Adele sets record for top UK chart with new song

British singer Adele is back to the top of the UK charts and has broken the national record for most streams in a week with her new single “Easy on Me”.

The song is their third song to top the charts in the country after “Someone Like You” and “Hello”. In addition to this, Adele also has four tops on the US Billboard Hot 100 to her name.

Streamed 24 million times in the past seven days, the singer’s new single broke the record of 16.9 million songs from Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” in 2019.

A sad song exploring Adele’s divorce from manager Simon Konecki, “Easy on Me” is the lead single from Adele’s upcoming album “30,” and is her first new single in six years.

On October 15, streaming giant Spotify also announced on Twitter that Adele had broken the record for most music streaming for a day with “Easy on Me”.

According to official UK chart numbers, the song was a first-week sales success in four years, registering 217,300 sales – the highest since Ed Sheeran released “Shape of You” in January 2017.

The digital download sales figures for individuals of 23,500 were also the highest in 2021 so far.

Anticipation for Adele’s new album has also revealed the increasing popularity of her previous songs – with her 2011 track “Someone Like You” returning to the Top 40 alongside 2016’s “When We Were Young”.

The singer is also the first person to appear on the cover of the British and American editions of Vogue in its November issue, with interviews for both issues released online in early October.

In her American Vogue interview with Abby Aguirre, Adele said that “30” became a way of explaining things to her son, including why his parents stopped living together.

“It’s touchy to me, this record, how much I love it…” Adele told the magazine. “I will not leave this. This is my album. I want to share myself with everyone, but I don’t think I will ever leave this.”

The movie “30” is scheduled to be released on the 19th of November.

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