Hello (Adele song)#Cover versions

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"Hello" was written by Adele and Greg Kurstin and produced by Kurstin, who also played bass, guitar, drums, piano and keyboards, while Adele played drums.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6738449/radio-on-adele-hello-she-can-make-you-feel-what-she-feels|title=Radio on Adele's 'Hello': 'She Can Make You Feel What She Feels'|magazine=Billboard}} "Hello" was written in Chiswick, London, something not normally done by Adele, who said she likes to write her music at home.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035zwgc|title=Adele: "My son doesn't like my music, I just sing Twinkle Twinkle"|publisher=BBC Radio 2|date=23 October 2015|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124122112/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035zwgc|url-status=live}} The writing process for the song was slow, taking six months to complete. Initially Adele and Kurstin started writing the first verse; finishing half of the song, six months later Adele contacted Kurstin to finish the song with her, with Kurstin stating he was not sure "if Adele was ever going to come back and finish it."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-inside-her-private-life-and-triumphant-return-20151103?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104194833/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-inside-her-private-life-and-triumphant-return-20151103?page=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2015|title=Adele: Inside Her Private Life and Triumphant Return|author=Brian Hiatt|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=3 November 2015|access-date=4 November 2015}}

"Hello" is a soul piano ballad,{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1839280/adele-hello-video/mp3s/|title=Adele – "Hello" Video|work=Stereogum|date=23 October 2015|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211091516/http://www.stereogum.com/1839280/adele-hello-video/mp3s/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/adele-hello-single-cant-be-bothered-with-modern-technology.html|title=Adele's 'Hello' Rebuffs Modern Technology|work=Vulture|date=23 October 2015|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022400/http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/adele-hello-single-cant-be-bothered-with-modern-technology.html|url-status=live}} played in the key of F minor at a tempo of 79 beats per minute. The repeated chord progression heard in the verse, played by the piano, follows two progressions and a passage (Bridge) progression (passage or Bridge progression connects two main progressions to each other) of Progression #1: Fm(i)–A{{music|flat}}(III)–E{{music|flat}}(VII)–D{{music|flat}}(VI), Passage progression: Fm(i)–E{{music|flat}}(VII)-Cm(v)-D{{music|flat}}(VI)-Fm7(i7)-E{{music|flat}}(VII)–D{{music|flat}}(VI), Progression #2:Fm(i)–D{{music|flat}}/F(VI)–A{{music|flat}}(III)–E{{music|flat}}(VII). According to Musicnotes.com, Adele's vocals span from F₃ to A{{music|flat}}₅ in the song.{{cite web|title=Hello By Adele – Digital Sheet Music|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0156888|website=musicnotes.com|date=23 October 2015|publisher=Musicnotes, Inc|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722022746/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0156888|url-status=live}} During the chorus, Adele is heard singing the lines over layers of backing vocals, piano and drums which were described by The Daily Telegraph as having "a very luscious wall of sound".

Lyrically, the song focuses on themes of nostalgia and regret, and was seen as a follow-up to her single "Someone like You" appearing to reflect on a failed relationship. The song's lyrics were also seen as being conversational, revolving around "all the relationships of her past", ranging from friends, family members and ex-partners.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/feature/a675199/adeles-new-single-first-listen-review-hello-is-a-mighty-comeback/|title=Adele's new single first listen review: 'Hello' is a mighty comeback|author=Lewis Corner|work=Digital Spy|date=23 October 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=14 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214011935/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/feature/a675199/adeles-new-single-first-listen-review-hello-is-a-mighty-comeback/|url-status=live}} Speaking on the song's lyrical content, Adele told Nick Grimshaw on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show: "I felt all of us were moving on, and it's not about an ex-relationship, a love relationship, it's about my relationship with everyone that I love. It's not that we have fallen out, we've all got our lives going on and I needed to write that song so they would all hear it, because I'm not in touch with them."{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/adele-fame-toxic-touring-lonelypeople-6693239|title=Adele: Fame is toxic and touring is lonely...people have paid to see me but what if they don't like me|author=Rachael Bletchly|date=23 October 2015|work=mirror|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024121229/http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/adele-fame-toxic-touring-lonelypeople-6693239|url-status=live}} According to Adele, the line "Hello from the other side" signifies "the other side of becoming an adult, making it out alive from your late teens, early twenties."

On 18 October 2015, a 30-second clip of "Hello" was played during a commercial break on The X Factor in the United Kingdom. The commercial teased what was then new material, with her vocals accompanied by lyrics on a black screen.{{cite news|title = Adele 'teases n in TV advert'|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34567653|work = BBC News|access-date = 26 October 2015|archive-date = 26 December 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226081202/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34567653|url-status = live}} Josh Duboff of Vanity Fair wrote that "the Internet collectively lost their minds" after the broadcast of the trailer.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/adele-teaser-x-factor-commerical|title=Adele's Mysterious New Teaser Has Stymied a Planet|author=Josh Duboff|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=19 October 2015}}

