That nearly doubled the previous one-week sales record of 636,000 by Flo Rida's "Right Round." It is a powerfully emotional song that fulfilled all of the high expectations for Adele. "Hello" sold 1.11 million copies in its first week of release in the US. She initially wrote the song by singing it and recording it on her cell phone.Īdele's first new single in three years became a record-shattering hit. She was kicked out and walked down the street alone thinking about what she was chasing. She found out he was cheating on her, and she went to a pub and punched him in the face. The accompanying music video received acclaim for its unique dance routine with the dancers lying horizontally on the pavement.Īdele says that she wrote "Chasing Pavements" after an incident involving her boyfriend of six months. It climbed even higher on charts in the US after the Grammy Award victories.
It gained its first major exposure in the US when Adele performed on Saturday Night Live in October 2008. Adele won the Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal. "Chasing Pavements" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Later, the song became Adele's first chart hit in the US peaking at #21 and ultimately being certified platinum for sales. "Chasing Pavements" became Adele's breakthrough pop hit in the UK hitting #2 on the pop singles chart. Adele said that writing the song made her feel at peace with the ending of her relationship with her boyfriend. He was a Grammy Award winner for writing "Not Ready To Make Nice" with the Dixie Chicks. "Someone Like You" was one of the last songs written for the album 21. "Someone Like You" crossed over to the top 10 on the Latin Songs chart and the top 25 on the rock radio chart.Īdele wrote the song "Someone Like You" with American songwriter Dan Wilson. It also reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. "Someone Like You" became the first recording of only a piano and solo voice to hit #1 on the US pop chart. In August of 2011, Adele performed the song live at the MTV Music Awards and it had similar chart impact in the US climbing to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks. The performance was lauded with praise and the song nearly instantly went to the top of the UK pop singles chart. Adele performed "Someone Like You" live at the Brit Awards in February 2011 and nearly broke down in tears at the end. She wrote it to feel okay with herself about the two years in the relationship. She has now referred to it as a "match made in heaven." Paul Epworth and Adele composed "Rolling In the Deep" in one afternoon in the wake of Adele's breakup with her boyfriend.Īdele says that she wrote "Someone Like You" when she was exhausted from writing angry songs about her broken relationship. Adele had some trepidation about working together because she thought their musical styles were too divergent. Prior to his work with Adele, producer Paul Epworth was best-known for his work with Florence and the Machine on their debut album Lungs. "Rolling In the Deep" won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It has sold nearly six million copies in the US alone and spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It topped the mainstream pop, adult pop, and adult contemporary radio charts while making a significant impact on Latin and rock radio. "Rolling In the Deep" was released as the first single from Adele's second album 21. Consequently, "Rolling In the Deep" set a Billboard record for appearing on more different genre radio charts than any other song. Fusing elements of pop, blues, disco, and gospel, it is a song that is without a specific genre. "Rolling In the Deep" is the song that turned Adele into a pop superstar in the US.
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