The album received mixed reviews from critics. The album also features a sample of President Barack Obama singing "Amazing Grace" at Clementa C. The album was produced by Rik Simpson and Stargate. For various songs, Coldplay collaborated with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, Khatia Buniatishvili and Merry Clayton. It was released on 4 December 2015 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States, with a 5.1 Surround Blu-ray Audio version released via the band's website on 23 September 2016.Ĭoldplay recorded the album from late 2014 to mid-2015, right after the completion of Ghost Stories, with a markedly different style and sound from its predecessors.
"Hello" also won Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance.Ī Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by British rock band Coldplay. The album then won the 2017 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album. 25 received the BRIT Award for British Album of the Year, while the lead single " Hello" won British Single of the Year. Industry by encouraging the public to return to buying physical albums, Many journalists felt that the album impacted the music Making Adele the only artist of the 2010s to achieve this certification (RIAA), denoting shipments of ten million copies in the United States, 25 eventually became the world's best-selling album of 2015 with 17.4 million copies sold within the year, and has sold 20 million copies as of June 2016, making it one of the best selling albums worldwide.įollowing 21, it was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America The largest single-week sales for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. The album sold 3.38 million copies in its first week of release, marking Than 25 markets and broke first-week sales records in multipleĬountries, including the United Kingdom and United States in the US, TheĪlbum was a massive commercial success, debuting at number one in more Who commended Adele's vocal performance and the album's production. Like 21, Adele worked with producer and songwriter Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder, along with new collaborations with Max Martin and Shellback, Greg Kurstin, Danger Mouse, the Smeezingtons, Samuel Dixon, and Tobias Jesso Jr.Ģ5 received generally positive reviews from music critics, In contrast to Adele's previous works, the production of 25 incorporated the use of electronic elements and creative rhythmic patterns, with elements of 1980s R&B and organs. The passage of time" according to an interview with the singer by Rolling Stone, as well as themes of motherhood and regret. The album's lyrical content features themes ofĪdele "yearning for her old self, her nostalgia", and "melancholia about Titled as a reflection of her life and frame of mind at 25 years old, 25 Following the release and international success of her second studio album 21.
It was released on 20 November 2015, through XL Recordings. The fact that he has anything to say atĪll, it's like, 'Whatever, dude.' It doesn't really matterĢ5 is the third studio album by British singer and songwriter Adele.
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