Someone like You (Adele song)

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"Someone like You" is about a boyfriend who broke up with Adele.

She wrote it with American songwriter and producer Dan Wilson.{{cite AV media notes |title=21 (Liner Notes)|title-link=21 (Adele album)|others=Adele|year=2011|first=Adele |last=Adkins|author-link=Adele|type=Compact Disc |publisher=Columbia Records/XL Recordings |location=London, England }} It was one of the last songs written for 21. The track, which epitomizes the lyrical content of 21, summarizes the now defunct relationship that the record is all about.{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Nick|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a300781/adele-someone-like-you-sums-up-my-album.html|title=Adele: 'Someone like You' sums up my album|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|date=28 January 2011|access-date=28 February 2011|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143225/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a300781/adele-someone-like-you-sums-up-my-album.html|url-status=dead}} Adele has openly discussed the genesis of it saying, "Well, I wrote that song because I was exhausted from being such a bitch, with 'Rolling in the Deep' or 'Rumour Has It' ... I was really emotionally drained from the way I was portraying him, because even though I'm very bitter and regret some parts of it, he's still the most important person that's ever been in my life, and 'Someone like You,' I had to write it to feel OK with myself and OK with the two years I spent with him. And when I did it, I felt so freed."{{cite news |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=Adele Says 21 Has People Thinking 'I'm Sort Of A Manic-Depressive' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658345/adele-21.jhtml |publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks |date=18 February 2011 |access-date=23 July 2011 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107145006/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658345/adele-21.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

Adele revealed that she was struggling emotionally when she composed it: "When I was writing it I was feeling pretty miserable and pretty lonely, which I guess kind of contradicts 'Rolling in the Deep'. Whereas that was about me saying, 'I'm going to be fine without you', this is me on my knees really." She discussed further the inspiration of the song: "I can imagine being about 40 and looking for him again, only to turn up and find that he's settled with a beautiful wife and beautiful kids and he's completely happy... and I'm still on my own. The song's about that and I'm scared at the thought of that."

Adele had said that she began writing it on her acoustic guitar in the wake of the break-up of her 18-month relationship with the 30-year-old man she thought she would marry. A few months after their split, he was engaged to someone else. "We were so intense I thought we would get married. But that was something he never wanted... So when I found out he does want that with someone else, it was just the horrible-est feeling ever. But after I wrote it, I felt more at peace. It set me free... I didn't think it would resonate... with the world! I'm never gonna write a song like that again. I think that's the song I'll be known for."{{harvnb|Peterson|2011|p=93}} She also said that "I wrote that song on the end of my bed. I had a cold. I was waiting for my bath to run. I'd found out that he'd got engaged to someone else."{{harvnb|Peterson|2011|p=98}}

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Adele later collaborated with famed musician and producer Dan Wilson to write "Someone like You" which was one of the final songs composed for the album. Prior to meeting with Wilson, Adele said she wrote some of the lyrics using her acoustic guitar.Adkins, Adele. KMTT. Personal Interview by Shawn Stewart. December 2010. The two sat around the piano for two days and brainstormed various melodies and lyrics, and ultimately decided to keep the musical production sparse: "We just wrote it on the piano and then we recorded it when it was written. It wasn't sort of like recording it and listening to it thinking 'where can we go next?' It was really old school." During an interview with Billboard, Wilson stated that while writing the song, they wanted to make it as personal as possible. He added "We didn't try to make it open-ended so it could apply to 'anybody.' We tried to make it as personal as possible. She may not have had a melodic hook or a specific lyrical idea, but she always knew what she wanted to say. She definitely had a master plan." The song was recorded at Harmony Studios in West Hollywood, California with Wilson playing piano. Philip Allen engineered in the studio. The mixing was done by Tom Elmhirst and Dan Parry while the mastering was finished by Tom Coyne.

{{quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="[...] 'Someone like You,' the stirring, somber closer in which Adele goes to visit a former love (with high hopes of a reconciliation), only to discover he has not only moved on with his life, but is in a much better place. And though she's heartbroken, she puts on a brave face, stubbornly proclaiming she'll find someone just like him, even if she knows that she never will. And that conclusion makes you ache not only because it's so daunting, but because it's so real. We've all felt that way, tried to trick ourselves into thinking that any other outcome was possible. In Adele's music, much like life, there are no happy endings."|source=– James Montgomery of MTV News talking about "Someone like You".}}

According to sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony Music Publishing, "Someone like You" is a slow tempo of 67.5 beats per minute. Written in common time, the song is in the key of A major.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/adele/someone-like-you/MN0090054?srsltid=AfmBOorWvsoqv9EIF7pmnswCixtoK1tLz-USeMMraPouo4DHQPZi_VRL|title=Adele – Someone Like You Sheet Music (Digital Download)|website=Musicnotes |publisher=Sony Music Publishing}} The song follows three chord progressions. Adele's vocal range spans from F{{Sharp}}₃ to E₅ during the song. A slow, plaintive ballad pairing Adele's voice with a looping piano line, "Someone like You" is the lyrical opposite of "Rolling in the Deep"{{cite web|last=Adkins |first=Adele |year=2011 |title=Adele 21 Track by Track Interview |url=http://www.adele.tv/trackbytrack/archive/ |publisher=Adele.tv. XL Recordings |access-date=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923231403/http://www.adele.tv/trackbytrack/archive/ |archive-date=23 September 2011 }} on which the singer narrates coming to terms with the end of the relationship: "Nevermind, I'll find someone like you/I wish nothing but the best for you, too/Don't forget me, I beg/I'll remember you said/Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead." According to Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice, the singer's "nuanced" voice goes up a full octave and "into a near-shrieked whisper" as she sings parts of the chorus.{{cite news|last=Fennessey|first=Sean|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-02-23/music/adele-goes-deep/|title=Adele Goes Deep: The queen of British white-girl r&b-dom is crowned at last|work=The Village Voice|location=New York|date=23 February 2011|access-date=21 September 2011|archive-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913132657/http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-02-23/music/adele-goes-deep/|url-status=dead}} However, she "rebounds and gathers herself", and her voice descends into its fuller and more melancholy state. Critics praised its introspective lyrics and maturity. "Someone like You" has been compared to the song "Hometown Glory" (2008) from the album 19.{{cite news |last=Dorken |first=Joanne |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/adele/news/254508-adele-21-track-by-track-review |title=Adele '21' – Track By Track Review | Adele | News | MTV UK |publisher=MTV UK. MTV Networks |date=21 January 2011 |access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021220610/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/254508-adele-21-track-by-track-review |url-status=live }} John Murphy of MusicOMH said that the song "casts Adele as the spurned lover, turning up outside her ex's house, now moved on and settled down, begging for a second chance." According to Aamir Yaqub of Soul Culture, "Talking of a lost love, this an extremely touching track with a vocal performance that makes the narrative almost tangible ... It really captures the experience of the story and puts it across in both a credible and incredible fashion."{{cite web |url=http://www.soulculture.co.uk/reviews/adele-21-album-review/ |title=Adele – 21 | Album Review |work=SoulCulture |date=26 January 2011 |access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-date=29 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429214039/http://www.soulculture.co.uk/reviews/adele-21-album-review/ |url-status=live }} Cameron Adams of Herald Sun called the song a "spine-tingling sparse piano ballad."{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/album-of-the-week-adele/story-fn6cc2fg-1225991191372|title=Album of the week: Adele|work=Herald Sun|publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times|first=Cameron (misspelt "Camreon" in the article)|last=Adams|date=20 January 2011|access-date=27 September 2011}}

Lyrically, the song talks about the end of Adele's first "real relationship", which was with her long-time friend and lover, and it shows her confronting his marriage.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658439/adele-21-album-release.jhtml|title=Adele Says Writing 21 'Broke My Heart'|first=James|last=Montgomery|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|date=22 February 2011|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=6 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906145353/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658439/adele-21-album-release.jhtml|url-status=dead}} At the beginning of the song, she sings the lines "I heard that you're settled down/That you found a girl and you're married now. I heard that your dreams came true/Guess she gave you things I couldn't give to you" with a soft voice and accompanied just by a simple piano melody.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473347/adele-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Adele: The Billboard Cover Story

|page=2|first=Mikael|last=Wood|date=28 January 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 September 2011}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110224/entlife/702249860/|title=Adele's second is personal and perfect|work=Daily Herald|publisher=Paddock Publications|date=24 February 2011|access-date=17 September 2011|archive-date=14 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314205010/http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110224/entlife/702249860/|url-status=live}} The lyrics of "Someone like You" are talking about what once was and what could have been as stated by a writer of Daily Herald. Finding the strength to bounce back from hardship and heartache, Adele sings the lines, "Never mind, I'll find someone like you. I wish nothing but the best for you, too/Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said/Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead."{{Cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Soul+sisters+separated+destiny/5216490/story.html#ixzz1ZKYqBrDJ|title=Soul sisters, separated by destiny|work=The Vancouver Sun Inc.|date=6 August 2011|access-date=29 September 2011|first=Francois|last=Marchand}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Talking about the meaning and the composition of the song, Jer Fairall of PopMatters said: "The song's subject—Adele mentally addressing an old lover who has since found happiness elsewhere—is familiar, but the detail she colors it with are vibrantly tactile and resonant, from the sense-memory setting of 'we were born and raised in a summer haze' to her recollection of his cruel kiss-off line 'I remember you said, 'sometimes it lasts in love and sometimes it hurts instead{{'}} and how she comes to take solace in the statement as an empowering mantra." During her concert tour in August 2024, Adele revealed that this song had changed her life.{{cite web |website=Bustle |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/adele-someone-like-you-changed-her-life-munich-residency |title=Adele Reveals The 1 Song That "Changed Her Life" |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=October 19, 2024}}

Upon release, the song received widespread acclaim from music critics,{{Cite news |last=Braca |first=Nina |date=May 22, 2019 |title=Here Are the Lyrics to Adele's "Someone Like You" |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/05/adele-someone-like-you-lyrics/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |work=Spin |quote=The breakup ballad garnered critical acclaim}} with many citing it as the highlight of 21. In a track-by-track review for 21, Joanne Dorken of MTV UK noted the track's placement at the end of the album saying, "It maybe a cliché, but Adele has saved the best until last with this heartfelt and enchanting piano ballad. ... It's sad but beautiful and displays Adele at her best – marking the perfect end to what has been in our eyes, a faultless album." Will Dean of The Guardian claimed the song was the album's "highlight", characterizing it as "gorgeous".{{cite news|last=Dean|first=Will|title=Adele: 21- review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/20/adele-21-review|work=The Guardian|date=20 January 2011|access-date=6 March 2011|location=London|archive-date=10 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210093343/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/20/adele-21-review|url-status=live}} That was echoed by Slant Magazine{{'}}s Matthew Cole who also called the song "gorgeous".{{cite magazine|last=Cole|first=Matthew|title=Adele: 21 – Music Review|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/adele-21/2403|magazine=Slant Magazine|date=20 February 2011|access-date=6 March 2011}} NME{{'}}s Chris Parkin also marked the song as a highlight, describing it as "surprisingly weighty" and comparing it favorably to the work of American Country blues singer Karen Dalton.{{cite web|last=Parkin|first=Chris|title=Album Review: Adele – 21 (XL)|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/adele/11814|work=NME|date=24 January 2011|access-date=6 March 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062740/http://www.nme.com/reviews/adele/11814|url-status=live}}

Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media selected "Someone like You" as a song of the day, claiming it served as a reaffirmation of popular music: "Sometimes, pop music can still break your heart."{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=Adele: Someone Like You|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12105-someone-like-you/|date=15 February 2011|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=6 March 2011|archive-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613071729/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12105-someone-like-you/|url-status=dead}} Writing for BBC Online, Ian Wade noted that the "final track Someone Like You, just voice and piano, is an actual thing of beauty, placing the listener in one of those moments where you feel you're in the presence of a future standard."{{cite web|last=Wade|first=Ian|date=17 January 2011|title=Review of Adele – 21|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fnj9|publisher=BBC Online. BBC|access-date=6 March 2011|archive-date=30 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730194053/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fnj9|url-status=live}} Bill Lamb of About.com wrote that "the piano melody is gorgeous and combined with Adele's heartfelt reading of her words, the effect is highly emotional. You can imagine it being both honked through by talent show contestants and transcended by veterans alike."{{cite news|last=Lamb|first=Bill|title=Review: Adele – "Someone like You"|url=http://top40.about.com/od/adele/gr/Adele-Someone-Like-You.htm|access-date=3 September 2011|publisher=About.com. The New York Times Company|date=2 September 2011|archive-date=14 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114072834/http://top40.about.com/od/adele/gr/Adele-Someone-Like-You.htm|url-status=dead}} Lamb went to write that the song is one of the "top songs of 2011" and that "romantic pain has rarely been so utterly beautiful." Jer Fairall of PopMatters called the song "absolute magic" and praised Adele's performance by saying, "Though it is unquestionably her finest vocal showcase to date, it is less remarkable for its more powerful moments than for the small ones where her voice dips, with rueful melancholy on the line 'I heard that your dreams came true' or cracks on the 'I beg' in the chorus, like she's startled at the revelation of her own vulnerability."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/137326-adele-21|title=Adele: 21|magazine=PopMatters|first=Jer|last=Fairall|date=23 February 2011|access-date=28 September 2011}} He further called her vocal performance of the song "stunning" and "finally worthy of her talents".

Writing for the website No Ripcord, Gary McGinley said that the song "has an aching beauty and the hallmarks of a modern standard."{{Cite news|url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/adele/21|title=Adele 21|publisher=No Ripcord|first=Gary|last=McGinley|date=25 January 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411090546/http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/adele/21|url-status=live}} He further added that it "sounds poised to soundtrack atmospheric TV trailers over the coming months." A writer of URB magazine called "Someone like You" "a heart-wrencher made all the more real by reeling phrasing and bare-voiced pleading, 'I wish nothing but the best for you, too.'"{{Cite news|url=http://www.urb.com/2011/02/25/adele-21/ |title=Adele: 21 |work=URB |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219151036/http://www.urb.com/2011/02/25/adele-21/ |archive-date=19 December 2011 }} John Murphy of MusicOMH categorized "Someone like You" and "Turning Tables" as "the two best songs on the album."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/adele-2_0111.htm |title=Adele: 21 Review |last1=Murphy |first1=John |date=24 January 2011 |magazine=MusicOMH |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106134729/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/adele-2_0111.htm |archive-date=6 November 2011 }} He concluded that the song was "desperately sad and utterly, utterly gorgeous." Bary Walters of Spin wrote that on "the piano-led finale, she vows, 'I'll find someone like you,' as if that's progress. It's a statement that's utterly WTF and yet true to the cyclical nature of psychological damage."{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/adele-21-xlcolumbia|title=Adele, 21 (XL/Columbia)|work=Spin|author=Walters, Barry|date=22 February 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903155353/http://www.spin.com/reviews/adele-21-xlcolumbia|url-status=live}} Sputnikmusic{{'}}s Joseph Viney called the song "an ode to stalking with a perverse attitude that lies underneath the fragile composition, looks set to become the soundtrack to a million messy break-ups."{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/41520/Adele-21/|title=Album review: Adele – 21|website=Sputnikmusic|first=Joseph|last=Viney|date=29 January 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=8 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208141955/http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/41520/Adele-21/|url-status=live}} Allison Stewart of The Washington Post put the song on her list "Recommended tracks".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022103780.html|title=Adele's '21' album: Sophomore disc designed to transcend trends|first=Allison|last=Stewart|date=21 February 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 September 2011|archive-date=13 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113085628/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022103780.html|url-status=live}}

The Village Voice{{'}}s Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll of the best songs of 2011 ranked "Someone like You" at number nine; Adele's previous single "Rolling in the Deep" topped the same critics' poll. In 2019, Stereogum,{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|website=Stereogum|date=5 November 2019|access-date=24 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106132915/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-songs-of-the-2010s-list/|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/adele-someone-like-you-917608/|title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s|last1=Hermes|first1=Will|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian|last3=Exposito|first3=Suzy|last4=Holmes|first4=Charles |last5=Shaffer|first5=Claire|last6=Freeman|first6=Jon|last7=Hudak|first7=Joseph|last8=Browne|first8=David|last9=Dolan|first9=Jon |last10=Sheffield|first10=Rob|last11=Levy|first11=Joe|last12=Catucci|first12=Nick|last13=Vozick-Levinson|first13=Simon|last14=Greene|first14=Andy |last15=Ehrlich|first15=Brenna|last16=Klinkenberg|first16=Brendan|last17=Shteamer|first17=Hank|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 December 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}} and Pitchfork{{cite magazine|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|magazine=Pitchfork|date=7 October 2019|access-date=21 November 2019}} ranked the song as the 39th, 64th, and 71st best song of the 2010s, respectively. Parade and American Songwriter both ranked the song number six on their lists of Adele's greatest 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}}{{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}}

"Someone like You" achieved international commercial success, topping the record charts in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as reaching the top ten in many other countries. The song debuted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart in late-January 2011 due to strong digital downloads from 21. Following a live performance of the song at the 2011 BRIT Awards, it climbed 46 places from the previous week to number one, beating Lady Gaga's single "Born This Way" (2011), although it was at number 18 on the mid-week chart update.{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-equals-beatles-record-to-lead-official-charts-brits-bonanza/ |title=Adele equals Beatles' record to lead Official Charts Brits Bonanza |publisher=The Official Charts Company |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=28 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225003800/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-equals-beatles-record-to-lead-official-charts-brits-bonanza/ |archive-date=25 February 2011 }} While "Someone like You" was at number one on the chart, Adele's previous single, "Rolling in the Deep" was placed at number four. With that achievement, Adele has become the first living artist since The Beatles in 1964 who simultaneously had two top five hits in both the charts (21 and 19 were also in the top five on the UK Albums Chart).{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/259080-adele-number-1-single-album-someone-like-you-brits|title=Adele's 'Someone Like You' Tops UK Singles Chart|date=21 February 2011|publisher=MTV UK. MTV Networks|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021095837/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/259080-adele-number-1-single-album-someone-like-you-brits|url-status=live}} It stayed atop the chart for four consecutive weeks before slipping to number two on 26 March.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Someone%20Like%20You |title=The Official Charts Company – Adele – Someone Like You |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=28 September 2011 |archive-date=23 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323090017/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/SOMEONE%20LIKE%20YOU/ |url-status=live }} Following a performance on Comic Relief, the song returned to number one for a fifth week.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12881151|title=How has Adele become so successful?|publisher=BBC Online. BBC|date=28 March 2011|access-date=29 September 2011|archive-date=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822155406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12881151|url-status=live}} It has been certified 6× Platinum by the BPI, denoting sales and streams of 3,600,000 units. On 5 July 2011, it was announced that the song had sold 1 million copies in the UK, becoming the first single of the decade to reach the threshold and the sixteenth song released in the 21st century to do so.{{cite web|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/adele-single-tops-million-sales-162535308.html|title=Adele single tops a million sales|publisher=Yahoo!|date=5 July 2011|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711005004/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/adele-single-tops-million-sales-162535308.html|archive-date=11 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a328418/adeles-someone-like-you-becomes-first-single-of-decade-to-sell-1m-copies.html|title=Adele's 'Someone Like You' becomes first single of decade to sell 1m copies|first=Kristy|last=Kelly|date=5 July 2011|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|access-date=29 September 2011|archive-date=7 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907214306/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a328418/adeles-someone-like-you-becomes-first-single-of-decade-to-sell-1m-copies.html|url-status=live}} It became the biggest selling single of 2011 in the United Kingdom, selling over 1,240,000 copies. By June 2015, UK sales stood at 1,570,000 copies, making "Someone like You" the second best-selling single of the 2010s and the third-best-seller of the 21st century. As of November 2015, the song has sold 1,584,000 copies in the UK.{{cite news |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-returns-with-enormous-first-day-impact-as-25-album-records-one-of-the-biggest-first-day-uk-sales-total-ever__12069/ |title=Adele's 25 album records one of the biggest first day UK sales total ever |date=21 November 2015 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=21 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122101814/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-returns-with-enormous-first-day-impact-as-25-album-records-one-of-the-biggest-first-day-uk-sales-total-ever__12069/ |archive-date=22 November 2015 }}

In Finland, "Someone like You" debuted at number 14 in October 2011 and rose to number one in its 12th week in early 2012—the week when Adele had three simultaneous top-ten songs ("Rolling in the Deep" at number two and "Set Fire to the Rain" at number seven).{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/adele/someone+like+you|title=Adele: Someone Like You|publisher=Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland|language=fi|access-date=2011-01-16|archive-date=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528070208/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/adele/someone+like+you|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/singlet/2012/2|title=Suomen virallinen lista – Singlet 2/2012|publisher=Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland|language=fi|access-date=2011-01-16|archive-date=24 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324234038/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/singlet/2012/2|url-status=live}} In France, despite not having been certified, "Someone like You" has sold 350,800 copies and became one of the best-selling singles in the country.{{cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Ventes_Sing_10Ans.php?debut=100|title=les Meilleurs Ventes de Singles & Titres depuis 2000|publisher=Infodisc|language=fr|access-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120154308/http://infodisc.fr/Ventes_Sing_10Ans.php?debut=100|archive-date=20 January 2015|df=dmy-all}} The song debuted at number 47 on the Australian Singles Chart. "Someone like You" remained at the top position of the chart for seven consecutive weeks and it was certified 4× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 |title=ARIA Charts – Week Commencing 17 October 2011 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=12 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902102424/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 |archive-date=2 September 2011 }} It has also peaked at number one in New Zealand for five weeks, ending an 11-week run at number one for "Party Rock Anthem".