On 22 October, Adele announced the upcoming release of 25 to her fans on Twitter. She also shared that "Hello" would be released on 23 October as the lead single off of the album.{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34606780/adele-reveals-the-release-date-for-her-third-studio-album-25-and-new-single |title=Adele reveals the release date for her third studio album, 25, and new single |publisher=BBC |date=22 October 2015 |access-date=22 October 2015 |archive-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054940/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34606780/adele-reveals-the-release-date-for-her-third-studio-album-25-and-new-single |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last1=Geslani|first1=Michelle|title=Adele confirms new album is titled 25, first single coming next week|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/adele-confirms-november-20th-release-for-new-album-25/|website=Consequence of Sound|date=22 October 2015|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024220300/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/adele-confirms-november-20th-release-for-new-album-25/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Hunt|first1=Chase|title=Adele announces new album '25'; new single 'Hello' out Oct. 23|url=http://www.axs.com/adele-announces-new-album-25-new-single-hello-out-oct-23-68588|website=AXS|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621220000/https://www.axs.com/adele-announces-new-album-25-new-single-hello-out-oct-23-68588|url-status=live}} On 23 October, Adele joined Nick Grimshaw's show on BBC Radio 1 for the song's premiere.{{cite news|title = Adele premieres 'intimate' new song|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34613748|work = BBC News|access-date = 26 October 2015|archive-date = 23 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023114422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34613748|url-status = live}}{{cite web|title=BBC Radio 1 – Nick Grimshaw, Adele Is In The Building With Her New Song, Adele tears up introducing her new song 'Hello' on BBC Radio 1|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035ztl5|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=7 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007035818/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035ztl5|url-status=live}}

"Hello" received universal critical acclaim.{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2015 |title=Adele's 'Hello' Tops the Global Chart for a Seventh Week! |url=http://www.worldmusicawards.com/index.php/news/adeles-hello-tops-global-chart-seventh-week/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607194026/http://www.worldmusicawards.com/index.php/news/adeles-hello-tops-global-chart-seventh-week/ |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=World Music Awards |quote=Upon release, the song received acclaim from music critics}}{{Cite news |last=Saeed |first=Zenab |date=December 2, 2015 |title=Adele's '25' is beautifully nostalgic |url=https://xaviernewswire.com/2015/12/02/adeles-25-is-beautifully-nostalgic/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607194020/https://xaviernewswire.com/2015/12/02/adeles-25-is-beautifully-nostalgic/ |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |work=Xavier Newswire}}{{Cite news |last=Reilly |first=Becky |date=May 30, 2020 |title=Adele Talks Through Her Troubles With "Hello" |url=https://www.bcheights.com/2015/10/28/adele-talks-through-her-troubles-with-hello/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607194026/https://www.bcheights.com/2015/10/28/adele-talks-through-her-troubles-with-hello/ |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |work=The Heights |quote=The single, already met with acclaim}}{{Cite news |last=Wiest |first=Brianna |date=February 12, 2016 |title=Some College Students Are Arguing Adele's "Hello" Normalizes Stalking |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/adele-hello-lyrics-stalking |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610144625/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/adele-hello-lyrics-stalking |archive-date=June 10, 2024 |access-date=June 10, 2024 |work=Teen Vogue}} Alexis Petridis of The Guardian described it as "a big ballad, but a superior example of its kind", and opined that the song is "precisely the kind of lovelorn epic ballad that made Adele one of the biggest stars in the world."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/oct/23/adele-new-single-hello-review|title=Striking, witty and lovelorn – Adele's new single Hello reviewed (and hear it here, too)|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 October 2015|access-date=23 October 2015|archive-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028043531/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/oct/23/adele-new-single-hello-review|url-status=live}} Writing for The Independent, Emily Jupp stated in her review of the song that it "might not be groundbreaking, but Adele's return with her familiar, smoky sound is very welcome". She called it an {{" '}}if it ain't broke' ballad" and said: "Adele does what she does best, belting out emotional tales of love and loss much the same as with her last album, 21, but this time, with a little more self-forgiveness."{{cite news|last1=Jupp|first1=Emily|title=Adele 'Hello', first review: This is an 'if it ain't broke' ballad showing what Adele does best|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/adele-hello-first-listen-review-this-is-an-if-it-aint-broke-ballad-showing-what-adele-does-best-a6705686.html|access-date=23 October 2015|newspaper=The Independent|date=23 October 2015|archive-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026014211/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/adele-hello-first-listen-review-this-is-an-if-it-aint-broke-ballad-showing-what-adele-does-best-a6705686.html|url-status=live}}

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "Lyrics that work best when they zoom in on personal details match her combination of vocal power and restraint."{{cite news|last1=Kot|first1=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=Adele's new song 'Hello' a safe balancing act|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/ct-adele-new-song-hello-20151022-column.html|access-date=23 October 2015|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=23 October 2015|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131901/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/ct-adele-new-song-hello-20151022-column.html|url-status=live}} Neil McCormick from The Daily Telegraph called it "a beautiful song of loss and regret", adding that "it takes a grip on the kind of memory every listener holds somewhere in their heart and merges it with Adele's own drama."{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/Adele-Hello-review/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/Adele-Hello-review/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Adele, 'Hello', review: 'delivers raw, honest feeling'|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 October 2015}}{{cbignore}} Rolling Stone ranked "Hello" at number 6 on its year-end list to find the 50 best songs of 2015.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2015-20151203/titus-andronicus-dimed-out-20151203|title=50 Best Songs of 2015|magazine=Billboard}} Several publications have commented on similarities in the theme of the song and accompanying video with that of "Hello" by American singer Lionel Richie.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/hello-is-it-me-youre-looking-for/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/hello-is-it-me-youre-looking-for/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Lionel Richie responds to Adele's 'Hello'|access-date=27 October 2015|date=26 October 2015|first=Helena|last=Horton|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-26/hello-adele-is-it-lionel-richie-youre-looking-for|title=Lionel Richie responds on Instagram to Adele 'Hello' music video mash-up|work=Radio Times|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722022919/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-26/hello-adele-is-it-lionel-richie-youre-looking-for/|url-status=live}}

