Adele’s comeback single “Hello” has us all mourning breakups we might not have even had.
On Monday, Billboard announced that “Hello,” debuted as the number one song in America and simultaneously set a single-week sales record.
The single sold 1.11 million downloads for the week that ended on October 29, guaranteeing it the spot at the top of the Hot 100 chart. “Hello” is the first to move more than 1 million units in a week, nearly doubling Flo Rida’s previous record of 636,000 downloads for “Right Round” in 2009.
“Hello” also debuted atop UK charts, where it obliterated the record for single streams in a week — Justin Bieber’s 3.8 million plays for “What Do You Mean” — by about double – 7.32 million, according to Billboard.