The single sold 51,000 copies its first week in the US, debuting at number 65.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/week-music-sales-adeles-21-163385|title=The Week in Music Sales: Adele's '21' Sells Over 350K|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2 March 2011|access-date=3 March 2011|first1=Keith|last1=Caufield|archive-date=6 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406075638/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/week-music-sales-adeles-21-163385|url-status=live}} The single re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 97 on the week ending 30 July 2011.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469163/lmfao-still-atop-hot-100-demi-lovato-debuts-in-top-10|title=LMFAO Still Atop Hot 100, Demi Lovato Debuts In Top 10|first=Gary|last=Trust|location=New York|magazine=Billboard|date=21 July 2011|access-date=23 July 2011}} Upon its radio release in the United States, and a surge in popularity following her performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, "Someone like You" climbed 18 positions to number one from number 19, and became her second consecutive number-one single on the Hot 100 and making Adele the first ever British female singer to spawn two consecutive number-one singles from the same album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467566/adeles-someone-like-you-soars-to-no-1-on-hot-100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=7 September 2011|title=Adele's 'Someone Like You' Soars To No. 1 On Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 September 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670009/beyonce-adele-lil-wayne-vma-itunes.jhtml|title=Beyonce, Adele, Lil Wayne Get VMA Bump On iTunes|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|date=1 September 2011|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|access-date=29 September 2011|archive-date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020221518/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670009/beyonce-adele-lil-wayne-vma-itunes.jhtml|url-status=dead}} After the performance, "Someone like You" moved from number 11 to number one on the Digital Songs chart with 275,000 downloads sold (191% increase), according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467527/adele-makes-billboard-hot-100-history-with-someone-like-you|title=Adele Makes Billboard Hot 100 History With 'Someone Like You'|magazine=Billboard|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=9 September 2011|location=Los Angeles|access-date=29 September 2011}} On Radio Songs, the track moved from number 42 to number 19 with 46 million all-format audience impressions (59% increase), according to Nielsen BDS. The song made Hot 100 history by achieving the biggest jump to number 1 in the chart's 53-year history that was not spurred by the release of a single. "Someone like You" became the first strictly voice-and-piano ballad to top the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/467487/is-adeles-someone-like-you-the-first-no-1-piano-and-vocal-only|title=Is Adele's 'Someone Like You' The First No. 1 Piano-And-Vocal-Only Ballad?|magazine=Billboard|date=13 September 2011|access-date=13 September 2011}} The song also became the first "unquestionably slow song" to top the Hot 100 chart since Rihanna's song, "Take a Bow" (2008).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/467536/adele-brings-a-ballad-back-to-the-hot-100-summit|title=Adele Brings A Ballad Back To The Hot 100 Summit|magazine=Billboard|date=9 September 2011|first=Gary|last=Trust|access-date=29 September 2011}} It topped the chart for 1 week and then slipped from number 1 to number 2 being replaced by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera{{'}}s "Moves Like Jagger".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467458/kelly-clarksons-know-it-all-debuts-on-hot-100-rihannas-cheers-rises|magazine=Billboard|title=Kelly Clarkson's 'Know It All' Debuts on Hot 100, Rihanna's 'Cheers' Rises|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=14 September 2011|access-date=18 October 2011}} A few days after the release of its video, on 6 October 2011, the song returned to number one and spent 4 more weeks at the top,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/466754/adele-reclaims-hot-100-throne-bob-blasts-into-top-10|title=Adele Reclaims Hot 100 Throne, B.o.B Blasts Into Top 10|magazine=Billboard|first=Gary|last=Trust|location=New York|date=5 October 2011|access-date=6 October 2011}} where it was later replaced by "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris. With "Rolling in the Deep" spending 7 weeks at number one on the Hot 100 and "Someone like You" spending 5 weeks, Adele is the first female solo artist to log 12 weeks at No. 1 in a calendar year with two strictly solo recordings. Beyoncé, Monica and Mariah Carey also did it (in 2003, 1998 and 1995, respectively), if collaborations are included.{{cite magazine|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74427/week-ending-oct-23-2011-songs-christmas-in-october/;_ylt=Auw7fIMo6S7qDcr63iQOEIIPwiUv|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711083759/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74427/week-ending-oct-23-2011-songs-christmas-in-october/;_ylt=Auw7fIMo6S7qDcr63iQOEIIPwiUv|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2012|title=Week Ending Oct. 23, 2011. Songs: Christmas In October|magazine=Billboard|first=Grein|last=Paul|location=New York|date=26 October 2011|access-date=1 November 2011}} As of April 2015, it has sold 6 million downloads in the United States alone.{{cite magazine|title=Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga First Artist With Two 7-Million-Selling Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6715365/ask-billboard-lady-gaga-first-artist-with-two-7-million-selling|date=2 October 2015|access-date=2 October 2015|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary}}

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The music video for the song was filmed in Paris by English director Jake Nava who said:{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/333609-adele-someone-like-you-video-teaser|title=Adele Teases 'Someone Like You' Video|publisher=MTV UK. MTV Networks|date=28 September 2011|access-date=28 September 2011|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001125328/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/333609-adele-someone-like-you-video-teaser|url-status=live}}

{{blockquote|The location evokes style and romance. And shooting early in the morning allows you to focus on Adele in this lonely and emotional space.}}

The video begins with a shot of a road in Paris and Adele is seen walking on it alone. She continues to walk and starts singing the song with a sad look as the camera makes circles and shots more locations in Paris including the Eiffel Tower. During the second chorus, Adele stops singing and pauses on the Pont Alexandre III to look over the Seine. She continues walking through the deserted streets during the bridge before finally entering a building in which she sees her ex-lover. After seeing her, he starts to walk away and several shots of Adele looking at him follow.

The video premiered on MTV and Vevo on 29 September 2011,{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671762/adeles-someone-like-video-queen-pain.jhtml|title=Adele's 'Someone Like You' Video: Queen Of Pain|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=29 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105031218/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671762/adeles-someone-like-video-queen-pain.jhtml|url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467232/billboard-bits-black-keys-nix-blakroc-2-adeles-someone-video-coming-thursday|title=Billboard Bits: Black Keys Nix 'Blakroc 2,' Adele's 'Someone' Video Coming Thursday|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Promehteus Global Media|date=27 September 2011|access-date=28 September 2011|first1=RJ|last1=Cubarrubia|first2=Maria|last2=Sherman}} and as of June 2023, the video has received over 2 billion views on YouTube. It received glowing reviews from music critics; James Montgomery of MTV News called the video "a somber, black-and-white affair, featuring Adele wandering the early morning streets and pining for her long-lost love. It's a perfect match for the song's jaw-dropping emotional range—raw and unfiltered and incredibly sad but also, in a lot of ways, beautiful and resolute."{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671592/adele-someone-like-you-video.jhtml|title=Adele's 'Someone Like You' Video: Watch A Preview!|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=27 September 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929144740/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671592/adele-someone-like-you-video.jhtml|url-status=dead}} In another review of the video he praised its black-and-white shots saying that "director Jake Nava made the smart decision to shoot it in arty, smudgy black-and-white, which only adds to the clip's desolate, haunted feel." He added that "there are no special effects, no camera tricks or elaborate choreography, because those are quick fixes" and called Adele the "Queen of Pain." A writer of the website HitFix concluded that the video is "in keeping with the singer's subdued style" and added that its vibe fits with the "melancholy tune."{{cite news|url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/preview-released-for-adeles-someone-like-you-music-video|title=30-second preview hits the web for Adele's 'Someone Like You' music video|work=HitFix|date=27 September 2011|access-date=28 September 2011|author=HitFix Staff|archive-date=30 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930124222/http://www.hitfix.com/articles/preview-released-for-adeles-someone-like-you-music-video|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Tanner Stransky called the video "quiet" and said that "it's just what you'd want to see for this break-up heart-wrencher."{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/09/29/adele-someone-like-you-music-video/|title=Adele releases heartbreaking, beautiful 'Someone Like You' music video: Watch it here|magazine=Entertainment Weekly.|date=29 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|first=Tanner|last=Stransky}} Krista Wick of Entertainment Tonight praised the video for being "more than enough to accompany Adele's soulful vocals."{{cite news|url=http://www.etonline.com/music/114768_Watch_Adele_s_Someone_Like_You_Music_Video/|title=Watch: Adele's 'Someone Like You'|publisher=Etonline.com. Entertainment Tonight|first=Krista|last=Wick|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916214808/https://www.etonline.com/music/114768_Watch_Adele_s_Someone_Like_You_Music_Video|url-status=live}}

Amanda Dobbins of New York magazine concluded that "the secretly devastating video" for "Someone like You" will remind Adele's ex-lover what he has done by leaving her.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/adele_someone_like_you_video_1.html|title='Someone Like You' Video: Adele Takes a Sad Trip to Paris|work=New York, LLC|first=Amanda|last=Dobbins|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001065607/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/09/adele_someone_like_you_video_1.html|url-status=live}} A writer of The Huffington Post praised the simplicity and the sadness in the video.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/adeles-someone-like-you-video_n_988548.html|title=Adele's 'Someone Like You' Video: Paris, In Black And White (WATCH)|work=The Huffington Post|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|first=Jordan|last=Zakarin|archive-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002004608/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/adeles-someone-like-you-video_n_988548.html|url-status=live}} Sarah Dean of the same publication called it an "uncomplicated, moving film" and wrote, "the video is nothing more than Adele wandering around the deserted city of love alone, under its grey skies, singing her sorrowful notes, but because it's her, we don't need any more."{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/09/30/adele-releases-someone-li_n_988461.html|title=Adele Finally Releases A Video For Her Hit Song 'Someone Like You'|work=The Huffington Post|first=Sarah|last=Dean|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002014849/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/09/30/adele-releases-someone-li_n_988461.html|url-status=live}} That was echoed by Jason Lipshutz of Billboard magazine who said that the video was "as simply constructed as the song's vocal-and-piano arrangement."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/467147/adele-wanders-paris-in-someone-like-you-video|title=Adele Wanders Paris in 'Someone Like You' Video|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011}} Marc Hogan of Spin said that the scene in which Adele looks in the camera, "speak[s] for itself" about the sadness in the video.{{cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/09/adele-roams-paris-broken-hearted-bw-clip/|title=Adele Roams Paris in Broken-Hearted B&W Clip|work=Spin|date=30 September 2011|first=Marc|last=Hogan|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=23 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123031724/http://www.spin.com/2011/09/adele-roams-paris-broken-hearted-bw-clip/|url-status=live}} Andrew Matson of The Seattle Times said, "the song of the year now has a simple, perfect video: Adele in Paris, singing and strolling, apparently processing the breakup detailed in the song's lyrics. The look on her face during the 'I wish nothing but the best for you' line is the best, just gutting, a real achievement how she plays it cold but not sarcastic. I think in times of emotional devastation, everyone wants stand on a bridge over the Seine on a cold day, squinting into the wind, sorting it out."{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/2016367007_video_someone_like_you_by_adel.html|title=Video: "Someone like You" by Adele|work=The Seattle Times|publisher=The Seattle Times Company|first=Andrew|last=Matson|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=6 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006015701/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/2016367007_video_someone_like_you_by_adel.html|url-status=live}}

