Released in October 2015
Genre considered - Soul
Themes - Nostalgia & Regret
No. 1 in 30 countries
Second No. 1 in the UK (after Adele's "Someone Like You")
No. 1 on Canadian Hot 100
No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
No. 1 on U.S. Digital Songs Chart
Record - First song to sell over a million digital copies in a week
(1,112,000 in sales)
12.3 million copies sold globally by the end of 2015
7th best-selling single of 2015
One of the best-selling digital singles of all time
Vevo & YouTube records - Achieved over 27.7 million views within a 24 hour span) ... Shortest time to reach one billion views (87 days)
iTunes record - No. 1 in 102 countries
2016 MTV Video Music Awards - 7 nominations
2017 Grammy Awards - Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance*
*Adele is the first to win a Grammy for the Big Three categories (Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year) twice.
*Adele is the first female to win Grammy Song of the Year twice.
*Adele is the third woman to win Record of the Year more than once.
Brit Award for British Single
2016 Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Song
APRA Award for International Work of the Year (Australia)
No. 6 on Rolling Stone's 50 Best Songs of 2015
No. 12 on Parade's 25 Greatest Adele Songs (2021)
No. 3 on American Songwriter's 10 Greatest Adele Songs (2022)
No. 1 on UK Singles Chart
No. 1 in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, & Switzerland
No. 1 on ARIA Singles Chart (Australia)
Adele's second No. 1 on ARIA (behind her 2011 "Someone like You")
No. 1 on New Zealand Singles Chart
Certified Platinum in Germany, South Korea, & Switzerland
Certified 3x Platinum in Belgium & Spain
Certified 4x Platinum in Denmark
Certified 5x Platinum in the UK
Certified 6x Platinum in Italy, New Zealand, & Norway
Certified 7x Platinum in Australia & the U.S.
Certified Diamond in Canada
Certified Diamond+Gold in Mexico
Certified 3x Diamond in Brazil

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