"song was inspired by an incident Adele had with a former boyfriend of six months. After learning he had cheated on her, she went to the bar he was at and punched him in the face. After being thrown out, Adele walked down the street alone and thought to herself, ""What is it you're chasing? You're chasing an empty pavement."" She sang and recorded it on her mobile phone and arranged the chords when she got home. ""Chasing Pavements"" is written in the key of C minor. ""Chasing Pavements"" received three nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards. The track received"
"the song was ranked at #31. As of 2015, it stands on the said chart at #32. In Australia, ""Rolling in the Deep"" entered the singles chart at #40 in the week of November 14, 2010, and reached a peak position of number three where it remained for four weeks. In New Zealand, the song debuted at its peak position at number three, and has her highest charting single in both countries until the release of her single ""Someone Like You"". The song achieved number one positions in Belgium (both Flanders & Wallonia), Finland, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, and the Netherlands,"
"""Rolling in the Deep"" and ""Someone Like You"" were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart, making Adele the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top-five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records. Following her performance of ""Someone Like You"" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, it became Adele's second number-one single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. By December 2011, ""21"" sold over 3.4 million copies in the UK,"
"the UK Singles Chart. Three years later in 2008, due to the exposure of the song via the performance of then-unknown dancer George Sampson on the reality TV series ""Britain's Got Talent"", the track went to No. 1 on the iTunes Top 100 in the UK in 2008. It re-entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 28 on June 1, 2008 and climbed to No. 1 the next week, selling 45,987 copies, knocking Rihanna's ""Take a Bow"" down to the Number 2 spot. A 1978 disco version of ""Singin' in the Rain"" by the French pop singer Sheila B. Devotion"
"spent 24 weeks atop the ""Billboard"" 200 since its US release. The album's first single, ""Rolling in the Deep"", also reached number two in the UK and became her first number one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The second single, ""Someone like You"", was released in February 2011 and peaked at number one in the UK and Ireland, her first in her home country. It also became her second number one in the US. ""Set Fire to the Rain"" was released as the third single off the album in the rest of Europe and became her third number one"
"nominations in the categories of Record of The Year, Song of the Year and for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It won the award for the Best Female Vocal Performance but lost out to Coldplay's ""Viva la Vida"" in the Song of the Year category and to Robert Plant's and Alison Krauss' collaboration, ""Please Read the Letter"", in the Record of the Year category. She performed ""Chasing Pavements"" with Sugarland. According to the ""Daily Mail"", the single was banned from several US radio stations because of the perceived meaning of the words ""chasing pavements"" referring to the singer chasing gay"
"artists, most notably British soul artist Adele. According to Jackson, Adele mentioned to her that if she had not heard ""Funnel of Love"", then her 2010 single ""Rolling in the Deep"" may have never existed. In 2010, Adele explained how Jackson's music affected her, ""I got addicted to this Wanda Jackson hits album,"" says the singer. ""She's so cheeky and so raunchy. She's kind of like the female Elvis: really sexual, not afraid to embarrass herself."" Adele's interest in her music led to a stint as Jackson serving as her opening act in Britain between 2011 and 2012. The Young"
"Live"" on 18 October 2008. The song was performed by Melissa Benoist on the 2012 episode ""The New Rachel"" of ""Glee"". In 2013, American R&B singer, Candice Glover performed the song on the singing competition series, American Idol, during her time as a contestant on the show. American rapper MGK also covered the song and it has over 8 million views on YouTube. ""Chasing Pavements"" was featured in three episodes of ""Hollyoaks"". The first was in a concluding scene of Hannah Ashworth's anorexia. The second was in a beginning scene of Charlie Dean's custody battle. The third was in a"