In 2021, Parade ranked the song number 12 on their list of the 25 greatest Adele songs,{{cite web|url=https://parade.com/1030496/jessicasager/best-adele-songs/|title=Rolling in the Deep Cuts! These Are the 25 Best Adele Songs Ever (Including 5 New Tracks From 30!)|first=Jessica|last=Sager|work=Parade|date=November 19, 2021|accessdate=October 28, 2022|archive-date=28 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028214722/https://parade.com/1030496/jessicasager/best-adele-songs/|url-status=live}} and in 2022, American Songwriter ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Adele songs.{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/top-10-adele-songs/|title=Top 10 Adele Songs|first=Tina|last=Benitez-Eves|work=American Songwriter|date=October 22, 2022|accessdate=October 28, 2022|archive-date=28 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028214718/https://americansongwriter.com/top-10-adele-songs/|url-status=live}}

Three days after its release, the Official Charts Company announced that "Hello" had accumulated 165,000 chart sales in the United Kingdom, of which 156,000 were downloads.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34641642|title=Adele heads straight to number one|work=BBC News|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128105829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34641642|url-status=live}} "Hello" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on 30 October 2015,{{snd}} for the week dated 5 November 2015{{snd}} with 333,000 combined sales, of which 259,000 were downloads, making it the biggest selling number-one single on the chart in three years. It marked Adele's second UK number-one single, after 2011's "Someone like You". Additionally, "Hello" was streamed 7.32 million times in its first week, breaking the streaming record previously held by Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?". Including streaming sales and excluding The X Factor and Pop Idol winners' singles, major charity campaign records and Christmas number ones, "Hello" was the second biggest selling number one of the 21st century in the UK, beaten only by Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me", which sold 345,000 copies in a week in February 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-smashes-official-chart-records-with-comeback-single-hello__11165/|title=Adele smashes Official Chart records with comeback single Hello|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=30 October 2015|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117091319/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-smashes-official-chart-records-with-comeback-single-hello__11165/|url-status=live}} The following week, the song remained at number one after selling a further 121,000 downloads and was streamed 5.78 million times, the same week the song was certified Gold by the BPI.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-says-hello-to-another-week-at-number-1__11291/|title=Adele says Hello to another week at Number 1|date=6 November 2015|publisher=Official Charts Company|first=Justin|last=Myers|access-date=6 November 2015|archive-date=6 November 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151106201229/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-says-hello-to-another-week-at-number-1__11291/|url-status=live}} On 20 May 2016, it spent its 30th week in the UK Top 100. As of November 2016, the song has sold 918,700 in pure sales.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adeles-25-one-year-on__17207/|title=Adele's 25 one year on: 14 incredible chart facts|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=26 November 2016|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=26 November 2016|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116095931/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adeles-25-one-year-on__17207/|url-status=live}}

The song also debuted at number one in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7613572/adele-hello-debuts-chart-hot-100-sells-jaw-dropping-1-million-downloads|title=Adele's "Hello" Debuts At #1, Sells Jaw-Dropping 1.1 Million US Downloads In First Week|first1=Robble|last1=Daw|date=2 November 2015|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720085550/https://www.idolator.com/7613572/adele-hello-debuts-chart-hot-100-sells-jaw-dropping-1-million-downloads|url-status=live}}

In Australia, "Hello" entered at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart on 31 October 2015, selling over 59,075 units, which earned the song a gold certification in its first week. The song also became the second fastest-selling single of the year, behind Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again".{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com.au/adeles-hello-hits-platinum-australia-she-prepares-one-televised-concert-1479892|title=Adele's 'Hello' hits platinum in Australia as she prepares for a one-off televised concert|author=Maricris Faderugao|date=3 November 2015|work=International Business Times AU|access-date=7 November 2015|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722022940/https://www.ibtimes.com.au/adeles-hello-hits-platinum-australia-she-prepares-one-televised-concert-1479892|url-status=live}} It marked Adele's second number-one single on the ARIA Singles Chart following 2011's "Someone like You".{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/50690/adele-says-'hello'-to-the-#1-spot-?pos=1|title=Adele says 'Hello' to the No. 1 spot|publisher=ARIA Charts|last=Gavin|first=Ryan|date=31 October 2015|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151105034251/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/50690/adele-says-'hello'-to-the-%231-spot-?pos=1|archive-date=5 November 2015|url-status=dead}} The single stayed atop the chart for a second week and was certified platinum selling over 70,000 units. On 20 March 2017, Hello re-entered the chart at number 50 and has so far been certified 7× platinum for sales over 490,000 units.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart – Australia's Official Top 50 Songs, Pop, Rock and All Genres – ARIA Charts | ARIA Charts|access-date=27 March 2017|archive-date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221020634/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|url-status=live}} In New Zealand, the song debuted at number one on the New Zealand singles chart, holding the position the following week and was certified platinum.

