At the 2011 Q Awards , " Someone like You " was nominated in the category for Best Track . The song was also nominated in the category for Best Song at the 2011 Music of Black Origin Awards . " 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 . Song also nominated for Brit Award for British Single of the Year at the 2012 Brit Awards , but lost to " What Makes You Beautiful " by One Direction . '' The Village Voice '' s Pazz & Jop annual critics ' poll ranked " Someone like You " at number nine to find the best music of 2011 ; Adele 's previous single " Rolling in the Deep " topped the same critics ' poll
2012 Brit Awards
2012 Brit Awards
Someone like You (Adele song)