''19'' is the debut

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by English singer-songwriter

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, released on 28 January 2008 by

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. Following Adele's graduation from the

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in April 2006, she began publishing songs and recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend, who posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to interest from the record label. This led to Adele signing a recording contract at age 17 with the label and providing vocals for Jack Peñate. During this session for Peñate's song she met producer

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, who would go on to produce the majority of her debut album. Named after the age of the singer during its release and production, Adele wrote most of the album's material solely, but did work with a select few writers and producers including

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and

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. Their collaborations created a

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album with

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, and

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influences and lyrics describing heartbreak, nostalgia and relationships. Upon release, ''19'' received positive reviews from

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, who praised Adele's vocal prowess and songwriting talent at such a young age and noted her as having the "potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation." ''19'' also received numerous accolades including a nomination for the

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and winning the

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. At the

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, Adele won

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alongside

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for " Chasing Pavements". Four singles were released from the album, with " Chasing Pavements" and "

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" reaching the top ten on the

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, while the former became Adele's first entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album also contains her first song, "

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", written when she was 16, which is based on her home suburb of

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in London. ''19'' became a global success, reaching number one in Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, while top 10 in fifteen countries including Australia, Brazil and the United States. The album is certified 8× platinum by the BPI with sales of over 2.4 million, while 3× platinum in the US by

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, having sold over 3 million copies. The album has sold over 8.4 million copies worldwide.

Background and recording

Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in April 2006, where she was a classmate of

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and

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.Collis, Clark (19 December 2008), "Spotlight on... Adele". ''Entertainment Weekly.'' (1026):62 Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent even though, at the time, she was more interested in going into A&R and hoped to launch other people's careers. Four months after graduation, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication ''PlatformsMagazine.com.'' She had recorded a three-song demo for a class project and given it to a friend. The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to a phone call from Richard Russell, boss of the music label XL Recordings. She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was

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, and she took a friend with her to the meeting. Nick Huggett, at XL, recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management, and in June 2006, Dickins became her official representative. September was managing

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at the time and this proved a major draw for Adele, a big fan of the British singer-songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006. Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, "My Yvonne", for his debut album ''

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'', and it was during this session she first met producer

, who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, ''19,'' and tracks on '' 21.'' Adele recorded a cover of

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's "

" on the recommendation of her manager Jonathan Dickins, who loved the song. The first single released from ''19'' was " Chasing Pavements", which Adele wrote in collaboration with

. "Chasing Pavements" was inspired by an incident Adele had with a former boyfriend of six months.Frehsée, Nicole (22 January 2009), "Meet Adele, the U.K.'s Newest Soul Star". ''Rolling Stone''. (1070):26 After learning he had cheated on her, she went to the bar he was at and punched him in the face. After being thrown out, Adele walked down the street alone and thought to herself, "What is it you're chasing? You're chasing an empty pavement." She sang and recorded it on her mobile phone and arranged the chords when she got home. Adele and White co-wrote two other songs for the album: "Melt My Heart to Stone" and "Tired". She also collaborated with

on the single "

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". However, most of the songs were written solely by Adele, including "Best for Last", "Crazy for You", "First Love", and "My Same", as well as her debut single, "

". That song was written by Adele in 10 minutes after her mother tried to persuade her to leave her home town of

in London for university.

Release and promotion

In July 2008, Adele informed noted UK soul writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning

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that the reason for naming her debut album '19' was to reflect her age while she was writing it: "I just kinda remember becoming a bit of a woman during that time. And I think that is definitely documented in the songs." The Taiwanese edition was released on 5 March. As well as the standard track list, the album features three bonus tracks: "That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On" (" Chasing Pavements" B-side), "Now and Then" ("

" B-side) and "Painting Pictures" ("

" B-side). The Indonesian special edition was released on 3 March. As well as the standard track list, the album features a bonus video for "Chasing Pavements". By 2008, Adele had become the headliner and performed an acoustic set, in which she was supported by

