She may have been absent from the scene for six years.
But Adele proved she hasn’t lost her star power as her new single soared straight to the top of the charts.
Easy On Me topped the Official Singles Chart with 217,300 sales in its first week – the highest week one figure since Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You, which earned 226,800 in January 2017.
Congratulations: Adele’s new single Easy On Me soared straight to number one on Friday – breaking a second Official UK Chart record with 24million streams this week
Easy On Me is Adele’s first release from her upcoming album 30, which is set to be released on 19 November.
The star also broke a second Official UK Charts record with her new single which gained 24 million streams in the UK.
It beat the previous record of pop-singer Ariana Grande’s January 2019 song 7 Rings, which had 16.9 million streams.
Adele’s smash hit song also dominated UK radio for seven days. It became the first record to break 100,000,000 listeners in a week.
Making history: Easy On Me topped the Official Singles Chart with 217,300 sales in its first week – the highest week one figure since Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You, which earned 226,800 in January 2017
Easy On Me also won the largest week of digital download sales in 2021 with 23,500.
The release of Adele’s new music sparked a resurgence in streams of her back catalogue, as loyal fans sent two more of her hits back into the Top 40 this week.
When We Were Young landed at number 25. Someone Like You landed at number 34.
Impressive work: Loyal fans sent her first three albums back into top spots on the Official Albums Chart, as 25 jumped three places to reach Number 3
They also sent her three first albums back to the top of the Official Albums Chart. 25 jumped three spots to Number 3, 21 climbed eight to Number 6, and 19 managed 39 to Number 15.
Announcing her highly anticipated album release date on social media, the mother-of-one shared her personal journey towards producing this album, writing: ‘I’ve learned a lot of blistering truths about myself along the way.
‘I’m finally ready to put this album out.’
Wow! It reached the top of the charts in the UK, US and received a staggering 34 million views on YouTube after just 20 hours.
Achievement: Spotify also revealed on Friday the track has set a new record by becoming the most-streamed song in a single day ever, with a tweet captioned: ‘and just like that @adele set a new record’
After just 20 hours of the song being released, it topped the charts in the UK and US and racked up a whopping 34 million views on YouTube.
Spotify also revealed that the track was the most-streamed song of the week, setting a new record. The tweet captioned: And just like @adele set an new record’
The track includes the lyrics: ‘I had good intentions and high hopes but I know it probably doesn’t show’ and the best-selling hitmaker previously revealed the song – and the new album – would be about her divorce from Simon Konecki.
Former flames