She has one less UK Number 1 single,than Jive Bunny
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So you think people (up to 6 million WW) who apparently don't normally buy albums and don't apparently like music (a couple of the mantras of her detractors) went out and bought '25' because there was so little competition this week?
Sorry, I think you are struggling with this one. What's made this very difficult for her detractors is the fact that she's followed up (arguably, in real terms given the horrible market for music at the moment) one of the biggest selling albums of all time with one that seemingly has every chance of selling as much. It would have so much simpler for some folks if '25' had flopped, I guess. This thread wouldn't exist for one thing 
. Must try harder. C-
Where to start, I really don't know. OK, where are you getting this info regarding Adele's demographic exactly? I'm not sure you have grasped the enormity of her sales (nothing to be ashamed about, they haven't happened arguably ever before allowing for the digital age in which we live) but it's clear that she pretty much appeals to ALL AGES. There's no other explanation for the level of domination she has over the industry right now. And to borrow your level of assumption for a minute I'm ASSUMING that the popular music site ATRL tends to attract a largely young following (in fact it's clear from many of the posts) . Just look at the threads on there regarding Adele at the moment. No excitement? Please.....
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. Sorry dude, but it's you that's being simplistic again. If you bother to read my post properly you'll see that I'm not saying Adele doesn't appeal to any young people or doesn't excite anyone, I'm comparing her directly with the other artists mentioned. And no one in their right mind would say that she is generating the same level of excitement/hysteria or impact among young music fans at the moment that those artists did, no matter how many millions of records she's selling.
. Clearly most artists don't appeal to only one demographic but they don't appeal to them equally so a discussion like this is more about how much of each demographic an artist is appealing to. I don't have any problem with Adele appealing to and exciting older music fans, it's you that seems to hate it when anyone points it out. I'm saying that considering how much she's selling it doesn't feel like she's generating as much excitement/impact as the biggest pop stars usually do. Like I said, it's probably because of her style of music and it's appeal to many older music fans.
. Sorry dude, but it's you that's being simplistic again. If you bother to read my post properly you'll see that I'm not saying Adele doesn't appeal to any young people or doesn't excite anyone, I'm comparing her directly with the other artists mentioned. And no one in their right mind would say that she is generating the same level of excitement/hysteria or impact among young music fans at the moment that those artists did, no matter how many millions of records she's selling.
. Clearly most artists don't appeal to only one demographic but they don't appeal to them equally so a discussion like this is more about how much of each demographic an artist is appealing to. I don't have any problem with Adele appealing to and exciting older music fans, it's you that seems to hate it when anyone points it out. I'm saying that considering how much she's selling it doesn't feel like she's generating as much excitement/impact as the biggest pop stars usually do. Like I said, it's probably because of her style of music and it's appeal to many older music fans.
I should put you on ignore just for that alone. /shudders/ So where is the actual proof of what you say? Seems to me this thread consists of posters like yourself making unsubstantiated assumptions which you *believe/feel* to be true but can't actually back up with any actual proof and posters like me who are giving hard facts to back up my claims but then have them labelled 'simplistic' due to them not being in any way factually possible to refute. But I can see there's no shifting that online ego. At least I tried. Bitch away folks.

I should put you on ignore just for that alone. /shudders/ So where is the actual proof of what you say? Seems to me this thread consists of posters like yourself making unsubstantiated assumptions which you *believe/feel* to be true but can't actually back up with any actual proof and posters like me who are giving hard facts to back up my claims but then have them labelled 'simplistic' due to them not being in any way factually possible to refute. But I can see there's no shifting that online ego. At least I tried. Bitch away folks.”
. Of course we're dealing with opinions and assumptions , that's why I used the word hypothesis. But when it comes to what we're talking about i. e. demographics and it's influence on sales, you haven't got any facts either (shouting ALL AGES doesn't cut it I'm afraid
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So you think people (up to 6 million WW) who apparently don't normally buy albums and don't apparently like music (a couple of the mantras of her detractors) went out and bought '25' because there was so little competition this week?
Sorry, I think you are struggling with this one. What's made this very difficult for her detractors is the fact that she's followed up (arguably, in real terms given the horrible market for music at the moment) one of the biggest selling albums of all time with one that seemingly has every chance of selling as much. It would have so much simpler for some folks if '25' had flopped, I guess. This thread wouldn't exist for one thing 
. Must try harder. C-”

). If you put Amy Winehouse's, Patsy Cline's & Dusty's voices into a box & gave it a shake Adele's is what you'd get