Adele Is First To Go Double Platinum on iTunes

Like many artists before her, global pop star Adele experienced a post-Grammys album sales boost, selling 730,000 copies of 21 in the past week. Unlike every other artist in history, however, Adele is the first person to sell 2 million copies of one album on iTunes in the U.S.

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The album, which has been out stateside since Feb. 22 of last year, reached double platinum status on the heels of Adele's Grammy appearance: She won six awards and performed for the first time since being sidelined by vocal cord hemorrhaging and subsequent microsurgery.

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The new figures, posted on the Columbia Records Tumblr blog Wednesday, mark the biggest sales week for 21. The album has hit number one on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart 21 times and has sold 7 million copies in the U.S. and 18 million copies globally.

A long list of musicians have covered Adele's smash hit "Rolling in the Deep," which she performed at this year's Grammys. In the fo! llowing gallery, you'll find acoustic, beatbox, choir, duet, garage rock, guitar, live, mashup, military and piano versions.

Acoustic: Boyce Avenue

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