Adele has smashed records with her single Hello, selling more than 1.1 million digital songs in the first week and becoming the first song ever to break the 1 million download mark on the Billboard charts.

Hello was the first single from Adele’s upcoming new album 25 and follows a four-year break from music after her 21 album won six Grammy awards and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.

Hello was streamed 47.5 million times globally on Spotify.

The music video also broke records at entertainment platform Vevo.com, delivering more than 27 million views in the first 24 hours after its release last week.

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