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. She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month, and ''19'' was released in the US in June. ''Billboard'' magazine stated of it: "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation." The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2008 and ended in June 2009. She later cancelled the 2008 US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend. She said in ''

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'' magazine in June 2009, "I'm like, 'I can't believe I did that.' It seems so ungrateful.... I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, 'Well, OK, I'll just cancel my stuff then.'" By the middle of October 2008, Adele's attempt to break in America appeared to have failed. But then she was booked as the musical guest on the 18 October 2008 episode of

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's ''

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.'' The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate

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, earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and "

", and the following day, ''19'' topped the iTunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon.com while "Chasing Pavements" rose into the top 25. The album reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 as a result, a jump of 35 places over the previous week.

Critical reception

''19'' received generally positive reviews from critics. The album holds a 68 out of 100 rating, based on 19 critical reviews, at

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. ''

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''s Caspar Llewellyn Smith wrote in his review, "The way

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stretched the vowels, her wonderful soulful phrasing, the sheer unadulterated pleasure of her voice, stood out all the more; little doubt that she's a rare singer, which another track first available on her MySpace site, 'Daydreamer', confirmed" they gave the album a five-star response. "Pitching up somewhere between

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, folk and

, she's included something for everyone without ever pandering to a particular trend", wrote Chris Long from ''

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''. "Her melodies exude warmth, her singing is occasionally stunning and, in the dramatic Hometown Glory, the spiky cool of Cold Shoulder (which is unexpectedly reminiscent of Shara Nelson-era Massive Attack) and the piano epic Make You Feel My Love, she has tracks that make Lily Allen and Kate Nash sound every bit as ordinary as they are." Chuck Taylor said in ''

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'' that "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation." Mikael Wood was less impressed in ''

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'', writing that "Adele's songs aren't as sharp as

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's...Still, her singing throughout is a thing to behold."Wood, Mikael (13 June 2008)
"19"
''Entertainment Weekly''. (997):70 '' Uncut'' was more critical, believing that "Adele can certainly sing, but '19' reeks of some A&R trendhound making it his/her biz to sign The New Amy and not resting till s/he's found the right chick from South London to fit the bill". According to '' NME'', "as '19' reveals itself, it's clear that the Amy associations are little more than empty mediaspeak without any real weight. Despite the early indicators, there's precious little on the album that prevents it from collapsing under the weight of its own expectation". Adele became the first recipient of the

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''Critics' Choice'' and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. ''

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'' ''Encyclopedia of Modern Music'' named ''19'' an "essential"

recording. The album was nominated for the 2008

in the category of Best Album. She also won an

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for "Best Jazz Act". She also received a

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nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act and a Music of Black Origin nomination in the category of Best UK Female. On 3 December 2008, the album spawned four

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nominations:

for Adele, and

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, Song of the Year, and

for "Chasing Pavements". The following year, she received a second consecutive nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, for "

", but lost to "

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" by

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. Her success occurred simultaneously with several other British female soul singers, with the British press dubbing her a new

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. This was described as a third British Musical Invasion of the US. However, Adele called the comparisons between her and other female soul singers lazy, noting "we're a gender, not a genre". AllMusic wrote that "Adele is simply too magical to compare her to anyone." Following the release of her debut album ''19'',

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and Beyoncé were among the artists vocal in their praise of her music. Beyoncé cited Adele as one of the influences for her fourth album, '' 4''.

