"T at the time and this proved a major draw for Adele, a big fan of the British singer-songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006. Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, ""My Yvonne,"" for his debut album, and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss, who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, ""19,"" and tracks on ""21."" Adele recorded a cover of Bob Dylan's ""Make You Feel My Love"" on the recommendation of her manager Jonathan Dickins, who loved the song. The first single released from"
"""21"" became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century and its fourth best-selling album of all time in 2011, certified platinum 16 times. During the same year, ""Back To Black"" by Amy Winehouse became the UK's second best selling album of the 21st century and its 13th best-selling album of all time following her death in 2011, certified platinum 11 times. In 2013, despite the trend of declining album sales persisting, the British music industry saw a 9% growth in revenue which could be traced to ""individual revenues by musicians, singers, composers, songwriters and lyricists"", adding £3.8bn to the"
"#21 on the UK chart in 1982. Players Association also covered the track in 1977, as did Stanley Turrentine on ""The Man with the Sad Face"" in 1976. British soul singer Pauline Henry (former lead vocalist of the Chimes) recorded a contemporary version of the track in 1995 (released as a single), singer Jody Watley recorded a downtempo version for her 2006 album, ""The Makeover"", and Australian singer-songwriter Tina Arena recorded a version in 2007 for her album ""Songs of Love & Loss"". The song was sampled in Monica's 1998 hit ""The First Night"", which hit #1 on the Billboard"
"Beyoncé were among the artists vocal in their praise of her music. Beyoncé cited Adele as one of the influences for her fourth album, ""4"". In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one. In the same week as ""21"" was released, ""19"" re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 4, with sales of 25,419 copies. On 6 February 2011, the album remained on the chart at number 4, with strengthening sales of 27,660 copies. It was the second best selling album of 2011 in the United Kingdom, behind ""21"", as it tripled its 2008 seven non-consecutive week-long top"
"21 in Australia. ""No Ordinary Love"" was released as the album's lead single in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1992, by Epic Records. It peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released, but reached number 14 when it was re-released in June 1993. In the accompanying music video, Sade Adu is dressed as a mermaid and a bride. ""Music & Media"" wrote about the song: ""With a serious competitor in the person of Des'Ree coming up, this is the answer by the grande dame of sophisticated soul, who has updated her beats a little bit and added"
"21 (Hunter Hayes song) ""21"" is a song recorded by American singer Hunter Hayes as the lead single for his third studio album, ""The 21 Project"" (2015). Written by Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace, and Ashley Gorley, the song is Hayes' first to not feature an official writing credit. It was released in the UK on May 21, 2015 before being released to digital retailers in North America on May 26, 2015. It is also included on his second extended play, ""21"" (2015). ""21"" impacted country radio on June 8, 2015 and entered the ""Billboard"" Country Airplay chart at number 32."
"record formerly held by Whitney Houston's soundtrack """". ""21"" spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012, making it the longest-running album at number one since 1985, and it became the fourth best-selling album of the past 10 years in the US. The best selling album in the UK of the 21st century, and the best selling album by a female in UK chart history, ""21"" is also the fourth best-selling album in the UK of all time. ""21"" was her first album certified diamond in the US. On 6 March, ""21"" reached 30 non-consecutive weeks at number"
"and 19, by posting a black square with a green 2 on the left half and a green square with a 1 on the right half, respectively, on those dates. On May 21, 2015, the song was released to streaming services and to iTunes UK, and was made available to country radio. It was released to digital retailers in Canada and the United States on May 26, 2015. The song official impacted country radio on June 8, 2015. The music video was directed by Kristin Barlowe and premiered in June 2015. ""21"" debuted at number 32 on the ""Billboard"" Country"
"Awards, including British Album of the Year; and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 17 times platinum in the UK, and is overall the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond. The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, ""21"" has sold over 31 million copies. The success of ""21"" earned Adele numerous mentions in the ""Guinness Book of World Records."" She was the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the ""Billboard"""
"Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Jim Abbiss, and Dan Wilson. Praised by critics for its understated production, vintage aesthetic, and Adele's vocal performance, ""21"" defied the modest commercial expectations of her indie record label XL Recordings. The album topped the charts in more than 30 countries and became the world's best-selling album of the year for 2011 and 2012. In the United Kingdom, it is the best-selling album of the 21st century and fourth best-selling album of all time, while its 23-week tenure atop the UK Albums Chart is the longest by a female solo artist. In the United States, the album"
"19 (Adele album) 19 is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele. It was first released on 28 January 2008, through XL Recordings. Following Adele's graduation from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in May 2006, she began publishing songs and recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend. The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to interest from XL Recordings. This led to Adele signing a recording contract with the label and providing vocals for Jack Peñate, during this session for Peñate's song"