A writer of Rolling Stone wrote: "this clip for the ballad 'Someone Like You' sticks to the singer's simple but emotionally direct approach with black-and-white footage that lingers on her subtly expressive face as she lip-synchs to the tune while walking along sad, grey city streets."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/adele-someone-like-you-20110930|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002011743/http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/adele-someone-like-you-20110930|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2011|title=Video: 'Someone Like You'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011}} Andrea Devaro of Long Island Press concluded, "its simplicity beautifully portrays the complexity of emotions invoked in the song."{{cite news|url=http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/09/30/someone-like-you-video-adele-someone-like-you-video-released-video/|title='Someone Like You' Video: Adele 'Someone Like You' Video Released [Video]|work=Long Island Press|publisher=Morey Publishing|first=Andrea|last=Devaro|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905195321/http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/09/30/someone-like-you-video-adele-someone-like-you-video-released-video/|archive-date=5 September 2012|df=dmy-all}} Leah Collins of Dose called Adele "'60s bombshell glam" and said that the video's "simplicity is its strength."{{cite news|url=http://www.dose.ca/music/Watch+Adele+Take+Very+Pretty+Walk+Shame+Someone+Like+Video/5483085/story.html?cid=dose_nav_drop|title=Watch Adele Take A Very Pretty Walk of Shame in New 'Someone Like You' Video|work=Dose|publisher=Postmedia Network|first=Leah|last=Collins|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007162615/http://www.dose.ca/music/Watch+Adele+Take+Very+Pretty+Walk+Shame+Someone+Like+Video/5483085/story.html?cid=dose_nav_drop|archive-date=7 October 2011|df=dmy-all}} She added: "There's something about streetlamps, cafes and the River Seine that lend an air of melancholic elegance to what would otherwise be just another walk of shame by a girl with two-day-old hair. Not everyone gets to indulge in moments as tragic but beautiful as a weepy solitary walk through Paris landmarks. But then, we don't all have voices as tragic and beautiful as Adele's either." A more mixed review was given by AOL{{'}}s Ashley Percival who called the video predictable and added "It's all very pleasant, but after all this time, what's the point?".{{cite news|url=http://celebrity.aol.co.uk/2011/09/30/adele-someone-like-you-video/|title=Hang on Adele, didn't you release Someone Like You like a zillion years ago?|publisher=AOL|first=Ashley|last=Percival|date=30 September 2011|access-date=30 September 2011|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001002821/http://celebrity.aol.co.uk/2011/09/30/adele-someone-like-you-video/|url-status=dead}} Nicole Eggenberger of OK! wrote that Adele "created the perfect music video to go along with her hauntingly beautiful ballad" and further described it as "simple yet stunning."{{Cite news|url=http://www.okmagazine.com/2011/09/adele-releases-beautiful-new-someone-like-you-music-video/|title=Adele Releases Beautiful New "Someone like You" Music Video|work=OK!|publisher=Northern & Shell|date=30 September 2011|first=Nicole|last=Eggenberger|access-date=30 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002022719/http://www.okmagazine.com/2011/09/adele-releases-beautiful-new-someone-like-you-music-video/|archive-date=2 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}

At the 2011 Q Awards, "Someone like You" was nominated in the category for Best Track.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/music/2011/09/15/adele-and-jessie-j-lead-q-awards-nominations-115875-23421614/|title=Adele and Jessie J lead Q Awards nominations|work=Daily Mirror|date=15 September 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=19 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919100256/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/music/2011/09/15/adele-and-jessie-j-lead-q-awards-nominations-115875-23421614/|url-status=live}} The song was also nominated in the category for Best Song at the 2011 Music of Black Origin Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a338093/mobo-awards-nominations-in-full.html|title=MOBO Awards: Nominations in full|first=Tom|last=Eames|date=31 August 2011|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|access-date=29 September 2011|archive-date=9 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709022232/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a338093/mobo-awards-nominations-in-full.html|url-status=live}} "Someone like You" won the first Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, at the 54th Grammy Awards, which were held on 12 February 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1675194/grammy-nominations-2012-kanye-west-adele-bruno-mars.jhtml|title=2012 Grammy Nominations: Kanye West Tops The List|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|first=Kelley|last=L. Carter|date=1 December 2011|access-date=1 December 2011|archive-date=14 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314075716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1675194/grammy-nominations-2012-kanye-west-adele-bruno-mars.jhtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=All |title=54th Annual Grammy Awards |publisher=Grammy.com. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=1 December 2011 |archive-date=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618002523/http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011 |url-status=live }} Song also nominated for Brit Award for British Single at the 32nd Brit Awards, but lost to "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction.{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/brit-awards-2012-british-single/|title=One Direction Win Best British Single At BRIT Awards 2012|work=Capital FM / Global Radio|date=21 February 2012|access-date=31 March 2012|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130122909/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/brit-awards-2012-british-single/|url-status=live}}

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scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Organization ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
rowspan="4" scope="row" | 2011 | BT Digital Music Awards | Best Song | {{nom}} |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=JLS, Jessie J and Olly Murs win BT digital music awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/15122108/jls-jessie-j-and-olly-murs-win-bt-digital-music-awards |work=BBC News |access-date=5 July 2015 |date=30 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525164826/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/15122108/jls-jessie-j-and-olly-murs-win-bt-digital-music-awards |archive-date=25 May 2016 }}
GAFFA Awards (Denmark) | Best Foreign Song | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|{{cite web |title=GAFFA-Prisen – og vinderne er... |url=https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/55462/vinderne-af-gaffa-prisen-2011 |website=Gaffa |access-date=1 September 2019 |language=da |archive-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322125629/https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/55462/vinderne-af-gaffa-prisen-2011 |url-status=live }}
MOBO Awards | Best Song | {{nom}} | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=2011 Mobo awards nominees |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8808010/2011-Mobo-awards-nominees.html |access-date=6 July 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713114346/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8808010/2011-Mobo-awards-nominees.html |archive-date=13 July 2015 }}
Q Awards | Best Track | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/15/adele-arctic-monkeys-q-awards |title=Adele, Arctic Monkeys and Jessie J lead Q Awards nominations |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=16 September 2011 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008210536/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/15/adele-arctic-monkeys-q-awards |archive-date= 8 October 2014 }}
rowspan="12" scope="row" | 2012 | rowspan=2|Billboard Music Awards | Top Streaming Song (Video) | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/bbma/winners|title=Billboard Music Awards 2012 winners|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705065452/http://www.billboard.com/bbma/winners|archive-date=5 July 2012}}
Top Rock Song | {{nom}}
BMI Awards | Award Winning Song | {{won}} | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/rolling_in_the_deep_takes_song_of_the_year_at_2012_bmi_london_awards?fromrow=1&torow=25&keyname=ADELE&querytype=WriterID&keyid=1344475&page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&affiliation=PRS&cae=544476534 |title=2012 BMI London Awards |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |access-date=18 May 2013 |date=9 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209171129/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/rolling_in_the_deep_takes_song_of_the_year_at_2012_bmi_london_awards?fromrow=1&torow=25&keyname=ADELE&querytype=WriterID&keyid=1344475&page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&affiliation=PRS&cae=544476534 |archive-date= 9 December 2013 }}
Brit Awards |British Single |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17104569 |work=BBC News |title=Brit Awards: Adele cut short amid triumph |access-date=22 February 2012 |date=22 February 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221181723/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17104569 |archive-date=21 February 2012 }}
Gaygalan Awards | International Song of the Year | {{nominated}} |style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.qx.se/noje/gaygala/20003/bildspecial-fran-gaygalan/|title=Bildspecial från Gaygalan|access-date=31 August 2019|language=sv|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207140627/https://www.qx.se/noje/gaygala/20003/bildspecial-fran-gaygalan/|url-status=live}}
Grammy Awards | Best Pop Solo Performance | {{won}} | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|access-date=30 June 2013 |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-env-grammy-awards-2012-winners-nominees-list-htmlstory.html |title=Grammy Awards 2012: Winners and nominees list |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715045312/http://www.latimes.com/la-env-grammy-awards-2012-winners-nominees-list-htmlstory.html |archive-date=15 July 2014 }}
Ivor Novello Awards | PRS for Music Most Performed Work | {{nom}} | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/ivor-novello-awards/news/adele-picks-up-two-ivor-novello-awards |title=Adele Picks Up Two Ivor Novello Awards |publisher=MTV |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=26 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710125009/http://www.mtv.co.uk/ivor-novello-awards/news/adele-picks-up-two-ivor-novello-awards |archive-date=10 July 2015 }}
Los Premios 40 Principales | Best International Song | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://los40.com/los40/2013/01/25/actualidad/1359122580_532847.html |title=Alejandro Sanz, gran triunfador en los Premios 40 Principales 2012 |language=es |publisher=Los 40 Principales |date=25 January 2013 |access-date=27 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331042636/http://los40.com/los40/2013/01/25/actualidad/1359122580_532847.html |archive-date=31 March 2014 }}
MTV Video Music Awards | Best Cinematography | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|last1=Ford |first1=Rebecca |access-date=6 October 2013 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mtv-video-music-awards-winners-vmas-368553 |title=VMAs 2012: Complete Winners List |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=6 September 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025135244/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mtv-video-music-awards-winners-vmas-368553 |archive-date=25 October 2012 }}
rowspan=2|NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Song | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |title=OTRC: NAACP Image Awards 2012: Full list of nominees |url=http://abc7.com/archive/8511789/ |publisher=KABC-TV |access-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106061104/http://abc7.com/archive/8511789/ |archive-date=6 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
Outstanding Music Video | {{nom}}
NRJ Music Awards | Best International Song | {{won}} | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.people-looks.com/3007/NRJ-Music-Award-2012-la-liste-des-artistes-nomines-a-decouvrir/2011-12-06 |title=NRJ Music Award 2012, la liste des artistes nominés à découvrir |language=fr |publisher=People Looks |date=6 December 2011 |access-date=27 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627031702/http://www.people-looks.com/3007/NRJ-Music-Award-2012-la-liste-des-artistes-nomines-a-decouvrir/2011-12-06 |archive-date=27 June 2012 }}

