21
It's from 2011, when you were 5.
- Artist
- Adele
- Genre
- Pop / soul
- Released
- 2011
- Note
- one of the best-selling albums of the century
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As of 2026, it's 15 years old.
21 is one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, a heartbreak record so universal that Adele turned a single breakup into a global phenomenon. 'Rolling in the Deep,' 'Someone Like You,' and 'Set Fire to the Rain' showcased a once-in-a-generation voice doing what it does best — making the entire world feel its own heartbreak in hers.
It swept the Grammys, sat at number one for months, and turned 'never mind, I'll find someone like you' into a collective sob heard around the planet.
Soulful, devastating, and monumental, 21 is the album that made Adele the defining voice of her generation and gave the whole world one shared breakup.