"top 5 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 simultaneously. Adele topped the 2012 ""Sunday Times Rich List"" of musicians in the UK under 30 and made the Top 10 of ""Billboard"" magazine's ""Top 40 Money Makers"". ""Billboard"" also announced the same day that Adele's ""Rolling in the Deep"" is the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years, topping pop, adult pop and adult contemporary charts and that Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists being Judy Garland, Carole King, and Whitney Houston). At"
"US dance chart, giving Aretha Franklin her sixth number one on the chart. It also debuted at number 47 on the ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Franklin thus becomes the first female, and fourth artist overall (following Lil Wayne, Jay Z and James Brown), to place 100 songs on the charts (with her first entry on the chart being ""Today I Sing the Blues"" in 1960). This version of a Rolling in the Deep was Franklin’s Last single to be released before her death in 2018. Rolling in the Deep ""Rolling in the Deep"" is a song recorded by British"
"sales. It was Adele's first ""Billboard"" Hot 100 entry, and has sold over 1,200,000 digital copies as of October 2011. The B-side to the single is an acoustic cover of the Sam Cooke song ""That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On"". ""Chasing Pavements"" won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Song of the Year. The accompanying music video was directed by Mathew Cullen of production company Motion Theory. It was uploaded to Adele's official YouTube account on 24 October 2009. The"
"In 2008, the double A-side ""Better in Time""/""Footprints in the Sand"" peaked at number two, ""Forgive Me"" peaked at number five and ""Run"" peaked at number one, while ""Happy"" peaked at number two in 2009. As of December 2013, Lewis holds the record for British female solo artist with the most UK Top 5 singles, with eight. The song debuted on the UK Digital Chart at number five. In Scotland, the song debuted at number four on 17 September 2011, and fell by one position to number five the following week. In Austria, ""Collide"" debuted at number 29 on 23"
"the United States, as well as reaching the top ten in many other countries. The song debuted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart in late-January 2011 due to strong digital downloads from ""21"". Following a live performance of the song at the 2011 BRIT Awards, it climbed 46 places from the previous week to number one, beating Lady Gaga's single ""Born This Way"" (2011), although it was at number 18 on the mid-week chart update. While ""Someone like You"" was at number one on the chart, Adele's previous single, ""Rolling in the Deep"" was placed at number four."
"By the middle of October 2008, Adele's attempt to break in America appeared to have failed. But then she was booked as the musical guest on 18 October 2008 episode of NBC's ""Saturday Night Live."" The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers. Adele performed ""Chasing Pavements"" and ""Cold Shoulder,"" and the following day, ""19"" topped the iTunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon.com while ""Chasing Pavements"" rose into the top 25. The album reached number 11 on the"
"songs and won first prize in the R&B category for her song ""Cheeky"". In 2006, she participated in UK Songwriting Competition and won first prize in R&B category. She also entered in the Pop category where she received second place. In the same year, Kelly also entered in the Music Aid Awards where she received first place in two categories: ""Best UK Female Artist"" and ""Best UK Songwriter"". In 2010 Charlotte co-wrote the topline to UK number 1 single ""Good Times"", performed by Roll Deep. This earned Charlotte her first UK number 1. In 2010, the former members of Soul"
"was won by Take That's ""Shine"", it was announced that ""Bleeding Love"" had received the second highest number of public votes. The massive success of ""Bleeding Love"" earned Lewis the music award at Britain's Best 2008, which was aired on ITV1 on Friday 23 May 2008. On 3 December 2008, the song was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's ""Please Read the Letter"" and Adele's ""Chasing Pavements"", respectively. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked the song 25th in the list of The"
"on iTunes Store UK from 22–28 December 2009. Before the release of her debut album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the music industry's top choices for rising stars. She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 Brit Awards, making her the second artist to win both in the same year. Goulding co-wrote ""Love Me 'Cause You Want To"" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, ""Ten"", and three songs (""Remake Me + You"", ""Notice"", ""Jumping into Rivers"") for Diana Vickers's debut album, ""Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree"". Her song ""Not Following"" was used by"
