After an award winning performance at the recent MTV Video Music Awards, Adele's Someone Like You rockets up the Billboard Hot 100 to hit the coveted #1 position.
This makes two out of two for Adele, as Someone Like You follows Rolling In The Deep, which spent seven weeks at the top spot.
According to Billboard.com:
"Like" leaps 11-1 on Digital Songs with 275,000 downloads sold (up 191%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. On Radio Songs, the track blasts 42-19 with 46 million all-format audience impressions (up 59%), according to Nielsen BDS.Way to knock 'em out girl. Congratulations again. For the full article read here.
"Deep," which won Adele three trophies at the VMAs, and "Like" appear on the singer/songwriter's sophomore album "21," which, with 3.3 million copies sold in the U.S. since its February release, ranks as 2011's top-selling set.
"Like" dethrones Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," featuring Christina Aguilera (1-2), after the latter track ruled the Hot 100 for a week. While "Jagger" slips 1-3 on Digital Songs (207,000, down 5%), it jumps into the top 10 (11-8) on Radio Songs (86 million, up 22%).
See Adele cover the October issue of Vogue (Britain).
Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You are taken from Adele's worldwide platinum selling album, 21, available digitally today [iTunes]
For all of our friends outside of Australia, watch the brilliant MTV VMA performance below.
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