An emotional performance of " Someone Like You " at the 2011 Brit Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK . Her first album , '' 19 , '' re-entered the UK album chart alongside '' 21 , '' while first and second singles " Rolling in the Deep " and " Someone Like You " were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart , making Adele the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top-five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964 . Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records . Following her performance of " Someone Like You " at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , it became Adele 's second number-one single on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . By December 2011 , '' 21 '' sold over 3.4 million copies in the UK , and became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century , overtaking Amy Winehouse 's '' Back to Black '' , with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year . " Set Fire to the Rain " became Adele 's third number one single on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 , as Adele became the first artist ever to have an album , '' 21 , '' hold the number-one position on the '' Billboard '' 200 concurrently with three number one singles . Moreover , '' 21 '' had the most weeks on the '' Billboard '' 200 chart of any album by a woman
2011 MTV Video Music Awards
2011 MTV Video Music Awards
Adele