Adele has been praised one of the most talented singers of our times, joining the ranks of greats such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Amy Winehouse. Her talent is definitely unrivaled and the praise she gets is well deserved. She has been out of the spotlight since 2011, but Adele has finally returned to center stage with her new single ‘Hello’ and the announcement of her upcoming album.
For the past four years, Adele has been on break and enjoying her time as a mother, but four years is a while to not put out any music at all. Some say that Adele’s popularity has declined drastically within that time as she hasn’t given her fans anything new to listen too. However, as Adele released her single ‘Hello’ it only took a week for her to break records such as selling a billion digital copies in its first week, jetting to number one on the UK and Billboard charts. The influence she has definitely has not died away since she’s been gone, if anything she has just become more popular in her time away as people waited for her release something.
The new single ‘Hello’ is a song of nostalgia and regret of past relationships in a powerful piano ballad. Many claim the song is nothing special in that way because it is just like everything else she has done. While it is true that this song keep with what Adele is best at singing about, relations and heartbreak, but many others artists stick to that theme as well and are not criticized for that. While artists like Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran are praised for their emotional songs about love and failed relationships and the inevitable heartbreak that comes with it, Adele is dismissed on that running theme. Despite the criticisms from others, she continues to get universal recognition for her amazing talent.
It seems now that the popularity of an artist is more important than their level of talent. Adele has been regarded as one the best entertainers with her soulful voice and relatable music, but there are those that think she is no longer the reigning queen of the music world. Well, Adele has showed us with the short time she has been back in the spotlight that there is no mistaking that she still reigns supreme. The music video for her newest single ‘Hello’ reached 27.7 million views on youtube in only 24 hours. This broke the record held previously by Taylor Swift with her video for ‘Bad Blood’ which reached 20.1 million in the 24 hour period. Adele even one upped herself as ‘Hello’ surpassed her previous hit ‘Someone Like You’ on the UK charts as it became her fourth number one hit song. Adele has very well earned her popularity and is still very talented as she shows.
Adele’s new single is a glimpse into what she has in store for new album and her hit ‘Hello’ is doing a fantastic job of hyping everyone up to hear the rest of her new music, after being gone for four years.
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