In the United States, "Hello" debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 November 2015, for the chart dated 14 November 2015, becoming only the 24th song to debut at number one. "Hello" started at number 49 on the Radio Songs chart, after three days of release. In its first full week of airplay, it rose from 45 to 9, up 146% to 70 million all format audience impressions. The track started at number one on the On-Demand Songs chart with a record 20.4 million on-demand streams, becoming her first number-one song on the chart. "Hello" entered at the top of the Digital Songs chart with sales of 1,112,000, becoming the first track to sell over one million digital copies in a single week and almost doubling the record for the most downloads sold in a week, previously held by Flo Rida's "Right Round", which sold 636,000 downloads in the week ending 28 February 2009. "Hello" started with 61.6 million US streams, becoming her first number-one song and the second greatest weekly total on the Streaming Songs chart, behind Baauer's "Harlem Shake", which registered 103 million streams on week of 3 March 2013.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6746355/adele-hello-no-1-hot-100-debut-one-million-downloads-week|title=Adele Says "Hello" to No. 1 Debut, First Song To Sell 1 Million Downloads in a Week|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=2 November 2015|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102213233/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6746355/adele-hello-no-1-hot-100-debut-one-million-downloads-week|archive-date=2 November 2015|url-status=live}} "Hello" is the first song to sell more than a million digital copies in a single week and the third highest weekly sales total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Only Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight" has sold more in a single week, selling 3.446 million copies in its opening week and 1.212 million copies in its second week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6752913/adele-hello-biggest-sales-week-elton-john-candle-wind-1997|title=Adele's 'Hello' Has Biggest Sales Week for a Single Since Elton John's Princess Diana Tribute in 1997|author=Gary Trust & Keith Claufield|magazine=Billboard|date=4 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105003829/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6752913/adele-hello-biggest-sales-week-elton-john-candle-wind-1997|archive-date=5 November 2015|url-status=live}}

In its second week, "Hello" stayed at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, selling another 635,000 digital copies marking the third-best digital sales week and the highest for a non-debut week. "Hello" also held atop Streaming Songs with 47.4 million US streams, down 23 percent from 61.6 million in its first week, the track also stayed atop the On-Demand Songs with 18.1 million streams. On the Radio Songs chart, "Hello" moved from 9 to 6, up by 46% to 106 million all-format audience impressions, thus becoming the top Airplay Gainer on the Hot 100. The track also moved from two to one on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart and moved nine to four on the Adult Contemporary format.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6754159/adele-hello-hot-100-second-week|title=Adele's 'Hello' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week; Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor Hit Top 10|author=Gary Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=9 November 2015|access-date=9 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122115701/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6754159/adele-hello-hot-100-second-week|archive-date=22 November 2015|url-status=live}} The following week, the song stayed at the top of the Hot 100 and Digital Songs chart, selling 480,000 downloads and becoming just the third song to sell over 400,000 copies for three straight weeks. "Hello" also rose from 6 to 1 on the Radio Songs chart in just its fourth week (the greatest leap to number one on the chart's 25-year history), marking the quickest climb to number one on the chart in 22 years, since Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" reached the top in its fourth frame on 28 August 1993. Additionally, "Hello" became just the third song to top the Hot 100, Digital Songs, Streaming Songs, On-Demand Songs and Radio Songs tallies simultaneously in the nearly three years all five charts had coexisted.{{cite magazine|url=http://billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762610/adele-hello-hot-100-no-1-third-week-fastest-radio-songs|title=Adele's 'Hello' Leads Hot 100 for Third Week, Is Fastest Radio Songs No. 1 in 22 Years|author=Gary Trust|magazine=Billboard|date=16 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117153214/http://billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762610/adele-hello-hot-100-no-1-third-week-fastest-radio-songs|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}} "Hello" remained atop the Hot 100 for ten consecutive weeks, becoming only the 31st No. 1 in the Hot 100's history to reign for at least 10 weeks, and only the 4th for a number one debut, following "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (16 weeks), "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks) and I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 (11 weeks). By spending a tenth week at the top of the chart, it became Adele's longest-running number-one single and the longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 by a solo female since Rihanna's "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris, which also led for 10 weeks in 2011–2012. As of January 2016, it had sold 3.7 million downloads.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6828954/adele-hello-hot-100-10th-week-twenty-one-pilots-top-10|magazine=Billboard|title=Adele's 'Hello' Tops Hot 100 for 10th Week as Twenty One Pilots Fly to Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=4 January 2016|access-date=4 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105184533/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6828954/adele-hello-hot-100-10th-week-twenty-one-pilots-top-10|archive-date=5 January 2016|url-status=live}} The single also benefitted from numerous Dance/EDM remixes as well,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6777110/adele-hello-remixes-best|title=Remix Roundup: Listen to 6 Must-Hear Remixes of Adele's 'Hello' Right Now|last=Medved|first=Matt|magazine=Billboard|access-date=26 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127134747/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6777110/adele-hello-remixes-best|archive-date=27 November 2015|url-status=live}} thus resulting in "Hello" topping Billboard's Dance Club Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762252/adele-hello-dance-charts-remixes|title=Adele Says 'Hello' to Dance Charts Thanks to New Remixes|last=Murray|first=Gordon|magazine=Billboard|access-date=12 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113164259/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762252/adele-hello-dance-charts-remixes|archive-date=13 November 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6785565/adele-hello-no-1-dance-mix-show-airplay-chart|title=Adele's 'Hello' Is Now a No. 1 Dance Hit, Too|last=Murray|first=Gordon|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204084055/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6785565/adele-hello-no-1-dance-mix-show-airplay-chart|archive-date=4 December 2015|url-status=live}} On the chart dated 23 April 2016, the song spent a 21st week at the top of the Adult Contemporary Chart, matching the record set by Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" (2005) and Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come" (2002) for the longest No. 1 run among women since the list launched in 1961. It also equaled the third-longest stay at the summit among all acts.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7326510/adele-hello-ties-longest-reign-ac-chart-woman|title=Adele's 'Hello' Ties Longest Reign on AC Chart by a Woman|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=11 April 2016|access-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412191925/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7326510/adele-hello-ties-longest-reign-ac-chart-woman|archive-date=12 April 2016|url-status=live}} On 20 September 2016, the song was certified as seven-times platinum by Recording Industry Association of America.

