RUMOR MILL
Monday, October 25, 2021
AFTER SETTING MULTIPLE RECORDS, "EASY" IS STILL #1
Ten days after the release of Adele’s “Easy on Me” (Columbia), the first track from 30, due 11/19, it continues to hold down the #1 slot at Apple Music and Spotify. "Easy" set the Spotify record for most-streamed song in a single week, with 85m streams, surpassing the benchmark set by Olivia Rodrigo with "good 4 u."
The CD and LP incarnations of 30, still in pre-order, are the top sellers at Amazon.
Here's a list of the other records "Easy on Me" shattered its debut week.
Spotify
- Most first-day streams (24m)
- Most U.K. single-day streams (3.2m)
- Most weekly streams (85m)
Amazon Music
- Most first-day streams
- Most first-day Alexa song requests
Radio
- Most-added song in the history of Mediabase (451)
- Most added at five formats
U.K. Official Charts
- Most streams in a single week (24m)
Asking for a friend: Any idea what the record is for most bags of Kettle Chips eaten in a single week?
U.K. CHARTS: ADELE SETS NEW STREAMING RECORD 
KYNCL ANNOUNCES ATLANTIC REORG
Ertegun and Wexler's baby gets an extreme makeover. (9/20a)
 HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALLWe're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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