Waited at the turn, Adele convinces for her return.
The British singer took first place in UK sales on Friday with her new single
Easy On Me
, the first track in six years, shattering several records.
A week after its release,
Easy On Me
now sits at No. 1 in the UK singles chart with 217,300 sales, the highest number since the release of
Ed Sheeran's
Shape of You
in 2017 (226,800 sales), said in a statement. the organization responsible for classifications.
This is the singer's third title to occupy this place, according to the Official Charts Company.
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With more than 24 million plays in the United Kingdom alone, the single also broke the record for the most listened to online song in the country the week of its release, held since 2019 by
7 rings
of Ariana Grande (16 , 9 million plays). The track also became the best-selling digital version in one week of all of 2021, with 23,500 digital sales.
Easy On Me
is the first single from the highly anticipated album
30
, the singer's debut after six years of distance taken with the music industry.
The Londoner, exiled in Los Angeles (United States), engages in these difficulties that marked her passage in her thirties, from her divorce to the sudden end of her career.
In 2017, Adele had indeed had to cancel two shows at Wembley Stadium in London because of problems with her voice, then had completely withdrawn from the scene.
Domino effect
In an interview with
Vogue
magazine
after five years of silence, the pop diva, allergic to fame despite her 15 Grammys and her Oscar, had confided that her "life had collapsed without warning at the age of 30". This very personal opus, which she says she made to answer the questions of her soon-to-be-9-year-old son, Angelo, about his divorce, is one of the most anticipated releases of the year, after the global success of her previous one. album,
25
.
The release of his new single has also resulted in "a resurgence of listening to his old repertoire," added the Official Charts Company, noting that two of his tracks,
When We Were Young
(25th place) and
Someone Like You
(34th
place)
place), had made their comeback in the Top 40 this week.
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