"Hello" debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 on 3 November 2015, for the chart dated 14 November 2015, selling 140,000 copies and outsold Justin Bieber's "Sorry", which sold 40,000 units the same week. The song was streamed 4.79 million times in its first week, setting a record for the most streamed track in a single week in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/adeles-hello-annihilates-the-competition-in-its-first-week-its-not-even-close/|title=Adele's "Hello" ANNIHILATES the Competition in Its First Week. It's Not Even Close|author=Cross, Alan|date=2 November 2015|publisher=A Journal of Musical Things|access-date=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104021527/https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/adeles-hello-annihilates-the-competition-in-its-first-week-its-not-even-close/|archive-date=4 November 2015|url-status=live}}

At the 36th Brit Awards, Adele was nominated for five awards, in which she won four including British Single of the Year for "Hello".{{cite news|last=Horton |first=Helena |title=Brits 2016: 'I didn't get cut off and I didn't swear' emotional Adele accepts fourth Brit award for Best Album |website=The Telegraph |date=24 February 2016 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/adele-expected-to-win-top-award-at-the-brits/ |access-date=24 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225075022/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/adele-expected-to-win-top-award-at-the-brits/ |archive-date=25 February 2016 }} At the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, the singer was nominated for nine categories, winning five, including Top Selling Song for "Hello". At the 2016 Juno Awards, Xavier Dolan won Video of the Year for "Hello".{{cite web|url=https://junoawards.ca/nomination/2016-video-of-the-year-xavier-dolan/|title=38 – 2016 – VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Adele – The JUNO Awards |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420032935/https://junoawards.ca/nomination/2016-video-of-the-year-xavier-dolan/ |archive-date=20 April 2016}} Adele received four American Music Awards nominations, including Favorite Pop/Rock Song for "Hello" at the American Music Awards of 2016 but lost to "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber.{{cite web |url=https://www.theamas.com/winners/2016-winners/ |title=AMAs 2016: Winners |work=American Music Awards |date=20 November 2016 |access-date=21 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121170708/https://www.theamas.com/winners/2016-winners/|archive-date=21 November 2016}} At the 59th Grammy Awards Adele took home five awards, including Album of the Year for 25, while "Hello" won Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Adele is the first artist in Grammys history to sweep the Big Three awards – Album, Record and Song of the Year – twice. She also the first woman in Grammy history to win Song of the Year twice.{{cite web |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=304944 |title=GREIN ON GRAMMYS: 15 FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW |work=Hits Daily Double |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=17 February 2017 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217095422/https://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D304944 |archive-date=17 February 2017 }} This marks the first time in Grammy history that two different songs with the same title have been nominated in this category after "Hello" by Lionel Richie in 1985.{{cite web |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=304149 |title=GRAMMY WHISPERER: EIGHT RECORDS THAT WERE SET IN THIS YEAR'S NOMS |work=Hits Daily Double |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=6 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208150422/https://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D304149 |archive-date=8 December 2016 }} Adele became the third woman to win Record of the Year more than once, after Roberta Flack and Norah Jones winning for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song; and Don't Know Why and Here We Go Again (with Ray Charles), respectively. Additionally, both Florence LaRue and Marilyn McCoo also receive this accolade twice as part of The 5th Dimension, with "Up, Up and Away" and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In".{{cite web |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2016/grammy-predictions-adele-hello-record-of-the-year-beyonce-justin-bieber/ |title=Grammy predictions: Adele ('Hello') will be only 2nd woman to win Record of the Year twice as solo artist |publisher=Gold Derby |last=Montgomery |first=Daniel |date=16 October 2016 |access-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020202433/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2016/grammy-predictions-adele-hello-record-of-the-year-beyonce-justin-bieber/ |archive-date=20 October 2016}}

