Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Adele’s latest blockbuster was responsible for 3% of all albums sold in 2015.

In 2015, Adele released her “25” album. It sold 3.38 million copies in its first week of release in the U.S., setting a record for first-week sales.

However, Adele's sales figures are significantly lower than those of her previous album 25, released in 2015. That album, her third, opened with 800,000 first-week sales, which means 30 has sold ...

Adele and Céline Dion both burst into tears after seeing each other at the Brit's Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at ...

Adele is poised to put up sales numbers the music industry hasn't seen in more than a decade. According to Billboard, her new album, "25," is projected to sell 2.5 million copies in its first week.

"When We Were Young," which came off Adele's 2015 album, 25, was no different from the rest of her songs in that it was a ...

"But whatever it's going to be, it will be of the highest standard." Adele's last album, 25, was also announced with a mysterious marketing campaign. Viewers of The X Factor in the UK were ...

Five years ago, Adele beat Beyoncé for the Album of the Year Grammy with her massive set 25. It was assumed the British star would take home the trophy, but many felt that Bey’s Lemonade should ...

To put things into perspective, first-week album sales for Taylor Swift's "1989," for example, were half of what Adele is expected to sell for "25." So what makes Adele so special? In short ...