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one. In the same week as ''21'' was released, ''19'' re-entered the

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at number four, with sales of 25,419 copies. On 6 February 2011, the album remained on the chart at number four, with strengthening sales of 27,660 copies. It was the second best selling album of 2011 in the United Kingdom, behind ''21'', as it tripled its 2008 seven non-consecutive week-long top 10-visit with 21 straight weeks. As of March 2016, ''19'' has sold over 2,309,000 copies in the United Kingdom. In Ireland, due to the success of ''21'', the album returned to its peak position of number 3 on the week ending 18 March 2011, three years after it originally peaked, just to set a new high at number two on the following week and to stay there for six non-consecutive weeks, behind ''21''. The album debuted at number 16 on the New Zealand Albums Chart, due to the success of ''21'' and has peaked at number three. In March 2017, ''19'' returned to No. five in its 58th charting week with her other two albums in the top five as well. In the United States, ''19'' debuted at number 61 and remained in the lower ends of the ''Billboard'' 200 for many proceeding weeks. After a performance on the US show ''Saturday Night Live'', it rose to number 46 and a week later to number 11 with 25,000+ copies sold. In 2009, after winning two

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, the album rose to number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and total sales reached 843,880. In February 2012, ''19'' reached a new peak of number 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and the album is now a certified double platinum by the

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(RIAA) in the United States. As of the week ending 24 April 2011, ''19'' was a number one on the

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for nine weeks, making it only the third album by a female artist to top that chart at least that long in the past 20 years. On the following week, it stayed at number one on the chart, making it the first studio album doing so since

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's '' Thriller 25'' was at number one for 11 weeks in 2008. Months later, it had moved up from number 27 to number 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200, topping the Top Pop Catalog Albums for the sixteenth week. In Australia, the album returned to the top 10, at No. 9, in its 74th charting week in March 2017 with her other studio albums ''25'' and ''21'' placed at No. 2 and 4 respectively.

Accolades

Track listing

Notes * "

" is a

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. * " That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On" is a

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cover.

Personnel

Adapted from

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and ''19''s

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. Musicians *

–

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* Adele Adkins – lead vocals, guitar (on "Daydreamer", "Crazy for You", and "My Same"), bass guitar (on "Best for Last" and "Make You Feel My Love"),

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(on "First Love"),

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(on "Right as Rain") * Matt Allchin – guitar * Pete Biggins – drums,

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(on "Cold Shoulder") * Neil Cowley – piano,

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* Rosie Danvers – string arrangements * Tom Driessler – bass, bass guitar,

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* Chris Elliott – string arrangements, string conductor * Steven Holness – keyboards, piano * Sam Koppelman – glockenspiel * Life Gospel Choir – backing vocals * Wil Malone – string arrangements, string conductor, string writing * Perry Montague-Mason – strings *

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– backing vocals * Seb Rochford – drums (on "My Same") * Louis "Kayel" Sharpe – drums (on "Right As Rain") * Jason Silver – keyboards * Ben Thomas – guitar * Michael Tighe – guitar *

– performer, string arrangements *

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– bass Production *

– mixing, producer * Helen Atkinson – assistant engineer * Loz Brazil - mixing * Joshua Burton - photography * John Carey - photography *

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– mixing * Simon Hayes – mixing assistant * Liam Howe – programming * Serge Krebs – assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Matt Lawrence –

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* Phil Lee –

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, design, photography * Archibald Alexander MacKenzie – assistant engineer, mixing assistant *

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– engineer * Dan Parry – mixing assistant * Matt Paul – assistant * Fergus Peterkin – mixing assistant * Steve Price – string engineer *

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– producer * Hege Saebjornsen – cover photo * Eg White –

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, producer * Richard Wilkinson – engineer, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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Flanders) , 74 , - ! scope="row", Dutch Albums (

MegaCharts Dutch Charts, GfK Dutch Charts, MegaCharts is a chart company responsible for producing a number of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Single Top 100 and the Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Dutch Charts are also part of GfK ...

) , 12 , - !scope="row", European Albums (''Billboard'') , 28 , - ! scope="row", French Albums ( SNEP) , 166 , - ! scope="row", Swiss Albums (

Schweizer Hitparade The Swiss Hitparade (german: link=no, Schweizer Hitparade) is Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland. The Swiss charts include: * Singles Top 7 ...

