Adele’s album 21 has officially become the best-selling album of all time.
It was announced on Monday that the singer’s 2011 record has overtaken Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard in 1992.
With reported sales of 56.375 million, Adele has eclipsed the previous record held by the late Whitney, who had sales of 56.372 million, reports The Sun.
21 was the album which launched Adele to international renown and success, with the majority of the tracks becoming household names.
Songs featured on the record include Turning Tables, Rumour Has It and Someone Like You.
Meanwhile, Whitney’s album, the soundtrack to The Bodyguard had several of her most iconic hits including; I Will Always Love You, I Have Nothing, I’m Every Woman and Run To You.
One-Republic singer Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote and produced Rumour Has It and co-wrote Turning Tables for 21, took to Instagram to celebrate the milestone.
He wrote: ‘I think it’s safe to say that NONE of us involved in this album, including Adele, truly realised what we were a part of during “21”.
‘We were just having the best time and sprinting like mad to keep up with Adele’s pace and get the music finished.
The sound was so different from popular music at that time we didn’t even know if there were legit “hits” on the album to be honest, only that we loved these songs more than anything and were fully aware we were working with one of greatest singers to ever step behind a microphone.
‘Breaking this record is madness, The Bodyguard is one of my all-time favorite albums and Whitney…no words. Records are meant to be broken but until the next one passes us – muchas gracias. Viva la musica’.