"""Billboard"" 200 as a result, a jump of 35 places over the previous week. In November 2008 Adele moved to Notting Hill, London after leaving her mother's house, a move that prompted her to give up drinking. The album was certified gold in February 2009 by the RIAA. By July 2009, the album had sold 2.2 million copies worldwide. At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2009, Adele received the award for Best New Artist, in addition to the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for ""Chasing Pavements"", which was also nominated for Record of the Year and"
"a Mercury Prize, and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The second single, ""Chasing Pavements"", also won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Four singles were released from the album, with ""Chasing Pavements"" and ""Make You Feel My Love"" reaching the top ten on the UK Singles Chart and the former becoming Adele's first ""Billboard"" Hot 100 entry. ""19"" debuted at number one on the UK charts during its release, and was certified eight times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) with sales of over 2.4 million copies. Peaking"
"is Laura Marling. Other successful acts have been Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Jake Bugg, Johnny Flynn, Noah and the Whale, Bon Iver, Ben Howard, and Alessi's Ark. English female soul singer Adele attained considerable popularity in Europe, Australia and United States in the early 2010s, where she had several number 1 hits during 2011 and 2015. Contemporary R&B, as well as classic soul, have defined much of the UK's mainstream music in the early to mid-2010s. Notable artists who encompass this sound include Jessie J and Adele. As with previous decades, pop has enjoyed chart domination, with popular instrumentalists, such"
"in the UK in 2010. The single became her second highest-charting single to date, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. It also charted in some European countries. In January 2011, it was announced that the title track from ""Lights"" would serve as the second single from ""Bright Lights"". ""Lights"" reached number 49 on the UK Singles Chart, while becoming Goulding's first song to chart in the United States, as well as her highest-charting song to date, peaking at number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in August 2012. Goulding toured in support of ""Lights"" and supported Passion Pit"
"21 February 2011, on ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"" on 24 February 2011, on 1 March 2011 on ""MTV Live"", and ""Dancing with the Stars"" on 10 May 2011. On 12 February 2012, she made another rendition of the song at the 54th Grammy Awards. ""Rolling in the Deep"" first gained attention when it was used in a trailer for the film ""I Am Number Four"" and in the film itself. It has since been featured in several television series such as in ""90210"" third season, in ""Doctor Who"" sixth series premiere, in ""One Tree Hill"" eighth season, in ""Gossip Girl"" fourth-season"
"song also peaked at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, spending two consecutive weeks at number one. On September 21, 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number fifteen on downloads alone. It is her first top twenty hit in the United Kingdom, and climbed to number eleven on September 28 despite there being no CD single release. It also peaked at number one on UK Airplay Chart. All in all the song performed better on the charts in the United Kingdom than in her native United States. In 2008, ""Spotlight"" was the biggest selling non-top"
"300 copies separated ""One More Sleep"" from attaining the number-two position, which was claimed by Avicii's ""Hey Brother"". With ""One More Sleep"" peaking inside the top five at number three on the UK Singles Chart, Lewis set a new record for British female solo artist with the most top five singles in the history of the chart, bringing her total to eight. ""A Moment Like This"" and ""Bleeding Love"" both reached number-one in 2006 and 2007, respectively. In 2008, the double A-side ""Better in Time""/""Footprints in the Sand"" peaked at number two, ""Forgive Me"" peaked at number five and ""Run"""
"2008. ""The Times"" ""Encyclopedia of Modern Music"" named ""19"" an ""essential"" blue-eyed soul recording. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album. She also won an Urban Music Award for ""Best Jazz Act."" She also received a Q Awards nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act and a Music of Black Origin nomination in the category of Best UK Female. On 3 December 2008, the album spawned four Grammy Award nominations: Best New Artist, and Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for ""Chasing Pavements"". The"