) , 95 , - ! scope="row", UK Albums ( OCC) , 16 , - ! scope="row", US ''Billboard'' 200 , 197 , - , - ! scope="row", Dutch Albums (

) , 1 , - ! scope="row", European Top 100 Albums (''Billboard'') , 100 , - ! scope="row", UK Albums ( OCC) , 158 , - ! scope="row", US ''Billboard'' 200 , 62 , - , - ! scope="row", Dutch Albums (

) , 77 , - ! scope="row", UK Albums ( OCC) , 85 , - , - ! scope="row", Australian Albums (

ARIA In music, an aria ( Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompa ...

) , 11 , - ! scope="row", Dutch Albums (

) , 2 , - ! scope="row", German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) , 45 , - ! scope="row", Irish Albums ( IRMA) , 4 , - ! scope="row", New Zealand Albums (

RIANZ Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand. Membership of Recorded M ...

) , 8 , - ! scope="row", Polish Albums (

ZPAV The Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry ( pl, Związek Producentów Audio-Video, ZPAV) is the trade organization that represents the interests of the music industry in Poland, and the Polish chapter of the International Federation of t ...

) , 60 , - ! scope="row", Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) , 38 , - ! scope="row", UK Albums ( OCC) , 4 , - ! scope="row", US ''Billboard'' 200 , 37 , - , - ! scope="row", Argentine Albums (

CAPIF The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers ( es, Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, CAPIF) is an Argentine organization member of the IFPI, which represents the music industry in the country. It is a n ...

) , 34 , - ! scope="row", Australian Albums (

) , 70 , - ! scope="row", Belgian Midprice Albums (

Flanders)ultratop.be – Ultratop Belgian Charts
, 1 , - ! scope="row", Belgian Midprice Albums (

Wallonia) , 1 , - ! scope="row", Dutch Albums (

) , 51 , - ! scope="row", German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) , 94 , - ! scope="row", Hungarian Albums (

MAHASZ Hungarian Recording Industry Association (Hungarian: ''Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége'', more commonly abbreviated to MAHASZ or Mahasz) is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. MAHASZ issues the Hungarian Music Awards, ...

) , 96 , - ! scope="row", Italian Albums (

FIMI The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously exis ...

) , 75 , - ! scope="row", New Zealand Albums (

) , 31 , - ! scope="row", Polish Albums (

) , 5 , - ! scope="row", Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) , 19 , - ! scope="row", UK Albums ( OCC) , 43 , - ! scope="row", US ''Billboard'' 200Billboard 200 Albums : 27 Dec 2013 , Billboard Chart Archive
, 16 , - ! scope="row", US

Catalog Albums Top Pop Catalog Albums is a 50-position weekly albums chart produced by ''Billboard'' Magazine which ranks the best-selling catalog albums in the United States, regardless of genre. ''Billboard'' defines a catalog title as one that is more than 18 ...

(''

'') , 1 , - ! scope="row", Worldwide Albums (

IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 1 ...

) , align="center", 24 , - , - ! scope="row", Belgian Midprice Albums (

Flanders) , 3 , - ! scope="row", Belgian Midprice Albums (

Wallonia) , 6 , - ! scope="row", US ''Billboard'' 200 , 171 , - , - ! scope="row", South Korean International Albums (Gaon) , style="text-align:center;", 34 , - , - , - ! scope="row", Australian Albums (

) , 93 , - ! scope="row", Danish Albums (

Hitlisten Hitlisten, also known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Thursday midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart Track Top-40 combines the 40 best-selling tracks from legal music downloads ...

) , 87 , - ! scope="row", US ''Billboard'' 200 , 126 , - , - ! scope="row", Australian Albums (ARIA) , 98 , - ! scope="row", South Korean International Albums (Gaon) , 68 , - , - , - ! scope="row", Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) , 186

Decade-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

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