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Adele performed "Someone like You" for the first time in October 2010 at The Current studios in Saint Paul, Minnesota.{{cite web |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2010/10/21/adele-live |title=Adele performs live in The Current studio |last1=Seel |first1=Steve |last2=Riley |first2=Jill |work=The Current Live Performances |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |date=2010-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022004141/https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2010/10/21/adele-live |archive-date=2020-10-22 |access-date=2020-12-06 }} During a November 2010 performance on the BBC music show Later... with Jools Holland, there was a notable stunned silence from the audience as the performance finished, before bursting into applause. Adele has since described this performance as a career defining moment.{{Cite news|url=http://idolator.com/5693431/adele-someone-like-you-jools-holland|title=Adele Gives An Emotional Performance Of New Song "Someone like You"|publisher=Idolator. Buzz Media|first=Robbie|last=Daw|date=18 November 2010|access-date=15 October 2011|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720093404/https://www.idolator.com/5693431/adele-someone-like-you-jools-holland|url-status=live}} Later, she performed the song at the 2011 BRIT Awards held at The O2 Arena in London on 15 February 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/02/16/adele-s-brit-awards-performance-of-someone-like-you-watch-her-breathtaking-performance-again-115875-22927738/|title=Adele and Jessie J lead Q Awards nominations|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=16 February 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809001023/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/02/16/adele-s-brit-awards-performance-of-someone-like-you-watch-her-breathtaking-performance-again-115875-22927738/|url-status=live}} She appeared on stage backed just by her pianist while "special effects were limited to a shower of glitter and Adele's own tears, as she almost broke down delivering her lovelorn plea to an ex-boyfriend" as stated by Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8430164/Adele-shes-stopped-us-in-her-tracks.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8430164/Adele-shes-stopped-us-in-her-tracks.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Adele: she's stopped us in her tracks|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Neil|last=McCormick|date=6 April 2011|access-date=1 October 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}} Speaking on the ITV2 after show, Adele explained why she had cried at the end of the performance saying, "I was really emotional by the end because I'm quite overwhelmed by everything anyway, and then I had a vision of my ex, of him watching me at home and he's going to be laughing at me because he knows I'm crying because of him, with him thinking, 'Yep, she's still wrapped around my finger'. Then everyone stood up, so I was overwhelmed."{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a304126/adele-explains-brits-tears.html|title=Adele explains Brits tears|first=Ryan|last=Love|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|date=16 February 2011|access-date=29 September 2011|archive-date=21 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921101339/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a304126/adele-explains-brits-tears.html|url-status=live}} A writer of Daily Mirror said that "Adele stole the show [...] with her {{Sic|hide=y|universally|-}}praised performance of Someone Like You." Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph chose the song as a highlight on the show saying that Adele knocked "everyone for six with no bells and whistles, just a piano, her gorgeous voice and a monster song, Someone Like You."{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8327883/Brit-Awards-2011-the-highs-and-lows.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8327883/Brit-Awards-2011-the-highs-and-lows.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Brit Awards 2011: the highs and lows|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 February 2011|first=Neil|last=McCormick|access-date=27 September 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}} Later, the song was performed during a VH1 special called "Unplugged".{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659119/adele-vh1-unplugged-performance-was-complete-joy.jhtml|title=Adele Says VH1 'Unplugged' Performance 'Was A Complete Joy'|first=James|last=Montgomery|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|date=3 March 2011|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=18 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418012031/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659119/adele-vh1-unplugged-performance-was-complete-joy.jhtml|url-status=dead}} Adele also performed the song at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 24 February 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/02/watch-adele-and-bright-eyes-rock-late-night/|title=WATCH: Adele and Bright Eyes Rock Late Night|first=Kevin|last=O'Donnell|work=Spin|date=25 February 2011|access-date=28 September 2011|archive-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122225826/http://www.spin.com/2011/02/watch-adele-and-bright-eyes-rock-late-night/|url-status=live}} The same day she performed "Someone like You" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472799/adeles-21-sells-over-350k-to-top-billboard-200|title=Adele's '21' Sells Over 350k to Top Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|location=Los Angeles|date=2 March 2011|access-date=1 October 2011}}

The singer also performed the song at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on 28 August 2011.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/467708/mtv-vmas-2011-katy-perry-adele-pregnant-beyonce-steal-the-show|title=MTV VMAs 2011: Katy Perry, Adele & Pregnant Beyonce Steal the Show Staff|magazine=Billboard|date=28 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011}} After being introduced by American singer Katy Perry, Adele appeared in a black scalloped lace dress by Barbara Tfank,{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/08/vmas-fashion-boys-rule.html|title=MTV VMAs: Fashion, boys rule|work=Los Angeles Times|date=29 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011|first=Booth|last=Moore|archive-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722115521/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/08/vmas-fashion-boys-rule.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/08/frugal-fashion-adele-mtv-vma-burberry-rolling-in-the-deep.html|title=Frugal Fashion: Adele is a classic hit at the 2011 MTV VMAs|date=31 August 2011|first=Jenn|last=Harris|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=12 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212033916/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/08/frugal-fashion-adele-mtv-vma-burberry-rolling-in-the-deep.html|url-status=live}} and standing alone on the stage, only with her pianist behind her.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1669850/vmas-adele-someone-like-you-performance.jhtml|title=Adele Caps Huge Year With 'Someone Like You' At VMAs|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|date=28 August 2011|first=Kelley|last=L. Carter|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=24 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924091018/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1669850/vmas-adele-someone-like-you-performance.jhtml|url-status=dead}} Her hair was pulled back and a signature ponytail draped over one shoulder she sang the song and "did vocal aerobics and dripped her soulful, sultry sound over the dark ballad, while a transfixed audience watched her" as stated by Kelley L. Carter of MTV. After the performance she received a standing ovation from fans and critics.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} According to USA Today{{'}}s Cindy Clark she "captivated the audience with her powerful performance".{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/mtvmusicawards/story/2011-08-29/The-breakout-star-at-MTV-VMAs-Beyonces-baby-bump/50170600/1|title=The breakout star at MTV VMAs: Beyonce's baby bump|author1=Clark, Cindy|author2=Alexander, Bryan|name-list-style=amp|date=29 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011|work=USA Today|archive-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830083653/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/mtvmusicawards/story/2011-08-29/The-breakout-star-at-MTV-VMAs-Beyonces-baby-bump/50170600/1|url-status=live}} Wesley Case of The Baltimore Sun concluded, "Adele's 'Someone Like You' could make a tough guy weep. Her tone was gorgeous."{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2011/08/29/mtv-video-music-awards-2011-stray-thoughts-and-musings/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2011: Stray thoughts and musings|first=Wesley|last=Case|date=29 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011|work=The Baltimore Sun|archive-date=3 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003075505/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-29/entertainment/bal-mtv-video-music-awards-2011-stray-thoughts-and-musings-20110829_1_beyonce-and-jay-z-mtv-video-music-awards-awards-show|url-status=live}} Rating the performance with A, Claire Suddath of Time magazine said "it's heartening to hear a truly talented woman sing a mournful torch song for someone who has left her for someone better. And if her stellar performance, accompanied by only a piano, isn't enough to melt your heart, then her nervous wave to the audience at the end definitely will."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2090903_2090901_2090897,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830144633/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2090903_2090901_2090897,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2011|title=Adele, 'Someone Like You'|page=4|magazine=Time|first=Claire|last=Suddath|date=29 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011}} A writer of Los Angeles Times called her vocals "strong and direct, and tackles grief by moving with the melody rather than trying to pummel it" and added that it was "less-is-more performance, a tactic award-show producers rarely indulge in, but Adele needs few adornments to impress."{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/mtv-vmas-odd-futures-nerves-and-adeles-elegance-.html|title=MTV VMAs: Odd Future's nerves and Adele's elegance|work=Los Angeles Times|date=28 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107171458/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/mtv-vmas-odd-futures-nerves-and-adeles-elegance-.html|url-status=live}} A writer of Rolling Stone said that Adele brought a "big dollop of elegance to the VMAs with a spare, moving rendition of 'Someone Like You'" and added that "amid all the pop art glitz, it was a refreshing palate cleanser."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/adele-performs-someone-like-you-at-the-vmas-20110828|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920080610/http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/adele-performs-someone-like-you-at-the-vmas-20110828|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2011|title=Adele Performs 'Someone Like You' at the VMAs|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=28 August 2011|access-date=26 September 2011}}

Gina Sepre of E! Online praised the performance saying, "When Adele took the stage to perform her understatedly stripped-down and hugely impactful performance of 'Someone Like You,' there were no pyrotechnics, no acrobatics, no lavender hair, and no autotune. And guess what? We didn't miss it. There may be hope yet for MTV to remember just what the 'M' in their name actually stands for."{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/Five_Biggest_Jaw_Droppers_From_the_VMAs_mdash_Not_Including_Beyonc_eacute__s_Baby_Bump/260655|title=Five Biggest Jaw-Droppers From the VMAs—Not Including Beyoncé's Baby Bump|publisher=E! Online. E!|first=Gina|last=Sepre|date=29 August 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090514/https://www.eonline.com/news/260648/five-biggest-jaw-droppers-from-the-vmas-not-including-beyonce-s-baby-bump|url-status=live}} Writing about the performance, Chris Coplan of Consequence of Sound concluded that "Someone like You", "highlighted the power a bare-bones, booming performance can have in netting people's attention. Simple is not a bad word, pop music."{{cite magazine|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/08/video-2011-video-music-awards-recap/|title=Video: 2011 Video Music Awards performances|magazine=Consequence of Sound|first=Chris|last=Coplan|date=28 August 2011|access-date=27 September 2011}} Giving the performance an A+, Lindsey Ward of Jam! said: "When I learned British chart-topper Adele would be performing at Sunday's awards I thought, 'Whew – at least we're guaranteed five solid, meaningful minutes of quality music television'. I was right; her frill-free performance of breakup ballad Someone Like You was just that."{{cite magazine|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2011/08/29/pf-18611481.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716101254/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2011/08/29/pf-18611481.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 July 2012|title=Ten shocking VMA moments|magazine=Jam!|first=Lindsey|last=Ward|date=29 August 2011|access-date=29 September 2011}} Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly highlighted the performance calling it "one of the best performances of the show."{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/08/29/mtv-2011-vmas-eight-things-you-didnt-get-to-see/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=MTV 2011 VMAs: What you didn't see on TV|first=Kyle|last=Anderson|access-date=26 September 2011}} Another writer of the same publication gave the performance a grade of A+ and wrote: "It takes a real super power to make the seizure-inducing lasers stop, and that power's name is Adele. The broadcast temporarily abandoned its frantic mission of nonstop overstimulation, bowing to the 23-year-old English soulstress's soaring, nearly a cappella (well done, subtle piano man) rendition of her heart-wrecking ballad "Someone Like You." In a modest black dress and with a few spare hand movements, she delivered all the shock and awe of a million-watt showstopper. Who needs special effects, when God gave you your own? Even Britney Spears looked like she had to fix her mascara when it was all over."{{cite news|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20387882_20523784,00.html#21047402|title=Adele – MTV VMAs 2011: Grading the Perofmrances|page=4|work=Entertainment Weekly.|access-date=26 September 2011|first1=Leah|last1=Greenblatt|first2=Melissa|last2=Maerz|date=1 September 2011|archive-date=12 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112113208/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20387882_20523784,00.html#21047402|url-status=live}}