{{quote box|quote="When I heard the song I saw a story right away. [The video] is highly unoriginal. The lyrics are 'Hello, it's me' and then you see someone picking up a phone. I'm not good at imagining super conceptual videos. I just thought it would be nice to have her walk around the house and make phone calls and end up in a forest, with maybe some flashbacks in it."|author=— Xavier Dolan, behind the concept of the music video|align=right|width=30%}}

The accompanying music video for "Hello" was directed by Canadian actor and filmmaker Xavier Dolan and released on 23 October 2015, despite the fact the song was released as a single a day later.{{cite news|title=Adele enlists Xavier Dolan for new music video Hello|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/adele-xavier-dolan-1.3283914|publisher=CBC News|access-date=23 October 2015|date=22 October 2015|archive-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024064355/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/adele-xavier-dolan-1.3283914|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-unveils-25-track-list-plans-hello-video-20151022|last1=Spanos|first1=Brittany|title=Adele Unveils '25' Track List, Plans 'Hello' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 October 2015|access-date=22 October 2015}} The concept of the video revolves around a recently broken-up young woman calling a younger version of herself. Portions of the video—mostly the finale on the pond and the shot of her opening her eyes in the beginning—were filmed with IMAX cameras, making it the first music video in IMAX format.{{cite magazine|date=23 October 2015|last=Rosen|first=Christopher| url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/23/adele-hello-video|title=Adeles's powerful 'Hello' Video Already Made History|access-date=23 October 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The video draws inspiration from Dolan's semi-autobiographical debut I Killed My Mother, which was made when Dolan was barely 20.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-adele-hello-video-song-flip-phone-20151023-story.html|title=Director of Adele's 'Hello' video explains its look, theme and, oh yes, flip phone|author=Steven Zeitchik|work=Los Angeles Times|date=23 October 2015|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029014614/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-adele-hello-video-song-flip-phone-20151023-story.html|url-status=live}} The video was filmed on a farm in Quebec over four days in September 2015.

The video stars American actor Tristan Wilds. According to Dolan, Adele called him after an unspecified incident of police brutality in the United States, suggesting that a white male not be cast as her love interest in the video. Dolan elaborated "She was just like, 'I'm concerned with the reality of the tensions between authorities and the black community, and I want to send a message out there.{{'"}}{{cite news |url=http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/xavier-dolan-on-his-new-film-critics-and-more.html |title=Xavier Dolan on Blink-182, Bottoming, and Being the World's Biggest Kate Winslet Fan |publisher=Vulture.com |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=8 December 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127150326/http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/xavier-dolan-on-his-new-film-critics-and-more.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/09/adele-black-star-hello-video-police-brutality-xavier-dolan-tristan-wilds |title=Adele cast black star in Hello video to address 'police brutality' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216215536/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/09/adele-black-star-hello-video-police-brutality-xavier-dolan-tristan-wilds |url-status=live }} Dolan contacted Wilds via Skype and explained the concept for the video, which Wilds agreed to take part in.{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/26/adele-hello-tristan-mack-wilds|title=Tristan Mack Wilds on Adele's Hello|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722023046/https://ew.com/article/2015/10/26/adele-hello-tristan-mack-wilds/|url-status=live}} During the filming, both Adele and Wilds were asked to improvise and "tap into" their past relationships to convey the correct emotions. Dolan also filmed shots of both Adele and Wilds having conversations and laughing. The sepia toned video shows Adele performing the song in a small house and outside in a wooded forest, intercut with scenes of her making a tearful phone call and flashbacks to a past relationship with Wilds' character.{{cite news|last1=Tyrrell|first1=Rebecca|title=The guy in Adele's new music video might look familiar to you|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/23/the-guy-in-adeles-new-music-video-might-look-familiar-to-you-5457876/|access-date=23 October 2015|work=Metro|date=23 October 2015|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722024521/https://metro.co.uk/2015/10/23/the-guy-in-adeles-new-music-video-might-look-familiar-to-you-5457876/|url-status=live}}

The flip phone used by Adele in the video was widely commented upon due to being of a retro style. Dolan replied to the remarks by saying: "It makes me uncomfortable filming iPhones because I feel like I'm shooting a commercial. Those things: iPhones, laptops, all those elements, to me, they bring me back to reality: That's not what you want. You want to get out of your own life; you want to enter someone else's; you want to travel somewhere; you want to be told a story. I'm realizing maybe I've been more distracting than anything else with that flip phone, but it wasn't intentional!"{{Cite web|title = 'Hello' Music Director Explains Why Adele Uses That Flip Phone|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/adele-hello-flip-phone_562bd430e4b0aac0b8fd2030|website = The Huffington Post|date = 24 October 2015|access-date = 10 November 2015|archive-date = 17 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034535/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/adele-hello-flip-phone_562bd430e4b0aac0b8fd2030|url-status = live}}

