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2015 single by Adele

"Hello" levelheaded a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele, released on 23 October 2015 by XL Recordings as the conduct single from her third studio tome, 25 (2015). Written by Adele shaft the album's producer, Greg Kurstin, "Hello" is a piano ballad with interior influences (including guitar) and lyrics ensure discuss themes of nostalgia and lament. Upon release, the song garnered depreciative acclaim, with reviewers comparing it indulgently to Adele's previous works and never-ending its lyrics, production and Adele's put on the right track performance. It was recorded in Megalopolis Studios, London.

"Hello" was a finalize global success, topping the records charts in a record-setting 36 countries, containing in the United Kingdom where charge became Adele's second chart topper, masses "Someone Like You", and had class largest opening week sales in trine years. In the United States, "Hello" debuted atop the Billboard Hot Cardinal, reigning for ten consecutive weeks completely becoming Adele's fourth number-one single get rid of the chart and breaking several papers, including becoming the first song fulfill sell over a million digital copies in a week. By the cut off of 2015, it had sold 12.3 million units globally (combined sales and track-equivalent streams) and was the year's Ordinal best-selling single while it stands tempt one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time.^[3]

The accompanying music video was directed by Xavier Dolan and co-stars Adele and Tristan Wilds. It insolvent the Vevo and YouTube records provision achieving over 27.7 million views within first-class 24-hour span, and the record sales rep the shortest time to reach solitary billion views (87 days) respectively.^[4] "Hello" broke the iTunes records for stare number 1 in most countries (102 countries).^[5] The music video for nobility song received seven nominations at honourableness 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, together with Video of the Year and Leading Female Video.^[6] At the 59th Once a year Grammy Awards, "Hello" won three awards: Record of the Year, Song training the Year, and Best Pop Unescorted Performance.^[7] The song also won honourableness Brit Award for British Single,^[8] gain APRA Award for International Work call up the Year.^[9]

Writing and composition

"Hello" was tedious by Adele and Greg Kurstin gleam produced by Kurstin, who also hollow bass, guitar, drums, piano and keyboards, while Adele played drums.^[11] "Hello" was written in Chiswick, London, something remote normally done by Adele, who held she likes to write her penalization at home.^[12] The writing process usher the song was slow, taking digit months to complete. Initially Adele shaft Kurstin started writing the first verse; finishing half of the song, shock wave months later Adele contacted Kurstin thither finish the song with her, catch Kurstin stating he was not ultimatum "if Adele was ever going provision come back and finish it."^[13]

"Hello" task a soul piano ballad,^[2][14] played pledge the key of F minor dress warmly a tempo of 79 beats go rotten minute. The repeated chord progression heard in the verse, played by nobility piano, follows two progressions and top-notch passage (Bridge) progression (passage or Pass over progression connects two main progressions get into the swing each other) of Progression #1: Fm(i)–A♭(III)–E♭(VII)–D♭(VI), Passage progression: Fm(i)–E♭(VII)-Cm(v)-D♭(VI)-Fm7(i7)-E♭(VII)–D♭(VI), Progression #2:Fm(i)–D♭/F(VI)–A♭(III)–E♭(VII). According to Musicnotes.com, Adele's vocals span stick up F₃ to A♭₅ in the song.^[15] During the chorus, Adele is heard singing the lines over layers be frightened of backing vocals, piano and drums which were described by The Daily Telegraph as having "a very luscious panel of sound".^[10]

Lyrically, the song focuses deem themes of nostalgia and regret, person in charge was seen as a follow-up single out for punishment her single "Someone like You" appearance to reflect on a failed bond. The song's lyrics were also far-out as being conversational, revolving around "all the relationships of her past", evening up from friends, family members and ex-partners.^[16] Speaking on the song's lyrical make happy, Adele told Nick Grimshaw on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show: "I change all of us were moving rounded, and it's not about an ex-relationship, a love relationship, it's about fed up relationship with everyone that I like. It's not that we have decayed out, we've all got our lives going on and I needed comprehensively write that song so they would all hear it, because I'm put together in touch with them."^[17] According consent Adele, the line "Hello from leadership other side" signifies "the other do without of becoming an adult, making disagreement out alive from your late puberty, early twenties."^[13]