"Someone like You" was also added to the set list of the second concert tour by Adele, Adele Live, and it was performed during the encore.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-kicks-off-north-american-tour-with-emotional-d-c-show-20110513|title=Adele Kicks Off North American Tour With Emotional D.C. Show|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=13 May 2011|first=Evan|last=Serpick|access-date=29 September 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/332893-adele-live-review-beyonce-amy-winehouse-simon-cowell|title=Adele Live Review|publisher=MTV UK. MTV Networks|date=20 September 2011|first=Joanne|last=Dorken|access-date=28 September 2011|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024072248/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/adele/332893-adele-live-review-beyonce-amy-winehouse-simon-cowell|url-status=live}} While reviewing a concert by Adele, Joanne Dorken of MTV UK, said "There wasn't a dry eye in the house as Adele powered her way through the ballad, encouraging the audience to help her sing the somewhat beautiful, yet emotional chorus – giving everyone goosebumps. The sounds of Someone Like You bounced off every wall and tugged at every heart-string, making it a truly special moment and something that every member of the Apollo crowd will never forget." Jim Harrington of San Jose Mercury News chose the song as a highlight on the show adding that the song showed "her supreme vocal talent."{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment-headlines/ci_18683829|title=Review: Adele delivers uneven show in Berkeley|first=Jim|last=Harrington|date=15 August 2011|access-date=1 October 2011|work=San Jose Mercury News|archive-date=20 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520080301/http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment-headlines/ci_18683829|url-status=live}}

Charlie Puth first gained notice for his cover of "Someone like You", sung as a duet with fellow Berklee student Emily Luther, and uploaded to YouTube in September 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6ev6xqNuc |title=Someone like you duet |date=27 September 2011 |last1=Puth |first1=Charlie |author-link1=Charlie Puth |last2=Luther |first2=Emily |website=YouTube |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203101101/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6ev6xqNuc |url-status=live }} Ellen DeGeneres saw this video and invited Puth to appear twice on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and she signed Puth to eleveneleven, her record label. This was the start of Puth's fame.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6502317/charlie-puth-tonight-show-interview |title=Charlie Puth Talks Meghan Trainor Duet 'Marvin Gaye' & His Plea to James Taylor |date=17 March 2015 |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |magazine=Billboard |access-date=28 March 2021}}

Amber Riley, Naya Rivera and Heather Morris sang a mash-up of "Someone like You" and Adele's other song "Rumour Has It" (2011) during Glee{{'}}s episode "Mash Off" which aired on 15 November.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/glee-mixes-toby-keith-and-adele-for-300th-musical-performance-20111027|title='Glee' to Feature Toby Keith, Adele in New Episodes|first=Mikael|last=Wood|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=27 October 2011|access-date=31 October 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/watch_now_first_look_darren_criss/271981|title=Watch Now: First Look at Darren Criss Singing Katy Perry on Glee!|publisher=E! Online. NBC Universal|first=Jenna|last=Mullins|date=27 October 2011|access-date=31 October 2011|archive-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716035259/https://www.eonline.com/uk/news|url-status=live}} However, the cover was posted online on 10 November.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s57/glee/news/a350279/glees-amber-riley-naya-rivera-perform-adele-mashup-watch-video.html|title='Glee's Amber Riley, Naya Rivera perform Adele mashup – Watch video|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|first=Tara|last=Fowler|date=10 November 2011|access-date=14 November 2011|archive-date=12 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112155837/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s57/glee/news/a350279/glees-amber-riley-naya-rivera-perform-adele-mashup-watch-video.html|url-status=live}} Jenna Mullins of E! Online praised the cover, saying that it will "knock your socks right off"{{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/watch_now_glees_epic_300th_musical/274383|title=Watch Now: Glee's Epic 300th Musical Performance! Plus—Can You Spot the Brittana Moment?|publisher=E! Online|first=Jenna|last=Mullins|date=10 November 2011|access-date=14 November 2011|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914090611/https://www.eonline.com/news/274383/watch_now_glees_epic_300th_musical|url-status=live}} and a writer for OK! described it as "AMAZE-ing".{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/42015/Glee-s-Santana-serenades-Brittany-with-an-Adele-Rumour-Has-It-and-Someone-Like-You-mash-up/|title=Glee's Santana serenades Brittany with an Adele Rumour Has It and Someone Like You mash-up|work=OK!|publisher=Northern & Shell|date=11 November 2011|access-date=14 November 2011|archive-date=13 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113164409/http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/42015/Glee-s-Santana-serenades-Brittany-with-an-Adele-Rumour-Has-It-and-Someone-Like-You-mash-up|url-status=dead}} Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone noted that the cover was "one of the greatest things the show has done [so far]."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/glee-recap-adele-makes-mash-off-a-resounding-success-20111116|title='Glee' Recap: Adele Makes 'Mash Off' a Resounding Success|first=Erica|last=Futterman|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 November 2011|access-date=23 November 2011}} Similarly, Billboard{{'}}s Raye Votta commented that the cover was "arguably the best performance 'Glee' has done since 'Don't Stop Believin''."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465103/glee-tugs-at-heartstrings-with-adele-mashup-falls-flat-elsewhere|title='Glee' Tugs At Heartstrings With Adele Mashup, Falls Flat Elsewhere|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|first=Rae|last=Votta|page=2|date=16 November 2011|access-date=23 November 2011}} Their version of the song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 while selling 160,000 digital downloads in its first week and became the fifth highest digital sales week by a Glee Cast single.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/464972/weekly-chart-notes-glee-cast-lady-gaga-brantley-gilbert|title=Weekly Chart Notes: 'Glee' Cast, Lady Gaga, Brantley Gilbert|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=25 November 2011|access-date=26 November 2011|magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464987/rihannas-love-still-leads-hot-100-katy-perry-back-in-top-10|title=Rihanna's 'Love' Still Leads Hot 100, Katy Perry Back in Top 10|date= 23 November 2011|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|access-date=26 November 2011}} As of March 2015, it remains the ninth best-selling Glee Cast recording in the show's history, having sold 413,000 copies in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6509278/glee-cast-10-best-selling-downloads |title='Glee' Cast's 10 Best-Selling Downloads |magazine=Billboard |date=20 March 2015 |access-date=20 March 2015}} In Canada, the song made a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 12, selling 14,000 downloads.{{Cite magazine|url=http://en-ca.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsen/en_ca/documents/pdf/newsletters/billboard_canadian-update/Nielsen%20Music%20Canadian%20Update.pdf |title=Nielsen Music: Canadian Update (November 25, 2011) |date=25 November 2011 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=24 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409071903/http://en-ca.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsen/en_ca/documents/pdf/newsletters/billboard_canadian-update/Nielsen%20Music%20Canadian%20Update.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2011 }} The song peaked at No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart, the first Glee recording to make the UK top 40 since "I Feel Pretty / Unpretty".

Country musician David Nail recorded a cover of "Someone like You", which was posted on his YouTube account on 15 May 2012. The song is featured on Nail's three-track digital EP, 1979 which was released on 17 July 2012.{{cite web|title=David Nail Releases 1979 on July 17, 2012|url=http://www.davidnail.com/news_d.aspx?nid=7689|access-date=29 June 2012|date=29 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515092003/http://www.davidnail.com/news_d.aspx?nid=7689|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Nail's version debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2012, reaching as high as number 52.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-muse-returns-david-nail-1007901352.story|title=Chart Highlights: Muse Returns, David Nail Covers Adele|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 August 2012}} Metalcore band Ice Nine Kills released a cover version in 2012. Andy Black and Juliet Simms released a cover version in 2017 for the Album Punk Goes Pop Vol.7 Dan Wilson recorded "Someone Like You" with the Kronos Quartet on his 2017 Re-Covered album of songs he wrote for or with other performers.

Credits are taken from 21 liner notes.

• Adele Adkins – lead vocals, backing vocals, songwriter, producer
• Dan Wilson – songwriter, producer, piano
• Philip Allen – engineer
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Tom Elmhirst – mixer
• Dan Parry – assistant mixer

{{track listing

| headline = Digital download{{cite web|publisher=HMV Digital. HMV|url=http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/adele/someone-like-you|title=Someone Like You by Adele|date=24 January 2011|access-date=18 March 2011|archive-date=8 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508125641/http://www.hmvdigital.com/artist/adele/someone-like-you|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tunetribe.com/product/adele-someone-like-you?id=5055027&ref=_irf_arp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717113008/http://www.tunetribe.com/product/adele-someone-like-you?id=5055027&ref=_irf_arp|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2011|title=Adele – Someone Like You|publisher=TuneTribe|date=24 January 2011|access-date=18 March 2011}}{{cite web|publisher=Tesco Entertainment. Tesco|url=http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/mp3/adele--someone-like-you/2%3a50953273/|title=Adele – Someone Like You – Free Delivery – Tesco Entertainment|date=24 January 2011|access-date=18 March 2011|archive-date=27 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327032735/http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/mp3/adele--someone-like-you/2:50953273/|url-status=dead}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Someone like You

| writer1 = {{hlist|Adele Adkins|Dan Wilson}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Dan Wilson|Adele Adkins}}

| length1 = 4:47

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2011 BRIT Awards performance