The music video for "Hello" broke the previous Vevo Record by achieving over 27.7 million views within its first 24 hours of release. This record was previously held by the music video for Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood", which had amassed 20.1 million views in its first 24 hours.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/27/adeles-hello-beats-taylor-swifts-record-for-most-viewed-video-in-24-hours?CMP=twt_gu|work=The Guardian|date=27 October 2015|first=Nancy|last=Groves|title=Adele's Hello beats Taylor Swift's record for most-viewed video in 24 hours|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710094709/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/27/adeles-hello-beats-taylor-swifts-record-for-most-viewed-video-in-24-hours?CMP=twt_gu|url-status=live}} Later, the video continued to break Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" Vevo record for the fastest video to reach 100 million views in five days.{{cite web|url=http://de.eonline.com/news/711235/adele-s-hello-music-video-shatters-miley-cyrus-vevo-record|publisher=E!|date=29 October 2015|first=Francesca|last=Bacardi|title=Adele's "Hello" Music Video Shatters Miley Cyrus' Vevo Record|access-date=1 November 2015|archive-date=15 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915065545/https://www.eonline.com/news/711235/adele-s-hello-music-video-shatters-miley-cyrus-vevo-record|url-status=live}} The phrase "Adele hello" was also the top YouTube search term of Friday and Saturday, and on average the video was getting one million views per hour during the first two days, peaking at 1.6 million in a single hour, beating the peak view rate of the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which peaked at 1.2 million views per hour.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34659073/people-are-playing-adele-one-million-times-an-hour-on-youtube|title=People are playing Adele one million times an hour on YouTube|work=BBC News|date=28 October 2015|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029043017/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34659073/people-are-playing-adele-one-million-times-an-hour-on-youtube|url-status=live}} The video was parodied in a Thanksgiving-themed sketch on Saturday Night Live.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/22/snl-adele-hello-parody-thanksgiving | title=Adele saves awkward Thanksgiving dinner in SNL parody | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=22 November 2015 | access-date=14 July 2016}}

The video peaked as the 30th most viewed video on YouTube in 2020,{{cite web|title=Top 1000 Most Viewed YouTube Videos of All Time|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11E57E1166929B60|publisher=YouTube|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809182529/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC|url-status=live}} having earned over 2.8 billion views, as well as the 26th most liked video on the platform in 2015, with over 17 million likes.{{cite web|title=Adele – Hello| date=22 October 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A|publisher=YouTube|access-date=28 December 2015|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205194727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/07/05/adeles-hello-hits-2-billion-views-on-youtube/#410fed244c0f|title=Adele's 'Hello' Hits 2 Billion Views On YouTube|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|work=Forbes|access-date=11 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145229/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/07/05/adeles-hello-hits-2-billion-views-on-youtube/#410fed244c0f|url-status=live}} The video holds the Guinness world record for the "fastest time for a video to reach 1 billion views" in 87 days.

Adele performed "Hello" live for the first time for a BBC one-hour-long special performance, Adele at the BBC, which was recorded on 2 November 2015 and was broadcast on BBC One on 20 November 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2d2gP1DTqDZSVP8hGl7ZX4z/exclusive-adele-at-the-bbc-a-first-look-when-adele-met-graham-norton-featuring-hello-live|title=BBC Music – BBC Music – *Exclusive* Adele at the BBC, a first look – When Adele met Graham Norton, featuring Hello (live)|work=BBC|access-date=6 November 2015|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722023126/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2d2gP1DTqDZSVP8hGl7ZX4z/exclusive-adele-at-the-bbc-a-first-look-when-adele-met-graham-norton-featuring-hello-live|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34638507|title=Adele to film BBC One special with Graham Norton|work=BBC News|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028002256/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34638507|url-status=live}} She also performed the song at the 17th NRJ Music Awards on 7 November 2015,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6754075/watch-adele-deliver-powerful-hello-performance-at-frances-nrj-awards|title=Adele Sing 'Hello' at France's NRJ Awards – Billboard|magazine=Billboard}} at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on 17 November 2015 as her opening number (Adele Live in New York City), and on Saturday Night Live on 21 November 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-deprospero/adele-at-radio-city-music_b_8591362.html|title=Adele at Radio City Music Hall: A Moment of Beauty at a Time of Unrest|date=18 November 2015|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505110507/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-deprospero/adele-at-radio-city-music_b_8591362.html|url-status=live}} On 23 November 2015, after appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Adele recorded the song with Fallon and his house band, The Roots, playing classroom instruments. The version was broadcast on the show the following night.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/entertainment/adele-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-feat/|title=Adele kills it on 'The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon|first=Lisa Respers |last=France |website=CNN |date=25 November 2015 |access-date=8 December 2015|archive-date=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511163125/http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/entertainment/adele-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-feat|url-status=live}}

On 13 December 2015 Adele performed "Hello" on the X Factor live final at The SSE Arena, Wembley.{{cite web|last1=Williott|first1=Carl|title=Watch Adele Perform 'Hello' On 'X Factor UK'|url=http://www.idolator.com/7617847/adele-hello-x-factor-uk|website=Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com|access-date=31 January 2016|date=14 December 2015|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720085607/https://www.idolator.com/7617847/adele-hello-x-factor-uk|url-status=live}}

