History Highlight:

Today in 2011, Adele broke the record for the longest time at No.1 in the UK album chart by a female solo artist after her second album, 21 spent 10 consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. The previous record was held by Madonna with her first greatest hits record, The Immaculate Collection, in 1990.

Also, Today In:

1976 - A then-unknown Sex Pistols opened for The 101'ers at The Nashville Rooms in London. (The 101ers were a pub rock band, notable as being the band that Joe Strummer left to join The Clash).

1990 - Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan died of lung cancer.

2007 - Keith Richards denied that he snorted the ashes of his late father during a drugs binge. Jane Rose, Richards' manager, told MTV News the remarks were made "in jest", and she could not believe they had been taken seriously.

2008 - Morrissey accepted a public apology in court from Word Magazine after it suggested he was a racist and a hypocrite.