Someone Like You helped Adele achieve the feat of being the first female British solo singer to have two USA number ones from the same album.

Someone Like You sold over a million units in the UK and a total of 17 million units worldwide. In a UK official charts company vote, Someone Like You was voted the third most favourite number one single of the last 60 years. It is the 36th best-selling single in UK chart history, the third most downloaded single of all time in the UK, and fourth best-selling single of the 21st century.

The album 21 reached Number 1 in 30 countries and propelled Adele’s career.