| Artist/Album | ADELE 21 | TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 |
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| Release Date | January 24, 2011 | October 27, 2014 | ||
| Sales (RIAA) | 14X Platinum | 10X Platinum | ||
| Worldwide Sales | 31 Million Copies | 11 Million Copies | ||
| Top Spotify Song | Someone Like You 441.8 Million Streams | Shake It Off 175.3 Million Streams |
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| Top Video on YouTube | Rolling In The Deep | Shake It Off | ||
| YouTube Views | 1.3 Billion Views | 2.5 Billion Views | ||
| Peak Chart Position | #1 | #1 | ||
| Notable Songs | Rolling in the Deep, Someone like You, Set Fire to the Rain, Rumour Has It, Turning Tables | Shake It Off, Blank Space, Style, Bad Blood, Wildest Dreams, Out of the Woods | ||
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