Line #15 Music/TwentyOne


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:''[[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest Sometimes it lasts in love,\
3	but sometimes it hurts instead.]]'']]
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5	->''"Adele’s [[{{Soul}} soul]]-inflected {{pop}} [[GenreThrowback appealed to Baby Boomers]] nostalgic for Etta James, Music/CaroleKing and [[Music/DustySpringfield 'Dusty in Memphis']]. It also appealed to teens struggling with the first sting of heartbreak, {{hipster}}s who missed Music/AmyWinehouse, [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth traditionalists weary of synthesizers and vocal effects and non-pop fans who simply found it refreshing to hear a singer belt out her blues with conviction.]] [[BreakupSong By singing almost exclusively about a relationship gone wrong,]] [[MultipleDemographicAppeal Adele made songs that anyone could identify with.]] Conventional wisdom says that in the fragmented post-modern era, an artist must target her demographic carefully, but '21' wasn’t niche-marketed. It was made for everyone and — surprise! — everyone listened."''
6	-->-- '''Tris [=McCall=]''', Newark Star-Ledger
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8	''21'' is the second studio album recorded by British singer-songwriter Music/{{Adele}}. It was released through XL Recordings on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom, and through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on 22 February 2011 in the United States.
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10	Battling writer's block in her attempt to follow up the surprise success of ''19'', Adele recorded ten songs influenced by the country and bluegrass sounds her North American tour had exposed her to. Only one of the ten, the ballad "Take It All", proved up to her standards, but the bitter relationship song triggered a fight with her older boyfriend, and ended their relationship. Thus inspired -- [[INeedAFreakingDrink and driven to drink again]] -- Adele put together the eventual lead single "Rolling in the Deep" the very next day with producer Paul Epworth. With her writer's block obliterated, Adele got back to business. Over the course of the next few months, she finished what many consider the modern era's answer to ''Music/{{Rumours}}''.
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12	''21'' sold 203,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at #1 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 album chart, selling 352,000 copies in its first week in the United States. It was certified Diamond in the US, and 17-times Platinum in the UK, selling over 30 million copies in total. It topped the year-end ''Billboard'' 200 in both 2011 and 2012, ultimately becoming the decade-end number-one album on the ''Billboard'' 200 for [[TheNewTens the 2010s]].
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14	Five singles were released from the album: "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", "Set Fire to the Rain", "Rumour Has It", and "Turning Tables". "Someone Like You" would become her first #1 single in the UK, but "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain" would also hit #1 in the US. "Rolling in the Deep" is one of the highest-selling singles ever, going eight-times platinum on its own in the United States. The singles from the album would net her 28 Platinum records ''just in the US and UK''.
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16	''21'' won Adele [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Adele many, many awards]] throughout its run of chart dominance, topped off with the both the Brit Award and the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Album of the Year in 2012. Also at the 2012 Grammys, "Rolling in the Deep" won Best Alternative Song, and "Someone Like You" won Best Pop Solo Performance.
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18	The release of the ConcertFilm[=/=]LiveAlbum ''Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'' on 29 November made her the first artist to ever hold a year's top-selling DVD, album, and single all at once. Her performance of "Set Fire to the Rain" at that concert won the 2013 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance, giving her consecutive awards in the category. The concert film went ten-times Platinum on its own in the United States.[[note]]The RIAA does not have a Diamond certification for video albums. Yet.[[/note]]
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21	!! Tracklist:
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23	# "Rolling in the Deep" - 3:48
24	# "Rumour Has It"- 3:43
25	# "Turning Tables" - 4:10
26	# "Don't You Remember" - 4:03
27	# "Set Fire to the Rain" - 4:01
28	# "He Won't Go" - 4:38
29	# "Take It All" - 3:48
30	# "I'll Be Waiting" - 4:01
31	# "One and Only" - 5:48
32	# "Lovesong" - 5:16
33	# "Someone Like You" - 4:44
34	# "If It Hadn't Been For Love" - 3:08 (UK, Taiwan, Poland, and Bulgaria bonus track)
35	# "Hiding My Heart" - 3:28 (UK, Taiwan, Poland, and Bulgaria bonus track)
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38	!! Set Fire to the Tropes:
39	* AwardBaitSong: "Take It All" hits most criteria, but did not actually win an award.
40	* BreakUpBonfire: Featured in the "Rolling In The Deep" video.
41	* BreakupSong: While ''21'' may often be remembered as ''Breakup Song: The Album'', "He Won't Go" is about a friend's drug problems, "One And Only" is a straightforward love song, and "Lovesong" is a LoveNostalgiaSong.
42	* CoverVersion: A Latin-influenced take on Music/{{The Cure\|Band}}'s "[[Music/{{Disintegration\|Album}} Lovesong]]" appears toward the end.
43	** Music/LinkinPark and Music/ArethaFranklin both had hits with "Rolling In The Deep".
44	** The deluxe edition bonus disc features a cover of {{Music/Lady Antebellum}}'s "Need You Now", featuring [[{{Music/Hootie and the Blowfish}} Darius Rucker]].
45	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Not only the cover art for ''21'' proper, but all of the single covers as well as the entire "Someone Like You" video.
46	* FaceOnTheCover: See above.
47	* TheFourChordsOfPop: "Someone Like You"
48	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: "Someone Like You" plays with the trope. The narrator tries to be this, but also desperately needs to see her former lover again, as "for me, it isn't over" just yet.
49	* LoveWillLeadYouBack: And she'll be waiting.
50	* MurderBallad: One of the many region-specific bonus tracks is a cover of "If It Hadn't Been For Love", a bluegrass murder song. She sings it in her Royal Albert Hall concert as well, so it's thankfully available everywhere in some form.
51	* QuestioningTitle: "Don't You Remember?"
52	* ShoutOut: Another of the regional bonus tracks, "I Found A Boy", shouts out Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" both in the lyrics and melody.
53	* TheSomethingSong: "Lovesong"
54	* UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}: The video for "Someone Like You" features Adele wandering the empty city, playing on its reputation with lovers.
55	* SillyLoveSongs: "One And Only", surprisingly.
56	* SurrealMusicVideo: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw Rolling In The Deep]]" Enjoy the dancing ninja?
57	* WomanScorned: Present to [[MemeticMutation memetic]] levels, but especially "Rumour Has It".

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