Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Adele's Top 20 Songs

Adele

Top 20 Songs

British blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins on 5/5/1988 in Tottenham, North London, England. Won The Brit Awards Critics Choice as the 2008 breakthrough act and then won The Grammy for Best New Artist in 2009. In February 2011, she became the first living artist since The Beatles in 1964 to have two top 5 albums and two top 5 singles on the charts simultaneously in the U.K.

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Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast: Adele’s 12 Biggest Hits based on this list.

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Top 20 Songs


Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Rolling in the Deep (2010) #1 US, 1 BA, 1 DG, 1 RR, 1 AC, 1 A40, 1 AA, 1 CN
2. Hello (2015) #1 US, 1 BA, 1 DG, 1 ST, 1 RR, 1 AC, 1 A40, 1 AA, 1 UK, 1 CN, 1 AU
3. Someone Like You (2011) #1 US, 1 BA, 1 DG, 1 AC, 1 A40, 1 UK, 1 AU

DMDB Top 2%:

4. Set Fire to the Rain (2011) #1 US, 1 BA, 1 DG, 1 RR, 1 AC, 1 A40

DMDB Top 5%:

5. Skyfall (2012)
6. Send My Love to Your New Lover (2015) #1 RR, AC, 1 A40
7. Chasing Pavements (2008)

DMDB Top 10%:

8. To Make You Feel My Love (2008)
9. Rumour Has It (2011) #1 AA
10. When We Were Young (2015)

DMDB Top 20%:

11. Easy on Me (2021) #1 US, 1 DG, 1 ST, 1 AC, 1 A40, 1 UK, 1 CN, 1 AU
12. Water Under the Bridge (2015)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

13. Hometown Glory (2007)
14. Turning Tables (2011)
15. Love Song (2011)
16. I Can’t Make You Love Me (2011)
17. Many Shades of Black (2008)
18. Right As Rain (2008)
19. I’ll Be Waiting (2011)
20. Cold Shoulder (2008)


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First posted 11/23/2021.

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