• The American singer Demi Lovato covered "Hello" at the 2015 106.1 KISS FM Fall Ball, which was held in the city of Seattle, Washington on 14 November 2015. Their rendition was met with critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/11/demi-lovato-adele-hello-cover|title=Watch Demi Lovato's Raw and Powerful Cover of Adele's "Hello"|last=Robinson|first=Joanna|date=15 November 2015|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413011032/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/11/demi-lovato-adele-hello-cover|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6762533/watch-demi-lovato-passionately-cover-adele-hello|title=Watch Demi Lovato Passionately Cover Adele's 'Hello'|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|date=15 November 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/demi-lovato-hello_us_5648ea5be4b08cda3489451c|title=Demi Lovato Absolutely Slays Cover Of Adele's 'Hello'|last=Karlin|first=Lily|date=15 November 2015|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418111937/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/demi-lovato-hello_us_5648ea5be4b08cda3489451c|url-status=live}} It eventually received a nomination for "Best Cover Song" at the 3rd iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2016.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6873866/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-nominees-performers|title=iHeartRadio Music Awards Announce 2016 Nominees, Performers & New Categories|last=Lynch|first=Joe|date=9 February 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 April 2016}}
• In December 2015, Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Backyard Band released a cover version of the song, which has become widely popular in the area since its release.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-a-viral-cover-of-adeles-hello-means-for-go-go/2016/02/04/40a4bb18-c9cd-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html|title=What a viral cover of Adele's 'Hello' means for go-go|last=Richards|first=Chris|date=4 February 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=9 May 2016|archive-date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610153239/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-a-viral-cover-of-adeles-hello-means-for-go-go/2016/02/04/40a4bb18-c9cd-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html|url-status=live}}
• In December 2015, Claudio Sanchez of American progressive metal band Coheed & Cambria posted an acoustic cover on YouTube.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-coheed-and-cambria-cover-adeles-hello-70701/|title=Watch Coheed and Cambria Cover Adele's 'Hello'|first1=Brittany|last1=Spanos|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 December 2015|access-date=6 May 2019|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506103525/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-coheed-and-cambria-cover-adeles-hello-70701/|url-status=dead}} The cover was described by critics as "haunting".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6813525/coheed-and-cambria-claudio-sanchez-adele-hello|title=Watch Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez' Haunting Version of Adele's 'Hello'|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/coheed-and-cambrias-claudio-sanchez-performs-haunting-cover-of-adeles-hello/|title=Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez performs haunting cover of Adele's "Hello" — watch|date=16 December 2015|access-date=6 May 2019|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506103526/https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/coheed-and-cambrias-claudio-sanchez-performs-haunting-cover-of-adeles-hello/|url-status=live}}
• During New Year's Eve 2015, Canadian singer Celine Dion put her own spin on "Hello" at her residency show in Las Vegas.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6828871/celine-dion-covers-adele-hello|title=Watch Celine Dion's Perfect Cover of Adele's 'Hello'|last=Strecker|first=Erin|date=1 January 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 April 2016}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4165455/watch-celine-dion-cover-adeles-hello-and-make-us-cry-all-over-again/|title=Watch Celine Dion Cover Adele's 'Hello' and Make Us Cry All Over Again|magazine=Time}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/01/03/celine-dion-covers-adele-hello/78235018/|title=Check it out: Celine Dion covers Adele's 'Hello'|first=Lorena|last=Blas|website=USA Today|access-date=18 April 2020|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208043849/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/01/03/celine-dion-covers-adele-hello/78235018/|url-status=live}}
• The operatic pop group Il Divo released a Spanish language version of the song in 2018 that its members titled "Hola", and it was included in the group's album Timeless while a related music video also came out.{{citenews|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/melbourne/il-divo-step-out-from-their-puppetmaster-simon-cowell/news-story/5a52e76b06aedf6e9ccf24c241d5c0cd|title=Il Divo step out from their puppetmaster Simon Cowell|first=Cameron|last=Adams|date=7 October 2018|accessdate=11 December 2024|newspaper=Herald Sun}}
• On June 24, 2022, Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne released a cover of the song for her Spotify Singles release.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/avril-lavigne-adele-hello-cover-love-sux-spotify-single-1373524/|title=Avril Lavigne Gives Adele Ballad 'Hello' an Alternative Twist on Spotify Single|last=Mier|first=Tomás|date=June 24, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624175240/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/avril-lavigne-adele-hello-cover-love-sux-spotify-single-1373524/|archive-date=June 24, 2022|url-status=live}}
• On 24 July 2021, Torn Between Two Worlds, a Swedish-British symphonic metal band, released their version as a download and later on 3 June 2022 on the EP "As If We Never Existed".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/torn-between-two-worlds-release-cover-of-adelles-hello|title=Torn Between Two Worlds release cover of Adelle's "Hello"|first1=Sanne|last1=Goetschalckx|magazine=FrontView Magazine|date=24 July 2021}}
• In July 2024, "Weird Al" Yankovic included the song in his polka medley "Polkamania!".

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• Lead vocals, backing vocals, drums – Adele
• Songwriting, bass, drums, guitar, piano, and keyboards – Greg Kurstin
• Mixing – Tom Elmhirst
• Engineering – Julian Burg
• Mastering – Randy Merrill
• Additional instruments – Emile Haynie

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