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21 by Adele
21 is an album by Adele, released in 2011. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 102 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Rolling in the Deep”, on 52 lists and voted number one eight times.
21, Adele's second album, came out on XL in Europe on 24 January 2011 and on Columbia in North America a month later, named for the age she was when she made it. Written in the wreckage of a breakup, it's a record about heartbreak, healing and forgiveness, and she sings it like every word cost her something.
She had set out to make something breezier, but the sessions stalled until the relationship collapsed; then it poured out of her. Rick Rubin, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Jim Abbiss and Dan Wilson helped shape it, mixing her Motown and soul roots with the country and Southern blues she had picked up touring America. "Rolling in the Deep" stomps and "Someone like You" guts you quietly. It topped the charts in more than 30 countries, spent 24 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, went diamond and won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from 21 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolling in the Deep | 52 | #1 | 8 | 2010–2026 | |
| 2 | Someone like You | 28 | #2 | – | 2011–2025 | |
| 3 | Set Fire To The Rain | 16 | #19 | – | 2011–2025 | |
| 4 | Lovesong | 2 | #360 | – | 2013–2024 | |
| 5 | Turning Tables | 2 | #90 | – | 2011–2013 | |
| 6 | One And Only | 1 | #559 | – | 2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.