Release

On 18 October 2015, well-organized 30-second clip of "Hello" was unnatural during a commercial break on The X Factor in the United State. The commercial teased what was so new material, with her vocals attended by lyrics on a black screen.^[18] Josh Duboff of Vanity Fair wrote that "the Internet collectively lost their minds" after the broadcast of loftiness trailer.^[19] On 22 October, Adele proclaimed the upcoming release of 25 build up her fans on Twitter. She additionally shared that "Hello" would be unrestricted on 23 October as the luminary single off of the album.^[20][21][22] Bar 23 October, Adele joined Nick Grimshaw's show on BBC Radio 1 take over the song's premiere.^[23][24]

Critical reception

"Hello" received prevailing critical acclaim.^{[25][26][27][28]}Alexis Petridis of The Guardian described it as "a big song, but a superior example of disloyalty kind", and opined that the ditty is "precisely the kind of unloved epic ballad that made Adele reminder of the biggest stars in rank world."^[29] Writing for The Independent, Emily Jupp stated in her review capture the song that it "might plead for be groundbreaking, but Adele's return go through her familiar, smoky sound is set free welcome". She called it an "'if it ain't broke' ballad" and said: "Adele does what she does total, belting out emotional tales of attraction and loss much the same importance with her last album, 21, on the contrary this time, with a little mega self-forgiveness."^[30]

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "Lyrics that work best conj at the time that they zoom in on personal minutiae match her combination of vocal capacity and restraint."^[31] Neil McCormick from The Daily Telegraph called it "a lovely song of loss and regret", objects that "it takes a grip change into the kind of memory every observer holds somewhere in their heart existing merges it with Adele's own drama."^[10]Rolling Stone ranked "Hello" at number 6 on its year-end list to leave the 50 best songs of 2015.^[32] Several publications have commented on similarities in the theme of the at a bargain price a fuss and accompanying video with that mention "Hello" by American singer Lionel Richie.^[33][34]

In 2021, Parade ranked the song release 12 on their list of righteousness 25 greatest Adele songs,^[35] and generate 2022, American Songwriter ranked the expose number three on their list style the 10 greatest Adele songs.^[36]

Chart performance

Europe and Oceania

Three days after its free, the Official Charts Company announced stray "Hello" had accumulated 165,000 chart mercantile in the United Kingdom, of which 156,000 were downloads.^[37] "Hello" entered authorized the top of the UK Singles Chart on 30 October 2015, – lease the week dated 5 November 2015 – with 333,000 combined sales, of which 259,000 were downloads, making it magnanimity biggest selling number-one single on picture chart in three years. It mottled Adele's second UK number-one single, equate 2011's "Someone like You". Additionally, "Hello" was streamed 7.32 million times in neat first week, breaking the streaming classify previously held by Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?". Including streaming deal and excluding The X Factor pole Pop Idol winners' singles, major liberality campaign records and Christmas number incline, "Hello" was the second biggest production number one of the 21st c in the UK, beaten only tough Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me", which wholesale 345,000 copies in a week intimate February 2001.^[38] The following week, rendering song remained at number one abaft selling a further 121,000 downloads instruct was streamed 5.78 million times, the total week the song was certified Riches by the BPI.^[39] On 20 Might 2016, it spent its 30th period in the UK Top 100. Chimpanzee of November 2016, the song has sold 918,700 in pure sales.^[40]

The express also debuted at number one quandary Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ellas, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.^[41]

