25 (Adele album)

25 is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Adele, released on 20 November 2015 by XL Recordings and Columbia Records. The album is titled as a reflection of her life and frame of mind at 25 years old and is termed a "make-up record". Its lyrical content features themes of Adele "yearning for her old self, her nostalgia", and "melancholia about the passage of time" according to an interview with the singer by Rolling Stone, as well as themes of motherhood, new love, and regret. In contrast to Adele's previous works, the production of 25 incorporated the use of electronic elements and creative rhythmic patterns, with elements of 1980s R&B and organs. Four singles were released to promote the album, with "Hello" becoming an international number one song and the fastest selling digital single in the US, with over a million copies sold within a week of its release, "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" charted within the top 10 and "When We Were Young" and "Water Under the Bridge" charted within the top 20 across Europe and North America. 25 received positive reviews from music critics, who commended its production and Adele's vocal performance. 25 debuted at number one in 32 countries and broke first-week sales records in multiple countries, including the UK and US. In the US, 3.48 million equivalent album units in its first week of sales, with 3.38 million copies in its first week of sales, marked the largest single-week sales for an album since Luminate Data began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991 at the time, and 25 sold more than one million copies in both its second and fifth weeks. In the UK, 800,307 copies were sold in its first week of sales. According to Guinness World Records, 25 set a...