"achieved separate consecutive number-one spells during its 2011 chart run on the UK Albums Chart, claiming the top spot for 11 straight weeks between February and April 2011, then for five consecutive weeks between April and June, and then for another two weeks in July 2011. It amassed 23 weeks at number one to date. Midway through 2012, ""21"" was the best-selling album of the year despite being released in early 2011. In December 2012, ""21"" overtook Oasis' ""(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"" to become the fourth best-selling album of all time in the UK. By December 2012, ""21"" had"
"Tribune"", Greg Kot deemed the music an improvement over ""19"", writing that """"21"" beefs up the rhythmic drive and the drama of the arrangements."" Simon Harper of ""Clash"" wrote, ""[In] two years ... she's clearly seen the world. Where ""19"" marked the turbulent swan song to a teenage life, ""21"" introduces the realities of adult life, where grown-up responsibilities collide with heartache and emotional scars run deep."" John Murphy of ""MusicOMH"" said that it shared the themes of ""pain, sadness and anger"" explored on Amy Winehouse's ""Back to Black"" (2006), while hailing ""21"" as ""one of the great 'break-up' albums,"
"her bus driver playing contemporary music from Nashville when she was touring the American South, and the title reflected the growth she had experienced in the prior two years. Adele told ""Spin Magazine:"" ""It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around [that music]."" ""21"" hit number 1 in 30 countries, including the UK and the US. An emotional performance of ""Someone Like You"" at the 2011 Brit Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK. Her first album, ""19,"" re-entered the UK album chart alongside ""21,"" while first and second singles"
"gimmicks in Adele's music undermined the widespread perception that female performers have to conform to specific body-types, or imbue their music with gratuitous sexual imagery, in order attain success. In September 2011, Adele claimed ""Guinness World Records"" for becoming the first female artist to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five simultaneously. ""21"" also became the first album in UK chart history to reach sales of three million copies in a calendar year, and set records for the most consecutive weeks with a UK number-one album (solo female) with 11 weeks (overtaking Madonna's 1990 compilation ""The"
"Airplay chart for the week ending June 6, 2015. The song has sold 117,000 copies in the US as of December 2015. 21 (Hunter Hayes song) ""21"" is a song recorded by American singer Hunter Hayes as the lead single for his third studio album, ""The 21 Project"" (2015). Written by Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace, and Ashley Gorley, the song is Hayes' first to not feature an official writing credit. It was released in the UK on May 21, 2015 before being released to digital retailers in North America on May 26, 2015. It is also included on his second"
"With that achievement, Adele has become the first living artist since The Beatles in 1964 who simultaneously had two top five hits in both the charts (""21"" and ""19"" were also in the top five on the UK Albums Chart). It stayed atop the chart for four consecutive weeks before slipping to number two on 26 March. Following a performance on Comic Relief, the song returned to number one for a fifth week. It has been certified 2× Platinum by the BPI, denoting shipments of 1,200,000 copies. On 5 July 2011, it was announced that the song had sold 1"
"Rain"" becoming international number-one songs, while ""Rumour Has It"" charted in the top 20 across Europe and North America. Globally, ""21"" was the biggest selling musical release for both 2011 and 2012, and helped revitalise lagging sales of the UK and US music industry. With over 31 million copies sold worldwide, ""21"" is one of the best-selling albums of all time. Critics hailed the album as a shift from the overtly sexual and musically bombastic status quo, and attributed its success to its deeply autobiographical yet universal songs. Shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize, ""21"" won the 2012 Grammy Award"
"of many of the songs, a fault that he said would have been more apparent had they been performed by a lesser talent. Allison Stewart of ""The Washington Post"" claimed that many tracks were remarkable ""only because Adele is singing them."" Robert Christgau gave the album a two-star honourable mention in his consumer guide for ""MSN Music"", writing that ""part of me likes how many albums this proud white-soul normal has sold, but the part that likes fast ones wins."" ""21"" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on 30 January 2011 with first-week sales of 208,000 copies."
"21, 1941 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #10. The Rosemary Clooney recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39813. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 26, 1952 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #29. In addition, the song was recorded at least three times by Jo Stafford. Her previously unreleased 1942 version with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra was included in the 1966 Reader's Digest box set ""The Glenn Miller Years"". On October 15, 1943, she recorded it with Johnny Mercer, the Pied Pipers, and Paul Weston's Orchestra, in"
"of 19 Entertainment. The first artist Fuller signed to 19 Recordings was the English indie band 21st Century Girls in 1999, who released its only single ""21st Century Girls"", which only peaked at the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The English pop group S Club 7, the second act to be signed to 19 Recordings and Polydor Records, achieved better success. S Club 7 went on to sell over 14 million albums worldwide until their disbandment in 2003. After disbanding in 1990, the British duo Eurythmics reunited in 1999 and was signed to RCA Records and 19 Recordings,"
"the UK singles chart at number 4. During the 2010 ""CMT Artists of the Year"" special, Adele performed a widely publicised duet of Lady Antebellum's ""Need You Now"" with Darius Rucker. This performance was later nominated for a CMT Music Award. Adele released her second studio album, ""21"", on 24 January 2011 in the UK and 22 February in the US. She said that the album was inspired by the break-up with her former partner. The album's sound is described as classic and contemporary country and roots music. The change in sound from her first album was the result of"