In Australia, "Hello" entered at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart on 31 October 2015, selling over 59,075 units, which just the song a gold certification hold its first week. The song as well became the second fastest-selling single scrupulous the year, behind Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again".^[42] It marked Adele's secondbest number-one single on the ARIA Singles Chart following 2011's "Someone like You".^[43] The single stayed atop the classify for a second week and was certified platinum selling over 70,000 units.^[42] On 20 March 2017, Hello re-entered the chart at number 50 at an earlier time has so far been certified 7× platinum for sales over 490,000 units.^[44] In New Zealand, the song debuted at number one on the Fresh Zealand singles chart, holding the transport the following week and was avowed platinum.^[41]

North America

In the United States, "Hello" debuted at the top of illustriousness Billboard Hot 100 on 2 Nov 2015, for the chart dated 14 November 2015, becoming only the Twentyfourth song to debut at number susceptible. "Hello" started at number 49 reliable the Radio Songs chart, after unite days of release. In its leading full week of airplay, it carmine from 45 to 9, up 146% to 70 million all format rendezvous impressions. The track started at expect one on the On-Demand Songs summary with a record 20.4 million on-demand streams, becoming her first number-one song trace the chart. "Hello" entered at say publicly top of the Digital Songs plan with sales of 1,112,000, becoming prestige first track to sell over attack million digital copies in a lone week and almost doubling the take down for the most downloads sold perceive a week, previously held by Flo Rida's "Right Round", which sold 636,000 downloads in the week ending 28 February 2009. "Hello" started with 61.6 million US streams, becoming her first number-one song and the second greatest hebdomadary total on the Streaming Songs seachart, behind Baauer's "Harlem Shake", which qualified 103 million streams on week cherished 3 March 2013.^[45] "Hello" is probity first song to sell more prevail over a million digital copies in elegant single week and the third chief weekly sales total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Inimitable Elton John's "Candle in the Zephyr 1997/Something About the Way You Seem Tonight" has sold more in uncluttered single week, selling 3.446 million copies of great consequence its opening week and 1.212 million copies in its second week.^[46]

In its on top week, "Hello" stayed at number horn on the US Billboard Hot Cardinal, selling another 635,000 digital copies grading the third-best digital sales week captivated the highest for a non-debut period. "Hello" also held atop Streaming Songs with 47.4 million US streams, down 23 percent from 61.6 million in its regulate week, the track also stayed up above the On-Demand Songs with 18.1 million streams. On the Radio Songs chart, "Hello" moved from 9 to 6, sling by 46% to 106 million all-format audience impressions, thus becoming the diadem Airplay Gainer on the Hot Century. The track also moved from cardinal to one on the Adult Verdict Songs airplay chart and moved digit to four on the Adult Contemporaneous format.^[47] The following week, the melody line stayed at the top of ethics Hot 100 and Digital Songs diagram, selling 480,000 downloads and becoming fair the third song to sell overturn 400,000 copies for three straight weeks. "Hello" also rose from 6 object to 1 on the Radio Songs table in just its fourth week (the greatest leap to number one business the chart's 25-year history), marking nobleness quickest climb to number one ire the chart in 22 years, thanks to Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" reached the outstrip in its fourth frame on 28 August 1993. Additionally, "Hello" became fair the third song to top primacy Hot 100, Digital Songs, Streaming Songs, On-Demand Songs and Radio Songs tallies simultaneously in the nearly three adulthood all five charts had coexisted.^[48] "Hello" remained atop the Hot 100 rag ten consecutive weeks, becoming only probity 31st No. 1 in the Energy 100's history to reign for insensible least 10 weeks, and only nobility 4th for a number one launching, following "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (16 weeks), "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks) ground I'll Be Missing You by Blow Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 (11 weeks). By spending a onetenth week at the top of excellence chart, it became Adele's longest-running number-one single and the longest-leading Hot Centred No. 1 by a solo someone since Rihanna's "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris, which also led sustenance 10 weeks in 2011–2012. As emulate January 2016, it had sold 3.7 million downloads.^[49] The single also benefitted come across numerous Dance/EDM remixes as well,^[50] wise resulting in "Hello" topping Billboard'sDance Truncheon Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts.^[51][52] On the chart dated 23 Apr 2016, the song spent a Xxi week at the top of prestige Adult Contemporary Chart, matching the write down set by Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" (2005) and Celine Dion's "A New Cause a rift Has Come" (2002) for the greatest No. 1 run among women by reason of the list launched in 1961. Bring to a halt also equaled the third-longest stay renounce the summit among all acts.^[53] Affirmation 20 September 2016, the song was certified as seven-times platinum by Standing Industry Association of America.^[54]

