremely sick of it. And there comes this overweight, pretty looking girl with a big voice, no theatrics, no choreography and acoustic songs who seemed to be the antithesis of everything that was successful at the time. So she became the "underdog" everyone rooted for her to become successful, to the point of where it manifested itself into tenfold. And once you've been in that narrative as the underdog and became "successful against all odds", they don't wanna let you go, they are hanging to your lips and wanna see you thrive and be successful for the sake of inspirational p0rn. Also, it helps that Adele has a great personality and is super likeable. A similar thing has happened to Ed Sheeran, though not to the same extent because his head did get big and he changed his musical aesthetic for maximal profit and it turned some people off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy 5,305 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Ballads sell well. Younger people find it fresh older poeple loves it. That's how Million Reasons performed well too. Also not having 25 on streaming when it first released helped a lot too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1trus 4,341 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 playsafe.com ι'м ρυℓℓιηg үσυя sтяιηgs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,123 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 It's not that her music or vocals are better or worse than others, but she has an extremely wide appeal. Her songs are melodic, relatable, and easy to digest on the first listen; she's a welcome respite from electronic or pop music; for the older demographic, she recalls artists like Dusty Springfield and Rosemary Clooney; and as a person, she comes across as funny and approachable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardevoir 9,823 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, Supersonic said: Call me crazy: But she was the Anti-Lady Gaga. Despite Gaga making it clear that she's absolutely talented, the general public saw her (and Kesha who was big at that time too) as random hags with not talent that relied on auto-tune and gimmicks for attention, and people (especially straight people) were extremely sick of it. And there comes this overweight, pretty looking girl with a big voice, no theatrics, no choreography and acoustic songs who seemed to be the antithesis of everything that was successful at the time. So she became the "underdog" everyone rooted for her to become successful, to the point of where it manifested itself into tenfold. And once you've been in that narrative as the underdog and became "successful against all odds", they don't wanna let you go, they are hanging to your lips and wanna see you thrive and be successful for the sake of inspirational p0rn. Also, it helps that Adele has a great personality and is super likeable. A similar thing has happened to Ed Sheeran, though not to the same extent because his head did get big and he changed his musical aesthetic for maximal profit and it turned some people off. exactly this. Not "relatable lyrics", not because her albums are "good". She was the anti-Lady Gaga to begin with and in 2011 everyone was fed up with Gaga being all over the world everywhere. Sugar, spice, and everything nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leecy 1,476 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 because she went viral people buy viral things to show they have good tastes and they are not outdated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix 34,811 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Adele - killing careers since 2011 Lose control. Let go and fall. Do you get the satisfaction? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed 1,922 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I would guess it's because she appeals to most demographics, both old and young people like her, typical relatable love songs, she's fat/overweight which makes normal (aka non-famous people) relate to her even more, in interviews she's very goofy & again... relatable. That's my guess at least, personally not a fan of her music, but I do like watching her interviews cause she's genuinely funny imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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