I-albhamu entsha ka-Adele, '25' wephula amarekhodi okuthengisa emhlabeni jikelele. E-United States, i-albhamu ebuyile yomculi waseBrithani isidayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu ngesonto lokuqala ikhishwe, ngokusho kwesistimu yokulandela i-Nielsen SoundScan. Ngalo msebenzi omusha, u-Adele useqophe irekhodi elisha lamakhophi athengiswe esontweni lakhe lokuqala lokukhishwa, ngokusho kwamarekhodi akwaNielsen asukela ngo-1991. Futhi '25' yicwecwe lokuqala elidayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu. , ngokohlelo lweNielsen Holdings.
Ngalezi zinombolo (izigidi ezingu-3,48), I-albhamu ka-Adele idlule edayisa kakhulu umlando, i-NSYNC's 'No String Attached', eyafinyelela kumakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-2,42 athengiswe ngesonto lokuqala lika-2000. Kule minyaka eyishumi, umthengisi ohamba phambili bekuyi-albhamu kaTaylor Swift '1989', Yaqhubeka nokudayisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-1,8 ngesonto lokuqala. futhi yaphatha amashadi ngenkathi yamaholide ka-2014.
'25' imele ukubuya kuka-Adele ngemva kokumiswa cishe kwesihlanu, kusukela kwakhululwa i-'21' ngoJanuwari 2011, umsebenzi owaba yi-albhamu edayise kakhulu e-United States iminyaka emibili ilandelana kanye ne-albhamu ephumelele kakhulu. kude ekhulwini lama-20 e-UK. I-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo ka-Adele yakhululwa emhlabeni wonke ngoNovemba 1 ngefomethi ebonakalayo (CD) nokulandwa kwedijithali, futhi ukulandelela ukuthengiswa kwayo (isonto lokuqala) kwavalwa ngoNovemba 26, ngaphambi kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi uLwesihlanu Olumnyama. Nase-UK kulindeleke ukuthi iphule amarekhodi, '25' ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwesigamu sesigidi ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala ezi-3 zokuthengisa. Ibhrendi ehamba phambili kuleli kwakuyi-albhamu ethi 'Be Here Now' ka-Oasis, efinyelele amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-700 ngeviki lokuqala lokuthengisa ngo-1997.