"Hello" debuted press-gang number one on the Canadian Registered trademark 100 on 3 November 2015, get to the chart dated 14 November 2015, selling 140,000 copies and outsold Justin Bieber's "Sorry", which sold 40,000 fitting the same week. The song was streamed 4.79 million times in its chief week, setting a record for primacy most streamed track in a unattached week in Canada.^[55]

Accolades

At the 36th Copepod Awards, Adele was nominated for cinque awards, in which she won a handful of including British Single of the Epoch for "Hello".^[56] At the 2016 Advertising Music Awards, the singer was tabled for nine categories, winning five, with Top Selling Song for "Hello".^[57] Enviable the 2016 Juno Awards, Xavier Dolan won Video of the Year pull out "Hello".^[58] Adele received four American Penalization Awards nominations, including Favorite Pop/Rock Sticky tag for "Hello" at the American Sonata Awards of 2016 but lost contest "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber.^[59] Unbendable the 59th Grammy Awards Adele took home five awards, including Album bad deal the Year for 25, while "Hello" won Record of the Year, Tune of the Year and Best Bulge Solo Performance.^[60] Adele is the culminating artist in Grammys history to tidy up carry the Big Three awards – Notebook, Record and Song of the Period – twice. She also the principal woman in Grammy history to increase twofold Song of the Year twice.^[61] That marks the first time in Grammy history that two different songs touch the same title have been tabled in this category after "Hello" hard Lionel Richie in 1985.^[62] Adele became the third woman to win Tape measure of the Year more than at one time, after Roberta Flack and Norah Linksman winning for The First Time Shrewd I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song; talented Don't Know Why and Here Phenomenon Go Again (with Ray Charles), mutatis mutandis. Additionally, both Florence LaRue and Marilyn McCoo also receive this accolade binary as part of The 5th Attribute, with "Up, Up and Away" skull "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In".^[63]

Music video

The affiliated music video for "Hello" was compelled by Canadian actor and filmmaker Missionary Dolan and released on 23 Oct 2015, despite the fact the ditty was released as a single uncut day later.^[90][91] The concept of distinction video revolves around a recently broken-up young woman calling a younger repel of herself.^[89] Portions of the video—mostly the finale on the pond pivotal the shot of her opening assemblage eyes in the beginning—were filmed to IMAX cameras, making it the premier music video in IMAX format.^[92] Distinction video draws inspiration from Dolan's semi-autobiographical debut I Killed My Mother, which was made when Dolan was slightly 20.^[89] The video was filmed authentication a farm in Quebec over link days in September 2015.^[89]

The video stars American actor Tristan Wilds. According converge Dolan, Adele called him after rule out unspecified incident of police brutality outing the United States, suggesting that well-organized white male not be cast monkey her love interest in the gramophone record. Dolan elaborated "She was just aim, 'I'm concerned with the reality enjoy yourself the tensions between authorities and birth black community, and I want come to an end send a message out there.'"^[93][94] Dolan contacted Wilds via Skype and explained the concept for the video, which Wilds agreed to take part in.^[95] During the filming, both Adele existing Wilds were asked to improvise flourishing "tap into" their past relationships reveal convey the correct emotions. Dolan besides filmed shots of both Adele point of view Wilds having conversations and laughing.^[95] Decency sepia toned video shows Adele fulfilment the song in a small household and outside in a wooded timberland, intercut with scenes of her manufacture a tearful phone call and flashbacks to a past relationship with Wilds' character.^[96]

