A million sales and still top 40. Impressive.

30 (from 34) Adele - Someone Like You [D]

 

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Chart Run: 36-33-47-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-3-6-12-12-11-14-17-21-20-24-27-29-34-30 [24 wks]

 

Release date: 24-01-2011

Format: download only track

Label: XL

 

Another graduate of the BRIT performing arts school (as is Leona Lewis, Katie Melua, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash...), Londoner Adele Adkins was voted the hotest new talent in the BBC's 'Sound for 2008' poll. Her acclaimed soul-pop debut album, 19, was released on XL and was preceded by the massive hit single "Chasing Pavements". Adele won the 2008 Brit Award for Critics Choice. - HMV

 

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Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2008 02 Chasing Pavements

2008 19 Hometown Glory

2008 18 Cold Shoulder

2008 04 Make You Feel My Love

2011 02 Rolling In The Deep

2011 01 Someone Like You

2011 21 Set Fire To The Rain

2011 62 Turning Tables

 

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It's incredible that Someone Like You is top 30 after selling 1 million! :o

 

When was the last time that happened? Was it Hallelujah from 2009?

SLY has grown on me again.

Someone Like You just manages to scrape top 30, I still LOVE this song, it still sounds beautiful. Unlike Rolling In The Deep which got old pretty quickly for me.

Wonder if SFTTR can nip into the Top 10. Think she'll be 11 or 12!

It's incredible that Someone Like You is top 30 after selling 1 million! :o

 

When was the last time that happened? Was it Hallelujah from 2009?

I would think so!

Congratulations :heart: It must have been back in 2005 when the last song to sell a million while staying in the T40 happened :o (Tony Christie)

Edit - Forgot about Hallelujah :hithead:

 

The last non-charity, non-X Factor song to sell a million in the T40 must have been Kylie or Shaggy back in 2001 :o

Edited July 10, 201114 yr by danielMFAO

its great that we have a million seller that reached it within a year, shows sales are really good atm :D plus its a great song as well that isn't Charity/X Factor related (a bit boring now though)

Edited July 10, 201114 yr by Chart Wizard

Congratulations :heart: It must have been back in 2005 when the last song to sell a million while staying in the T40 happened :o (Tony Christie)

 

Technically it hasn't stayed in the top 40 the whole time :kink: As it had that one week at #47 ruining it. It's the first song in a while to sell a million while staying top 50 though! (Aside from Alexandra :P as that was special circumstances. Tony Christie would also be 'special circumstances' so I think the last 'normal' song to sell a million while staying top 50 would have been Shaggy :o)

 

I wonder if Scott will mention that it's a million seller? Probably not.

Edited July 10, 201114 yr by Bré

Born This Way out of the top 40 then. At last. :P

 

I'd rather that was in and this was out.

 

Yes, I am a borderline Gaga loon but I have both Adele albums and this really isn't her best song, can't believe how much bigger than Rolling In The Deep it's been...

Someone Like You just manages to scrape top 30, I still LOVE this song, it still sounds beautiful. Unlike Rolling In The Deep which got old pretty quickly for me.

 

Other way round for me. I got bored of Someone Like You, but can still listen to Rolling In The Deep and LOVE it.

Congratulations :heart: It must have been back in 2005 when the last song to sell a million while staying in the T40 happened :o (Tony Christie)

 

I think it might've been Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke. I remember at the time hearing on the news that it had sold a million really soon after it was released. Although it also probably had a relatively short chart run too, so I'm not certain.

Someone Like You could end the year on 1.1 million sales easily, I think.

I must admit...

 

Set Fire To The Rain > Rolling In The Deep > Someone Like You

The only other song I can see selling a million this year is Party Rock Anthem. Maybe Price Tag too.

Edited July 10, 201114 yr by Mega DC

Someone Like You could end the year on 1.1 million sales easily, I think.

 

It's certain to be used a lot on the XF so I could see it getting 1.2m by the end of the year!

Rolling In The Deep >> Set Fire To The Rain >>>>> Someone Like You

 

IMHO obvs :lol:

This didn't do as well as I had hoped.

I was enjoying that run of ten consecutive fallers. It's madness that the climber which brings it to an end is something that's been around for ever, not even a new track!