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The Adele slayage train continues to gain steam and on Monday (November 2) she set yet another astonishing record that will have many of her peers feeling a bit salty. Via Billboard:
Adele‘s “Hello” blasts onto the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 14) at No. 1, setting a record for the most U.S. downloads sold in a week: 1.11 million, according to Nielsen Music. It’s the first song ever to sell at least 1 million downloads in a week.
The piano ballad additionally starts atop the Digital Songs and Streaming Songs charts. The single, the 1,048th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 57-year history, dethrones The Weeknd’s “The Hills” after six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.
With so many notable feats for “Hello,” the first single from Adele’s third studio album 25, due Nov. 20 on XL/Columbia Records, let’s look at the most key honors.
A record 1,112,000 downloads sold: “Hello” begins with 1,112,000 downloads sold in the week ending Oct. 22. The song shatters the mark for most downloads sold in a week, previously held by Flo Rida’s “Right Round”: 636,000 (Feb. 28, 2009).
24th No. 1 Hot 100 debut: “Hello” is only the 24th song to debut at No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history, and Adele’s first. It’s the first No. 1 bow since … just eight weeks ago, when Justin Bieber likewise notched his first No. 1 opener (and first No. 1), “What Do You Mean” The last woman to debut at No. 1? Taylor Swift, with “Shake It Off,” the lead single from her album 1989 (Sept. 6, 2014).
Adele’s Fourth Hot 100 No. 1: Adele adds her fourth Hot 100 topper, following her first three from prior studio album 21, which has sold 11.2 million copies in the United States: “Rolling in the Deep” (the year-end No. 1 of 2011), “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire to the Rain.”
“Hello” is also Adele’s fourth No. 1 on Digital Songs, following the above three smashes.
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