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Someone like You: Live from the BRITs

| writer1 = {{hlist|Adele Adkins|Dan Wilson}}

| extra1 = iTunes

| length1 = 5:10

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Amazon Music free download{{cite web|url=http://www.rickey.org/adele-someone-like-you-performed-live-in-her-home-free-mp3-from-amazon/|title=Adele – Someone Like You (Performed Live in Her Home) – Free MP3 from Amazon|work=Rickey News Videos|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705003632/http://www.rickey.org/adele-someone-like-you-performed-live-in-her-home-free-mp3-from-amazon/|archive-date=5 July 2013|df=dmy-all|access-date=5 April 2013}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Someone like You (Performed Live in Her Home)

| writer1 = {{hlist|Adele Adkins|Dan Wilson}}

| extra1 = Amazon Music

| length1 = 5:22

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Australian single{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/someone-like-you-live-from-the-brits-2011/441922633?i=441922635|title=Someone Like You – Single – Adele|date=24 January 2011|publisher=iTunes Store Australia. Apple Inc.|access-date=29 September 2011|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609230504/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/someone-like-you-live-from/id441922633?i=441922635&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|url-status=live}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Someone like You

| writer1 = {{hlist|Adkins|Wilson}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Adkins|Wilson}}

| length1 = 4:47

| title2 = Someone like You: Live from the BRITs

| writer2 = {{hlist|Adkins|Wilson}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Adkins|Wilson}}

| length2 = 5:10

}}

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Weekly chart performance for "Someone like You" ! scope="col"|Chart (2011–2012) ! scope="col"|Peak position
{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011|refname=aus}}
{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=11 October 2011}}
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011}}
scope="row"| Brazil (Crowley Broadcast Analysis){{cite web|url=http://www.flexaccess.com.br/TopBrasil/Top5Brasilmusical.asp|title=Top 5 Brasil Música - Semanal: 27/02/2012 à 02/03/2012|language=pt|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|access-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308081218/http://www.flexaccess.com.br/TopBrasil/Top5Brasilmusical.asp|archive-date=8 March 2012}} | style="text-align:center;"|1
{{single chart|Canada|2|artist=Adele|rowheader=true|access-date=25 May 2017}}
scope="row"| Croatia International Airplay (HRT){{Cite web|url=https://haw.nsk.hr/arhiva/vol4/2346/37913/www.soundguardian.com/file/ARC%20100%202011.xls|title=Airplay Radio Chart 2011 Year-end Edition|year=2011|access-date=May 4, 2025}} | style="text-align:center;"|2
{{single chart|Czech Republic|1|year=2011|week=34|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011}}
{{single chart|Denmark|2|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011}}
scope="row"|Europe (Euro Digital Songs){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11938818 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Euro Digital Songs 2011-03-05 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033540/https://www.webcitation.org/69kTn3YvA?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11938818 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} |style="text-align:center;"|1
{{single chart|Finland|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2011}}
{{single chart|France|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011}}
{{single chart|Germany|4|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|songid=792468|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2019}}
scope="row"|Greece Digital Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14055237 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Greece Digital Songs 2012-01-21 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033904/https://www.webcitation.org/69kUoiHxr?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14055237 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} |style="text-align:center;"|8
{{single chart|Hungary|5|year=2011|week=46|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2011}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|23|year=2021|week=50|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2021}}
scope="row"|Iceland (RÚV){{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/persona/adele|publisher=RÚV|title=Adele Chart History|date=8 April 2016|access-date=24 May 2017|archive-date=24 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524094118/http://www.ruv.is/persona/adele|url-status=dead}} | style="text-align:center;"|1
{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=27 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Israelairplay|2|year=2011|week=14|artist=ADELE|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Italy|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2011}}
scope="row"|Japan (Japan Hot 100){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14066107 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Japan Hot 100 Singles 2012-03-03 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033942/https://www.webcitation.org/69kUue2O3?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14066107 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} | style="text-align:center;"|43
scope="row"|Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/12020327 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Luxembourg Digital Songs 2011-12-17 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033821/https://www.webcitation.org/69kUiIkKD?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/12020327 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} |style="text-align:center;"|4
scope="row"|Mexico (Billboard Mexican Airplay){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/albums/14052407 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Mexico Airplay 2012-01-07 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033621/https://www.webcitation.org/69kTsCM2G?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/albums/14052407 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} |style="text-align:center;"|7
scope="row"|Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/Mexico/Anglo/20111219|title=Top 20 Anglo de México del 18 al 25 de diciembre, 2011|publisher=Monitor Latino|accessdate=June 10, 2019|date=December 26, 2011|language=es}} |style="text-align:center;"|5
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=29 April 2011}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=29 April 2011}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2011|refname=nz}}
{{single chart|Norway|5|artist=Adele|song=Someone like You|rowheader=true|access-date=18 April 2011}}
{{single chart|Poland|1|chartid=555|year=2011|rowheader=true|access-date=19 December 2011}}
scope="row"|Poland Digital Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14055547 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Poland Digital Songs 2012-01-21 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033701/https://www.webcitation.org/69kUOZpFk?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14055547 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} |style="text-align:center;"|1
scope="row"|Portugal Digital Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url = http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11981667 | publisher = Billboard.biz | access-date = 7 August 2012 | title = Chart Search Results – Portugal Digital Songs 2011-08-06 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240526033745/https://www.webcitation.org/69kUanSqC?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11981667 | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 May 2024}} |style="text-align:center;"|1
scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)[http://www.rt100.ro Romanian Top 100: 3 July – 10 July 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924104142/http://www.rt100.ro/ |date=24 September 2011 }} | style="text-align:center;"|2
{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20110226|rowheader=true|access-date=26 February 2011}}
{{single chart|Slovakia|4|artist=Adele|year=2011|week=24|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2011}}
scope="row"|South Korea International Singles (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/list.gaon?mainGbn=CHART&mainCate=1&nationGbn=E&termGbn=week|title=South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: January 6, 2013)|publisher=Gaon Chart|access-date=20 January 2013|archive-date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303175932/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/list.gaon?mainGbn=CHART&mainCate=1&nationGbn=E&termGbn=week|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"| 9
{{single chart|Spain|4|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=21 December 2011}}
scope="row"|Spain (Airplay Chart){{cite web|title=Promusicae (Week: January 1, 2012) |url=http://www.promusicae.org/files/listasradio/historial/TOP%2020%20RADIOS%2012_10.pdf |access-date=13 July 2011 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | style="text-align:center;"|1
{{single chart|Sweden|3|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2011}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Adele|song=Someone Like You|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2011}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=20110226|rowheader=true|artist=|song=|refname=}}
{{single chart|UKindie|1|date=20110226|rowheader=true|artist=|song=|refname=}}
scope="row"|Ukraine (Radio Hits Top 100){{cite web|url=https://tophit.ua/ru/chart/ukraine/weekly/2012-01-23/all/all|title=Top City & Country Radio Hits|date=23 January 2012|website=tophit.ua|publisher=Tophit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118094657/https://tophit.ua/en/chart/ukraine/weekly/2012-01-23/all/all|archive-date=18 November 2020}} |style="text-align:center;"|85
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Adele|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Adele|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=Adele|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/467275/chart-highlights-maroon-5-christina-aguileras-jagger-tops-adult|title=Chart Highlights: Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera's 'Jagger' Tops Adult Pop Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=26 September 2011|access-date=27 September 2011}} | style="text-align:center;"|24
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|24|artist=Adele|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/467382/chart-highlights-rodney-atkins-takes-back-road-to-no-1-on-country|title=Chart Highlights: Rodney Atkins Takes 'Back Road' To No. 1 On Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=19 September 2011|access-date=20 September 2011}} | style="text-align:center;"|6
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|2|artist=Adele|rowheader=true}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+2013 chart performance for "Someone like You" !scope="col"| Chart (2013) !scope="col"| Peak position

scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50){{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=34|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart|publisher=SloTop50|language=sl|access-date=25 August 2013|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717092153/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=34|url-status=dead}} | align=center|31

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+2015 chart performance for "Someone like You" ! scope="col"| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"| Peak position

{{single chart|Czechdigital|52|year=2015|week=49|rowheader=true}}

{{single chart|Slovakdigital|76|year=2015|week=50|rowheader=true}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+2018 chart performance for "Someone like You" !scope="col"| Chart (2018) !scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"|South Korea Digital Chart(Gaon){{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=23&hitYear=2018&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Gaon Digital Chart – Week 23 of 2018|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko}} | align=center|96

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2021 chart performance for "Someone like You" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"| South Africa (RISA){{cite web|url=https://theofficialsacharts.co.za/charts/streaming-chart-20-08-2021-to-26-08-2021/|title=Local & International Streaming Chart Top 100: 20/08/2021 to 26/08/2021|website=The Official South African Charts|publisher=Recording Industry of South Africa|access-date=28 October 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134556/https://theofficialsacharts.co.za/charts/streaming-chart-20-08-2021-to-26-08-2021/ |archive-date=2021-10-28}} | 55
{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|33|artist=Adele|rowheader=true|access-date=26 October 2021}}

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+2011 year-end chart performance for "Someone like You" !scope="col"|Chart (2011) !scope="col"|Position
scope="row"|Australian Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/ARIAEOYChart2011.pdf|title=Adele's "21" crowned ARIA's highest selling album of 2011 LMFAO takes single honours with "Party Rock Anthem"|access-date=2012-01-01|archive-date=14 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414212836/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/ARIAEOYChart2011.pdf|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|4
scope="row"|Austrian Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/singleyear/ |title=Ö3 Austria Top40 - Single Charts 2011 - oe3.ORF.at |access-date=2013-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104112351/http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/singleyear/ |archive-date=4 January 2012 }} | style="text-align:center;"|31
scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=s|title=JAAROVERZICHTEN 2011|website=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=2011-12-29|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019190647/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=s|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|5
scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=s|title=RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2011|website=Ultratop|access-date=2011-12-29|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019190631/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=s|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|10
scope="row" |Brazil (Crowley){{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2011/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2011|date=April 3, 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|accessdate=January 30, 2022}} | style="text-align:center;"|25
scope="row"| Canadian Hot 100{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/canadian-hot-100?begin=11&order=position | title=Best of 2011:Canadian Hot 100 Songs | magazine=Billboard | year=2011 | access-date=11 December 2011}} | align="center" | 16
scope="row"| Croatia International Airplay (HRT) | style="text-align:center;"|8
scope="row"|Danish Singles Chart{{Cite web|title=Album-Top 100 |publisher=Hitlisten. IFPI Danmark& Nielsen Music Control |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609045421/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead }} |style="text-align:center;"|17
scope="row"| German Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2011 |title=2011 MTV EMA |work=MTV.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109011856/http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2011 |archive-date=9 January 2012 }} | align="center" | 28
scope="row"| Hungarian Airplay Chart{{cite web|title=MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2011|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2011|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=18 January 2013|archive-date=22 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522054529/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2011|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|44
scope="row"| Icelandic Singles Chart{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016083410/http://www.tonlist.is/Music/Chartlist/471|archive-date=16 October 2012|url=http://www.tonlist.is/Music/Chartlist/471|title=Árslisti Tónlist.is 2011|language=is|publisher=Tónlist|access-date=26 May 2022}} | style="text-align:center;"| 7
scope="row"|Irish Singles Chart{{cite web | title=Irish Charts – Best of 2011 | url=http://irma.ie/best2011.htm | publisher=IRMA | date=15 November 2012 | access-date=15 November 2012 | archive-date=2 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402063918/http://www.irma.ie/best2010.htm | url-status=live }} |style="text-align:center;"|1
scope="row"|Israeli Airplay Chart{{cite web| title=Media Forest: Yearly airplay chart – 2011| url=http://mediaforest.biz/ThisYearCharts.aspx| publisher=mediaforest.biz| date=30 December 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226022136/http://mediaforest.biz/ThisYearCharts.aspx| archive-date=26 December 2013| df=dmy-all}} | style="text-align:center;"|7
scope="row"|Italian Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=66 |title=Classifiche annuali Fimi-GfK: Vasco Rossi con "Vivere o Niente" è stato l'album più venduto nel 2011 |publisher=Federation of the Italian Music Industry |access-date=16 January 2012 |date=16 January 2012 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121002856/http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=66 |archive-date=21 January 2012 }} |style="text-align:center;"|1
scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web |url=http://www.top40jaarlijsten.nl/top_40_2011.html |title=Dutch Charts 2011 |language=nl |publisher=top40jaarlijsten.nl. Hung Medien |access-date=24 December 2011}} | align="center" |2
scope="row"| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100){{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2011&cat=s |title=Dutch Charts 2011 |language=nl |publisher=Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien |access-date=24 December 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014160811/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2011&cat=s |url-status=live }} | align="center" |10
scope="row"| New Zealand Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/adele-dominates-nz-end-year-charts-4652026|title=Adele dominates NZ end of year charts|access-date=2011-12-29|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921083104/http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/adele-dominates-nz-end-year-charts-4652026|url-status=live}} | align="center" |4
scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|title=Romanian Top 100 – Top of the Year 2011 |url=http://andreea.fm/2012/01/01/romanian-top-100-clasamentul-anului-2011|access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051650/http://andreea.fm/2012/01/01/romanian-top-100-clasamentul-anului-2011|archive-date=12 January 2012 }} | align="center"|69
scope="row"| Spanish Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20CANCIONES%20ANUAL%202011.pdf |title=TOP 50 CANCIONES ANUAL 2011 |access-date=28 January 2012 |publisher=PROMUSICAE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808003010/http://www.promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20CANCIONES%20ANUAL%202011.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2012 }} | style="text-align:center;"|39
scope="row"|Swedish Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2011&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2011|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715211223/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2011&dspp=1|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|4
scope="row"| Swiss Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2011|title=SWISS YEAR-END CHARTS 2011|language=de|access-date=2012-01-02|archive-date=25 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125094449/http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2011|url-status=live}} | align="center" |9
scope="row"| UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-20-biggest-selling-singles-of-2011-revealed/|title=The Top 20 biggest selling singles of 2011 revealed!|publisher=The Official Charts|date=2 January 2012|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822143104/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-20-biggest-selling-singles-of-2011-revealed/|url-status=live}} | align="center" |1
scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/hot-100-songs | title=Best of 2011: Hot 100 Songs | magazine=Billboard | year=2011 | access-date=9 December 2011}} | align="center" |24
scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/hot-adult-contemporary-songs?begin=21&order=position | title=Best of 2011: Adult Contemporary Songs | magazine=Billboard | year=2011 | access-date=11 December 2011}} | align="center" |26
scope="row"| US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/hot-adult-pop-songs?begin=11&order=position | title=Best of 2011: Adult Pop Songs | magazine=Billboard | year=2011 | access-date=11 December 2011}} | align="center" |17
scope="row"| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/pop-songs|title=Pop Songs – Year-End 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=15 September 2019}} | align="center" |29

