Claim: Adele has a platinum album.
Evidence: Her debut album , 19 , was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success.
19 is the debut studio album by British singer Adele.
19 debuted at number one on the UK charts during its release , and was certified seven times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry -LRB- BPI -RRB- with sales of over 2 million copies.