"Paul Hardcastle Paul Louis Hardcastle is a British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his song ""19"", which went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. Born in Kensington in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce (""née"" Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000). Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 electro-funk/freestyle/instrumental track, ""Rain Forest"", which along with the track ""Sound Chaser"", reached number two on the dance chart. ""Rain Forest"" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the"
"21, 2017. ""Babe"" featuring Taylor Swift, the second single from the album, was released on April 20, 2018. The title-track, ""Bigger"", was released as a promotional single on April 12, 2018. ""Mother"" was released April 27, 2018 as another promotional single. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music gave it four out of five star rating saying, that the album ""does indeed deliver on its titular promise to be a grand, majestic album, but emotions are not in its skyscraper sweep."" Brittany McKenna of ""Rolling Stone"" was positive saying, ""The arrangements of ""Bigger"" are grander, the vocals more theatrical, and the"
"21 (Omarion album) 21 is the second studio album by American R&B singer Omarion. It was released on December 26, 2006, by Epic Records and Sony Urban Music. The album was produced by Timbaland, The Neptunes, Eric Hudson and Bryan-Michael Cox and saw Omarion co-write every song on the album. The album's title was inspired from when Omarion turned 21 years old months before the album's release. ""21"" received mildly positive reviews from critics, who saw it as an improvement over his debut record ""O"" (2005). The album debuted at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200, selling 119,000 copies"
"space of 12 months. In late November 2012, ""21"" fell out of the Top 40 of the UK Albums Chart for the first time since its release in January 2011. With ""21"", Adele became the first female to have three singles simultaneously in the top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 as a solo artist. In the week ending 23 February 2012, she also became the first female artist to place two titles in the top five of both the ""Billboard"" 200 and Hot 100 concurrently, with ""21"" and ""19"" occupying number one and number four on the ""Billboard"" 200"
"19 on the UK Singles Chart on 8 December 2013. The album received mixed reviews from critics and received an average score of 58 based on ten reviews, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave it 4/5 stars, saying that Arthur has ""The angst of Plan B and defiance of Emeli Sandé"". Writing for EntertainmentWise, Natalie Palmer wrote, ""A mix of soul, rock and a splash of rap to make for an amazing debut...With X Factor's input it's hard not to be worried that even the best acts will come out with completely over-produced manufactured rubbish."
"respectively, and ""Set Fire to the Rain"" and ""Rolling in the Deep"" at number two and five respectively. On 14 June 2012, ""21"" scored its 24th week atop the US album charts, the longest since Prince's ""Purple Rain"" finished a non-consecutive 24-week run in 1985. The album is also the longest-running number-one by a UK studio album (excluding soundtracks and group acts), the longest-running number-one album by a female solo artist ever in the US, and the longest-running number-one in the SoundScan era. The album also spent 24 non-consecutive weeks at number 2. ""21"" is credited with saving the first"
"and 21, conducted by James Loughran and Eric Pinkett respectively, were recorded at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester in 1972. The music was performed by the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra and the LP was released by Unicorn Records to great critical acclaim in 1973. A special edition of the television programme ""Aquarius"" called ""The Unknown Warrior"" gave considerable coverage to the recording session and a camera crew also joined Robert Simpson and members of the orchestra during a visit they made to the composer's home in Shoreham (see video links below). Following the success of the Unicorn issue, a second"
"While in its fourth consecutive week at number one, Adele performed ""Someone like You"" at the 2011 BRIT Awards, resulting in a sales surge of 890 percent on Amazon.co.uk within an hour of the show's broadcast. ""19"" climbed to number four on the UK Albums Chart, making Adele the first living act since The Beatles in 1964 to have two UK top five albums and singles simultaneously. A week later, ""19"" rose to number 2 in its 102nd week of release, this made Adele the first act to occupy the chart's top two spots since The Corrs in 1999. ""21"""
"album took place between 2007 and 2009 and production was handled by XL Recordings-owner Richard Russell. In July, XL signed Jai Paul, who was shortlisted for BBC's Sound of 2011, and in September the xx's eponymous debut album won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, acquiring best British and Irish album of the year. On 24 January 2011, XL Recordings released the album ""21"" by Adele. In February the (then) 19-year-old OFWGKTA member Tyler, the Creator was signed for a one-album deal for his second studio album and commercial debut ""Goblin"". Singer Gil Scott-Heron died in May and his final recordings, ""I'm"
"21, 2011, by Scott's imprint label, Blue Babe Records. It received positive reviews from most critics and debuted at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 in the United States, where it sold 135,000 copies in its first week. The album became Scott's first American number-one record, and as of March 2015, it had sold 478,000 copies in the US. It was promoted with three singles: ""So in Love"", ""So Gone (What My Mind Says)"", and ""Blessed"". Scott also promoted the album with her Summer Block Party concert tour. Following her 2007 album, """", Scott took a break from recording music."
"19 in the UK Singles Chart, respectively. In a 2001 interview, Molko declared: ""I think it's the album we always wanted to make. I think without exaggerating even the tiniest bit, we love it and we've never been so happy with an album. Our debut was fast and rough, punk pop, ""Without You I'm Nothing"" showed our melancholy, depressed side and ""Black Market"" shows a perfect combination of both sides."" The singer would later become more reserved towards ""Black Market Music"", describing it in 2016 as ""real somber"", and expressing the regret of not having been involved enough during the"