Revealed - music's all-time chart record breakers

Adele's been smashing the charts lately, with her album '21' holding the longest consecutive run at Number One by a female. Topping the charts for 11 weeks, the album slipped to Number Two for one week, only to ascend again to the top spot one week later. In honour of Adele's achievement, we've decided to take a look at some of the biggest record breakers in the music world.

• Added: Jan 28, 2011

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