"[199], Following the album's release, journalists reported that 25 was able to encourage the public to return to buying physical copies, compared to streaming. In the US, the album sold over 3.38 million copies in its first week of sales, marking the largest single-week sales for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. But I want to live [175][176] In its third full week, the album sold 695,000 copies, surpassing 5 million sales, becoming the first album to do so in a calendar year since Adele's own album 21 in 2011. +++ Alan Walker hingegen lieferte 2016 den erfolgreichsten Hit des Jahres. [9][10] On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014, Adele posted a message via her Twitter account which prompted media discussion about her next album. It also sold 2,310,000 digital copies by the year end, making it the third best-selling digital album of all time behind Adele's own 21 and Taylor Swift's 1989. I can't love you in the dark [76] A short extract of the programme was previewed during an edition of BBC One's The One Show aired on 5 November; it shows Adele performing "Hello" and chatting to Norton. . Ah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah everything changed me [161] The album sold another 129,200 copies in France in its second week, bringing its two-week total to 300,000 copies. Savage continued to state that songs such as "When We Were Young" introduce the album's key theme of Adele's "uneasy acceptance of adulthood. Don't try to change my mind Adele - Love in the Dark Lyrics. You mustn't underestimate that when you are in doubt [4] Her hiatus from music came to an end after the birth of her first child in October 2012, with Adele stating her son inspired her to start recording music again in order for him to "know what I do". On "When We Were Young", the singer elevates "maudlin sentiment into high art". [113], In a less enthusiastic review for The Independent, Andy Gill said the songs "River Lea" and "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" were "isolated moments of musical intrigue scattered here and there through the album", which he said gradually became "swamped by the kind of dreary piano ballads that are Adele's fall-back position". "[63] 25 closes with "Sweetest Devotion", an "uplifting" number written as a tribute to her son. I'm trying to be brave [102], iHeartRadio reported on 27 April 2016 that "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" had been selected as the album's third single and that it would be serviced to radio stations on 17 May 2016. [17], Adele stated that the album took a long time to write, saying she did not think the album was ever going to be finished. [Bridge] [27] Although Adele clarified that she "wasn't exposed to Madonna's catalog earlier" in life, she loved Madonna's electronic musical foray after hearing it. The album was widely anticipated and Adele's record labels promoted the album with an extensive marketing campaign. [5][6] Before the album's recording came under way, Adele made a conscious decision not to try and create another 21 and would not make another "heartbreak record". 39 on the UK Singles Chart and No. Four singles were released to promote the album, with "Hello" becoming an international number one song and the fastest selling digital single in the US, with over a million copies sold within a week of its release, "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" charted within the top 10 and "When We Were Young" and "Water Under the Bridge" charted within the top 20 across Europe and North America. [158] It has sold over 3.50 million copies as of October 2018, making the ten biggest selling studio album in the UK history. I'm making up for lost time. [35] The album's production incorporated the use of electronic elements and creative rhythmic patterns, unlike its predecessor, with elements of 1980s R&B and organs. [184] In the year of 2016, it sold 2.37 million copies and equivalent units, of which 1.7 million were pure sales, ranking as the best-selling album of the year in pure sales and second best including equivalent albums. Over 500,000 fans registered at Adele.com to purchase tickets, with 57,000 tickets sold for the 12 shows that were put on sale in the UK. [71], On 18 October, a 30-second clip of "Hello" was shown on UK television during a commercial break on The X Factor. "[45] The album is focused at a broad popular music appeal, where her former releases, were made with a concoction of "gospel, R&B, jazz, [and] folk" styles, elements, and audiences in mind. [179] It sold 1.16 million copies in pure album sales in its fifth week, and became the first album to sell over one million copies in three different frames. Subsequently, NBC confirmed they will air the concert special on 14 December. Tedder informed Adele that the song was produced by Max Martin, and sent her clips of his work. In the Bridge, Adele sings, “We’re not the only ones.” Others have had to break up like this and gone through similar experiences; he shouldn’t question the breakup just because it’s a new experience for him. Mark Savage of the BBC, noted the album's themes were a departure from the anger and heartbroken themes that dominated 21, stating that the lyrics were "reflective" allowing the singer "to re-examine her past relationships". [73] Adele stated that the title is a reflection on her age and the frame of mind she was in during that age, describing the time as a "turning point" where she was in the centre of adolescence and adulthood and the start of a time where she would "go into becoming who I'm going to be forever without a removal van full of my old junk." The longer we ignore it all the more that we will fight She then went on to take more time off, repeating this process "a couple of times".[19]. 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However, in this song, Adele does reach back for a little of what made her famous and executes it skillfully in this song. [50] The track also contains drums which Adele was credited for providing. [183] In total, the album has spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, becoming the fifth album released since the 2000 to achieve, at least, 10 weeks at the summit. [150] In its third week, 25 sold 354,000 copies, which represents the second highest third-week sales since Take That's The Circus, which sold 382,000 copies in its third week,[151] and was also certified quintuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, with total UK sales at 1,593,530 copies. [81] Also in November, Adele appeared on the NRJ Awards,[82] NPR,[83] and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[84]. [Verse 2] There is so much space between us It is the world to me She continues by asking him not to come after her: "Please stay where you are / Don't come any closer / Don't try to change my mind." Maybe we're already defeated Adele explains that their problems have been the source of their fights and that they can no longer “ignore it.” As she’s giving this news, she doesn’t want him to “fall apart” because she “can’t face your breaking heart.” She knows she’s giving bad news and just wants him to be strong for her a little bit more while she does what she has to do. [63] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly called it "a record that feels both new and familiar—a beautiful if safe collection of panoramic ballads and prettily executed detours". Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). Don't come any closer Its lyrical content features themes of Adele "yearning for her old self, her nostalgia", and "melancholia about the passage of time" according to an interview with the singer by Rolling Stone, as well as themes of motherhood and regret.

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