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+2012 year-end chart performance for "Someone like You" !scope="col"|Chart (2012) !scope="col"|Position
scope="row"|Argentine Digital Singles Chart{{Cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/archivos/Informes/CAPIF%20Informe%20de%20la%20industria%20de%20la%20m%C3%BAsica%202012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531192749/http://www.capif.org.ar/archivos/Informes/CAPIF%20Informe%20de%20la%20industria%20de%20la%20m%C3%BAsica%202012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2013 |publisher=Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers |language=es |access-date=20 April 2013 |title=Mercado argentino de la música 2012 }} |align="center"|6
scope="row"|Austrian Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2012|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2012|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202203815/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2012&cat=s|url-status=live}} |align="center"|61
scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders){{Cite web|url = http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2012&cat=a|title = Rapports annuels 2012 - ultratop.be|website = Ultratop|access-date = 23 December 2012|archive-date = 21 September 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921062025/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2012&cat=a|url-status = live}} |align="center"|30
scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) |align="center"|15
scope="row" |Brazil (Crowley){{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2012/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2012|date=April 3, 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|accessdate=January 30, 2022}} | style="text-align:center;"|5
scope="row"|Canadian Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 August 2019}} | style="text-align:center;"| 42
scope="row"|Germany (Media Control AG){{cite web|url=http://www.viva.tv/charts/52-top-100-jahrescharts-2012 |title=Top 100 Singles Jahrescharts 2012 |language=de |publisher=VIVA. Viacom International Media Networks |access-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106044835/http://www.viva.tv/charts/52-top-100-jahrescharts-2012 |archive-date=6 January 2013 }} |style="text-align:center;"|54
scope="row"|Italian Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/13/2012/0|title=Classifica annuale 2012 (dal 02.01.2012 al 30.12.2012)|language=Italian|publisher=FIMI|access-date=11 June 2022|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318054616/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/13/2012/0|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|11
scope="row"|Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100){{Cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2012&cat=s | publisher = Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien | access-date = 22 December 2012 | title = Jaaroverzichten – Single 2012 | language = nl | archive-date = 1 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130101213238/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2012&cat=s | url-status = live }} |style="text-align:center;"|90
scope="row"|Hungarian Airplay Chart{{cite web|title=MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2012|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2012|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=18 January 2013|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311131330/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2012|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|83
scope="row"|Spanish Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.org/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20Canciones%20Anual%202012.pdf |title=Top 50 Canciones Anual 2012 |publisher=Promuiscae.es |access-date=2013-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124102447/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20Canciones%20Anual%202012.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2013 }} | style="text-align:center;"|12
scope="row"|Swedish Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2012&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2012|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227193853/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2012&dspp=1|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|42
scope="row"|Swiss Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key%3D2012 |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2012 - hitparade.ch |access-date=2013-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060835/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2012 |archive-date=21 September 2013 }} |style="text-align:center;"|12
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-100-songs?begin=41&order=position|title=Best of 2012 – Hot 100 Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2012-12-14}} | style="text-align:center;"|43
scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Pop Songs – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-09-15}} | style="text-align:center;"|8
scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-09-15}} | style="text-align:center;"|44

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+2021 year-end chart performance for "Someone like You" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20210101/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105121555/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20210101/37501/|url-status=live}} | style="text-align:center;"|81

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2022 year-end chart performance for "Someone like You" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"| Global Excl. US (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/billboard-global-excl-us/|title=Billboard Global Excl. U.S. – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 December 2022}} | 197

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2023 year-end chart performance for "Someone like You" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20231231/37501|title=End of Year Singles Chart – 2023|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=3 January 2024}} | 87

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !Chart (All-time) !Position
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100 (Women){{cite magazine|title=Greatest of Aall Time Billboard 200 Albums By Women|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-songs-by-women|magazine=Billboard|access-date=1 December 2017}} |align="center"|44
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018}} | style="text-align:center;"|144
scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|title=The UK's biggest selling singles of all time|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624234820/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|url-status=live}} |align="center"|25

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Belgium|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2013|relyear=2011|access-date=31 July 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Brazil|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Diamond|certyear=2023|relyear=2011|access-date=20 January 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Diamond|certyear=2019|relyear=2011|access-date=28 March 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Denmark|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|id=15261|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2025|relyear=2011|access-date=16 April 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|nocert=true|title=Someone like You|artist=Adele|type=single|salesamount=358,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93066.html|title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, épisode 4 (70-61)|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=10 May 2022|language=fr|date=2 August 2014|archive-date=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110215225/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93066.html|url-status=live}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Someone like You|artist=Adele|award=Platinum|type=single|certyear=2012|relyear=2011|access-date=17 December 2011}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Italy|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=2011|relyear=2011|id=1806}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Mexico|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum+Gold|number=2|certyear=2014|relyear=2011|access-date=16 May 2014}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=New Zealand|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2012|certmonth=2|id=2012-02-17|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=2011}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2020|access-date=29 October 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Portugal|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|id=file_2021-11-11-12-24-03.pdf|certyear=2021|relyear=2011|relmonth=1|access-date=11 November 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=South Korea (Circle Chart)|artist=Adele|title=Someone Like You|nocert =true|salesamount=2,792,140|salesref=Sales references for Korean sales:

• {{cite web| url= https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=09&hitYear=2011&termGbn=month&yearTime=3| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2011.09| work=Gaon Month Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}
• {{cite web| url= https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=10&hitYear=2011&termGbn=month&yearTime=3| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2011.10| work=Gaon Month Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}
• {{cite web| url= https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=11&hitYear=2011&termGbn=month&yearTime=3| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2011.11| work=Gaon Month Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}
• {{cite web| url= https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=12&hitYear=2011&termGbn=month&yearTime=3| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2011.12| work=Gaon Month Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2012&targetTime=11&nationGbn=E| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2012| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association| access-date=27 March 2015| archive-date=3 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233407/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2012&targetTime=11&nationGbn=E| url-status=live}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2013&targetTime=11&nationGbn=E| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2013| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association| access-date=27 March 2015| archive-date=1 February 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201060920/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2013&targetTime=11&nationGbn=E| url-status=live}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2014&targetTime=11&nationGbn=E| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2014| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association| access-date=27 March 2015| archive-date=3 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171629/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2014&targetTime=11&nationGbn=E| url-status=live}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=2015&nationGbn=E| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2015| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association| access-date=19 December 2015| archive-date=4 July 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704135723/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=2015&nationGbn=E| url-status=live}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2016&targetTime=2016&nationGbn=E| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2016| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association| access-date=14 January 2017| archive-date=28 May 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528024006/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2016&targetTime=2016&nationGbn=E| url-status=live}}
• {{cite web| url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2017&targetTime=2017&nationGbn=E| title=Gaon Chart: Online download (Foreign) – 2017| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association| access-date=12 January 2018| archive-date=24 November 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124142610/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2017&targetTime=2017&nationGbn=E| url-status=live}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Spain|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|number=4|id=adele-someone-like-you|certyear=2024|relyear=2011|relmonth=2|access-date=17 April 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=2024|relyear=2011|id=8735-417-1|access-date=12 July 2024|refname="bpi"}}

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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=South Korea (Circle Chart)|artist=Adele|title= Someone like You|nocert =true|salesamount=100,000,000|salesref=streaming references for Korean streaming:

• {{cite web| url= https://x.com/circle_chart/status/1573237064593977346| title=Gaon Chart: CIRCLE CHARTS's Observation Note #3 | work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=single|artist=Adele|title=Someone like You|award=Gold|certyear=2021|certweek=42|id=20211103054904|access-date=16 March 2024}}

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• List of best-selling singles
• List of best-selling singles in the United States
• List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
• List of Adult Top 40 number-one singles of 2011
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (U.S.)
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012 (Brazil)
• List of number-one singles from the 2010s (UK)
• List of number-one singles and albums of 2011 (Ireland)
• List of number-one singles of 2011 (Australia)
• List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)
• List of number-one hits of 2011 (Italy)
• List of number-one singles of 2011 (Poland)
• List of number-one hits of 2011 (France)
• List of number-one hits of 2011 (Switzerland)
• List of number-one pop hits of 2011 (Brazil)
• List of Ultratop 40 number-one singles of 2011
• List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2011 and 2012 (U.S.)

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