Adele has returned to the top of the charts, breaking records with her new single Easy on Me in the process.
The song is the 33-year-old’s third chart-topping single in the UK after Someone Like You and Hello.
The Rolling in the Deep hitmaker also has four No.1s on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart to her name.
Streamed 24 million times in the last seven days, the British singer’s new track smashed the record of 16.9 million streams set by Ariana Grande’s 7 Rings in 2019.
A personal ballad exploring Adele’s divorce from entrepreneur Simon Konecki, Easy on Me is the first single from her upcoming album 30, her first new music in six years.
Adele's "Easy on Me" skyrockets to No. 1 on the Billboard #Hot100 songs chart, becoming her fifth leader. #BillboardNews pic.twitter.com/ty3ouIDVe6
— billboard (@billboard) October 25, 2021
On October 15, streaming giant Spotify also announced on Twitter that Adele had broken the record for most-streamed song in a single day.
According to official UK chart figures, Easy on Me has had the most successful first sales week in four years with 217,300 sales – the highest since Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You was released in January 2017.
The single’s digital download sales figures of 23,500 were also the highest numbers for 2021 so far.
No surprises here. Welcome back @Adele #TodaysTopHits pic.twitter.com/I2p2O2sP4y
— Spotify (@Spotify) October 16, 2021
Adele is also the first person to feature on the cover of both the British and American editions of Vogue magazine in its November issue, with interviews for both editions released online in early October.
In her American Vogue interview, Adele said 30 had become a way of explaining her divorce to her son, including why his parents no longer lived together.
“It’s sensitive for me, this record, just in how much I love it...” Adele told the magazine.
“I’m not letting go of this one. This is my album.
“I want to share myself with everyone, but I don’t think I’ll ever let this one go.”
30 is scheduled for release on November 19.