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Adele: Hello
Music · 2015 · Viral
Adele’s Hello became the first song to sell over 1 million US downloads in a week.
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How it worksNumbers
- First 90 days, lower bound: global Spotify opening week
- 47.5M
- As of Nov 3, 2015 · Audio · Self-reported · Reuters via Kuwait Times
- Seed to peak
- 1 day
- Oct 23 ’15 to Oct 24 ’15
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on YouTube
- Origin
- Mixed
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originAdele teased Hello in a TV advert, then released its video. Lionel Richie and television shows adapted its phone call. It became the first song to sell over one million US downloads in a week; UK downloads reached 981,000 by November 2023.
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Changelogupdated Oct 13 ’26
- Revised 1 event · Added 5 sources · Archived 7 sources · Added 3 numbers · Added 1 evidence check · Score 60 → 62
- Added: 16 events, 24 sources · Score 60
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