1. In the U.S., Adele’s comeback single, “Hello,” sold 1.1 million copies in its first week.
2. "Hello" is the first song to ever sell 1 million downloads in a single week.
3. Smashing the record for fastest-selling digital single, which was set by Flo Rida's "Right Round" in 2009.
4. The music video for "Hello" was watched 27.7 million times during its first 24 hours online, shattering Vevo's record for most views in a single day.
5. The sepia-toned clip is also the first music video to be filmed using IMAX cameras.
6. "Hello" set the record for most on-demand streams in a single week with 20.4 million on-demand streams, more than doubling the previous record set by Justin Bieber.
7. In November, Adele's third album, 25, became the first album to sell more than 3 million copies in the U.S. in a single week.
8. Before 25 the fast-selling album in history was NSYNC's No Strings Attached, which sold 2.42 million copies during a single week in 2000.
9. Not only did Adele beat NSYNC's 15-year-old sales record, she did so in just over three days.
10. Adele also beat Britney Spears' long-standing record for most albums sold by a female artist in a single week.
11. Additionally, 25 became the best-selling album of 2015 in less than a week, dethroning Taylor Swift's 1989.
12. Adele’s appearance on Saturday Night Live in November helped make the episode one of the highest-rated of the year.
13. In the U.S., 25 is the first album ever to sell a million copies in two different weeks.
14. Adele's NBC Special Adele Live In New York City was watched by 11.2 million people, making it the network's highest-rated concert special in 10 years.
15. According to Ticketmaster, the North American leg of Adele's 2016 tour sold out in under an hour.
16. The demand for the tour was so high that a record-setting 10 million people were in Ticketmaster's queue trying to purchase tickets when they went on sale.
It's Adele's world, we're just living in it.
