Adele album overtakes 'Thriller' in UK sales list

Adele has sent more records tumbling after her album '21' outsold Michael Jackson’s 'Thriller', becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Sales figures from the Official Charts Company show the 'Rolling In The Deep' singer’s second album has sold 4,274,300 copies – 500 more than the landmark Michael Jackson album – and is continuing to sell an average of 20,000 copies a week.