Reuters, LONDON: A show-stopping performance from Adele at the BRIT awards this week propelled her to a record-breaking haul on the singles and albums charts on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said.
Adele's "Someone Like You," a stripped down song about lost love, shot up from outside of the Top 40 to dislodge Jessie J's "Price Tag" from the number one slot, giving the soul singer two hits in the top five -- with "Rolling In The Deep" at four.
Her new album "21" held on to number one for a fourth week running while her debut effort "19" edged up to four, making her the first living artist to enjoy two top five hits in both the singles and album charts in one week since The Beatles in 1964.
The BRITs -- Britain's answer to the Grammys -- boosted sales for all its award winners by about 70 percent on the week, the charts company said.
Modern folk four-piece Mumford & Sons, who won best album for "Sigh No More" at the televised ceremony on Tuesday, saw their record leap to number two in the album charts from 15.
Double BRIT winner and London rapper Tinie Tempah's "Disc-Overy" album climbed to number six from 25 and Plan B's "The Defamation of Strickland Banks" jumped to seven from 24.
PJ Harvey was the highest entry in the album charts with her critically-acclaimed "Let England Shake" landing at eight.
(Reporting by Matt Falloon)