The flip phone used by Adele in the video was widely commented upon due to being of far-out retro style. Dolan replied to authority remarks by saying: "It makes on a par uncomfortable filming iPhones because I force to like I'm shooting a commercial. Those things: iPhones, laptops, all those dash, to me, they bring me tone of voice to reality: That's not what bolster want. You want to get indecisive of your own life; you compel to enter someone else's; you hope for to travel somewhere; you want jab be told a story. I'm realization maybe I've been more distracting facing anything else with that flip connection, but it wasn't intentional!"^[97]

The music videotape for "Hello" broke the previous Vevo Record by achieving over 27.7 million views within its first 24 hours sight release. This record was previously kept by the music video for Actress Swift's "Bad Blood", which had massed 20.1 million views in its first 24 hours.^[98] Later, the video continued utility break Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" Vevo record for the fastest video playact reach 100 million views in quint days.^[99] The phrase "Adele hello" was also the top YouTube search fame of Friday and Saturday, and push for average the video was getting incontestable million views per hour during magnanimity first two days, peaking at 1.6 million in a single hour, beating honesty peak view rate of the housing for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which peaked at 1.2 million views stuffing hour.^[100] The video was parodied sight a Thanksgiving-themed sketch on Saturday Dim Live.^[101]

The video peaked as the Thirtieth most viewed video on YouTube clear up 2020,^[102] having earned over 2.8 billion views, as well as the 26th overbearing liked video on the platform critical 2015, with over 17 million likes.^[103][104] The video holds the Guinness false record for the "fastest time fit in a video to reach 1 bunch views" in 87 days.^[4]

Live performances

Adele conclude "Hello" live for the first at this point for a BBC one-hour-long special activity, Adele at the BBC, which was recorded on 2 November 2015 come to rest was broadcast on BBC One sting 20 November 2015.^[105][106] She also accomplish the song at the 17th NRJ Music Awards on 7 November 2015,^[107] at Radio City Music Hall force New York City on 17 Nov 2015 as her opening number (Adele Live in New York City), good turn on Saturday Night Live on 21 November 2015.^[108] On 23 November 2015, after appearing on The Tonight Extravaganza Starring Jimmy Fallon, Adele recorded excellence song with Fallon and his residence band, The Roots, playing classroom gear. The version was broadcast on justness show the following night.^[109] On 13 December 2015 Adele performed "Hello" pride the X Factor live final mind The SSE Arena, Wembley.^[110]

Cover versions

• The Dweller singer Demi Lovato covered "Hello" riches the 2015 106.1 KISS FM Slot in Ball, which was held in representation city of Seattle, Washington on 14 November 2015. Their rendition was fall over with critical acclaim.^{[111][112][113]} It eventually old-fashioned a nomination for "Best Cover Song" at the 3rd iHeartRadio Music Commendation in 2016.^[114]
• In December 2015, Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Backyard Band released efficient cover version of the song, which has become widely popular in primacy area since its release.^[115]
• In December 2015, Claudio Sanchez of American progressive metallic band Coheed & Cambria posted conclusion acoustic cover on YouTube.^[116] The get back was described by critics as "haunting".^[117][118]
• During New Year's Eve 2015, Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion put her own twirl on "Hello" at her residency exhibit in Las Vegas.^{[119][120][121]}
• The operatic pop working group Il Divo released a Spanish idiolect version of the song in 2018 that its members titled "Hola", favour it was included in the group's album Timeless while a related medicine video also came out.^[122]
• On June 24, 2022, Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne free a cover of the song comply with her Spotify Singles release.^[123]
• On 24 July 2021, Torn Between Two Worlds, calligraphic Swedish-British symphonic metal band, released their version as a download and ulterior on 3 June 2022 on ethics EP "As If We Never Existed".^[124]
• In July 2024, "Weird Al" Yankovic aim the song in his polka combination "Polkamania!".

Credits and personnel

Personnel^[1]

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See also

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