"top of the charts in February 2008. Duffy became the first Welsh female to top the UK Singles Chart in 25 years, since Bonnie Tyler with ""Total Eclipse of the Heart"". It remained at number one for five weeks. The second single from the album, ""Warwick Avenue"" was at the number 3 position on the UK Singles Chart. The subsequent single ""Stepping Stone"" peaked at number 21 and the title track at number 45. The single ""Rain on Your Parade"" debuted at number twenty-two on 10 November and rose to a peak of number fifteen the following week. Aside from"
"UK Singles Chart. It was later revealed had the UK singles charts recent inclusion of 'downloads' been deducted, based on physical first week sales, ""Sleepwalking"" would have charted inside the UK top ten. As of 2010, the track has sold over 50,000 copies in the UK alone. Her self-titled debut album was recorded in Los Angeles where she worked with multi-Grammy winning songwriter Diane Warren, Steve Kipner, Lester Mendez and the Heavy Weights. The album was released on 28 August 2006 and charted at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart. As of 2010, the album has sold over 20,000"
"""Into the Blue"" as her lowest-charting lead single in the country. Furthermore, it also reached number eight on the region's dance chart. Despite the single's low charting, ""Dancing"" received a gold certification denoting shipments of 35,000 units. In the United Kingdom, ""Dancing"" opened at number 47 on the UK Singles Chart before immediately dropping off, her first single to chart there since 2015's ""Only You"" with British comedian James Corden. Once the video was released it re-entered at number 93 before leaving again for two weeks. After her performance of the song on live television, the song re-entered at number"
"2008's ""The X Factor"" winner Alexandra Burke charted with ""Hallelujah"". ""Run"" re-entered The Official UK Top 40 at 32 on 15 March 2009. As of January 2014, the song has shifted 832,000 copies. ""Run"" became Lewis's fifth UK Top Five single; it follows ""A Moment Like This"" which peaked at number one in 2006 and ""Bleeding Love"" in 2007. In 2008, the double A-side ""Better in Time""/""Footprints in the Sand"" peaked at number two, while ""Forgive Me"" peaked at number five. As of December 2013, Lewis holds the record for British female solo artist with the most UK Top 5"
"in the year. ""Flying Without Wings"" was voted The Record of the Year by the public in the annual ITV poll, and Westlife's début self-titled album reached number two in the charts. Two successful actresses launched successful singing careers. Jennifer Lopez, having scored a number one hit in the US with ""If You Had My Love"", had two top five hits in the UK. Martine McCutcheon, who left her role as Tiffany in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" to begin singing topped the UK charts for two weeks with her second single ""Perfect Moment"". Her singing career was relatively short-lived"
"Singles Chart on October 31, 2010, with 126,000 copies sold. Cheryl Cole debuted at number one with ""Promise This"", selling 157,000 copies, and Cole and Rihanna had the highest and second-highest debut sales figures of the year. The song, Rihanna's sixth number-two song on the UK Singles Chart, rose to number one the next week for two consecutive weeks. It was Rihanna's fourth UK number-one single, following ""Umbrella"" (2007), ""Take a Bow"" (2008) and ""Run This Town"" (2009). By December 2011 ""Only Girl (In the World)"" was the 108th song to sell more than a million copies in the United"
"in its first week of release. It was covered in a live performance for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Concert in June 2012 by English singers Gary Barlow and Cheryl Cole which saw the song re-enter the UK Charts. Over a month later it climbed to No. 15, its highest UK chart position and after 53 weeks in the chart. On December 9, 2010, the song was named the No. 2 Hot 100 song of the year by ""Billboard"", behind ""Tik Tok"" by Kesha, marking the highest position a country song has ever reached since Faith Hill's ""Breathe"" was ranked"
"July 2012, Adele was listed at number six in ""Forbes"" list of the world's highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30, having earned £23 million between May 2011 and May 2012. On the week ending 3 March 2012, Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at the same time with ""Rolling in the Deep"", ""Someone Like You"", and ""Set Fire to the Rain"" as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the ""Billboard"" 200 and two singles in the"