19 (Adele album)

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19
Studio album by Adele
Released	January 28, 2008 (see release history)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Pop Soul Indie
Label	XL Columbia (U.S. CD)
Producer	Jim Abbiss, Mark Ronson, Eg White
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Adele chronology
— 19 (2008)
Singles from 19
"Hometown Glory" Released: 2007 (initial release), February 5, 2008 (USA), July 21, 2008 (re-release) "Chasing Pavements" Released: January 14, 2008 "Cold Shoulder" Released: April 21, 2008 "Tired" Released: 2008 (Spain) "Make You Feel My Love" Released: October 27, 2008

19 is Adele's debut album. It was released on 28 January 2008, the week after the lead single, "Chasing Pavements", was physically released. It debuted at number one on the UK charts on its first week.^[1] Included is a cover of the Bob Dylan song "Make You Feel My Love" from his 1997 album, Time Out Of Mind.

The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album.^[2]. On December 3, 2008, the album spawned four Grammy Award nominations: Best New Artist, and Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements".^[3]

The Taiwanese edition was released on March 5. As well as the standard tracklist, the album features three bonus tracks: "That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On" ("Chasing Pavements" B-side), "Now and Then" ("Cold Shoulder" B-side) and "Painting Pictures" ("Make You Feel My Love" B-side).^[4] The Indonesian special edition was released on March 3. As well as the standard tracklist, the album features a bonus video for "Chasing Pavements".^[5]

The song "Hometown Glory" has been featured in the British and American television shows Skins, Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill, Hollyoaks, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and most recently danced by Katee Shean and eventual winner, Joshua Allen on So You Think You Can Dance. Adele recently joked in an interview with GMTV that the album was named "19" after her weight in stone, but in fact she weighs 23 stone.

In the U.S 19 debuted at #56 and remained in the lower ends of the Billboard 200 for many proceeding weeks. After a performance on the U.S show "Saturday Night Live" it rose to #46 and a week later to #11 with sales of 25,000+ copies sold. In 2009, after winning 2 Grammy Awards, the album rose to a new peak of #10 on the Billboard 200 and total sales reached 708,191, the album is now certified Gold by the RIAA.^[6]

In the Netherlands the album is currently still in the top 20 after already spending 92 weeks in the charts. With sales over 200,000 copies makes the album one of the best selling albums in the Netherlands of 2008 and 2009

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Expanded Edition 2 Singles chronology 3 Charts and certifications 3.1 Charts procession and succession 4 Certifications and Sales 5 Release history 6 Credits 7 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Adele, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Daydreamer" – 3:41
2. "Best for Last" – 4:19
3. "Chasing Pavements" – 3:31 (Adele Adkins, Eg White)
4. "Cold Shoulder" – 3:12
5. "Crazy for You" – 3:28
6. "Melt My Heart to Stone" – 3:24 (Adkins, White)
7. "First Love" – 3:10
8. "Right as Rain" – 3:17
9. "Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) – 3:32
10. "My Same" – 3:16
11. "Tired" – 4:19 (Adkins, White)
12. "Hometown Glory" – 4:31

    Taiwan Special Edition

13. "Chasing Pavements" (bonus enhanced video)

    Japanese bonus tracks

13. "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" (Sam Cooke) – 2:13
14. "Now and Then"
15. "Painting Pictures"

    US Bonus Disc

1. "Right As Rain" (Live) - 3:28
2. "Melt My Heart To Stone" (Live) - 3:21
3. "My Same" (Live) - 3:02
4. "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" (Live) - 2:21
5. "Chasing Pavements" (Live) - 3:49

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[edit] Expanded Edition

Disc 1

1. Daydreamer
2. Best for Last
3. Chasing Pavements
4. Cold Shoulder
5. Crazy for You
6. Melt My Heart to Stone
7. First Love
8. Right as Rain
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. My Same
11. Tired
12. Hometown Glory

Disc 2

1. Chasing Pavements
2. Melt My Heart to Stone
3. That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On
4. Crazy for You
5. Right as Rain
6. My Same
7. Make You Feel My Love
8. Daydreamer
9. Hometown Glory
10. Many Shades of Black - Performed by Adele and The Raconteurs

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[edit] Singles chronology

United Kingdom

• "Chasing Pavements"
• "Cold Shoulder"
• "Hometown Glory"
• "Make You Feel My Love"

Europe, Australia and Japan

• "Chasing Pavements"
• "Cold Shoulder"

Canada and USA

• "Hometown Glory"
• "Chasing Pavements"

Spain only

• "Tired"
• "Chasing Pavements"

Netherlands

• "Chasing Pavements"
• "Cold Shoulder"
• "Make You Feel My Love"
• "Hometown Glory"

[edit] Charts and certifications

Chart	Position
Austrian Albums Chart[7]	54
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[8]	9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[9]	38
Canadian Albums Chart[10]	18
Danish Albums Chart[11]	14
Dutch Albums Chart[12]	1
French Albums Chart[13]	33
German Albums Chart[14]	15
Greek Albums Chart[15]	30
Irish Albums Chart[16]	3
Japanese Albums Chart[17]	36
Norwegian Albums Chart[18]	7
Swedish Albums Chart[19]	11
Swiss Albums Chart[20]	15
UK Albums Chart[21]	1
U.S. Billboard 200[22]	10

[edit] Charts procession and succession

Preceded by Scouting for Girls by Scouting for Girls	UK Albums Chart number-one album February 3, 2008 - February 9, 2008 1 week	Succeeded by Sleep Through the Static by Jack Johnson
Preceded by Wit Licht by Marco Borsato	Dutch Albums Chart number-one album (first run) January 10, 2009 - January 31, 2009 3 weeks	Succeeded by Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen
Preceded by Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen	Dutch Albums Chart number-one album (second run) February 14, 2009 - February 21, 2009 1 week	Succeeded by Luister by Nick & Simon
Preceded by Wit Licht - Live by Marco Borsato	Dutch Albums Chart number-one album (third run) April 4, 2009 - April 11, 2009 1 week	Succeeded by April by Bløf
Preceded by April by Bløf	Dutch Albums Chart number-one album (fourth run) April 25, 2009 - May 16, 2009 3 weeks	Succeeded by NW8 by Guus Meeuwis

[edit] Certifications and Sales

Region	Provider	Certification(s)	Shipments
Canada	CRIA	Gold[23]	40,000+
United Kingdom	BPI	2x Platinum[24]	600,000+
United States	RIAA	Gold[25]	700,000[26]
GFK	3x Platinum [27]	180,000+ [28]

[edit] Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Europe	January 25, 2008	CD, Digital download	XL Recordings
Australia	January 26, 2008
United Kingdom	January 28, 2008
United States	June 10, 2008		Columbia Records

[edit] Credits

• Adele Adkins - Vocal, Guitar, Bass, Celesta, Piano
• Jim Abbiss – glockenspiel, producer, mixing
• Matt Allchin – guitar
• Helen Atkinson – assistant engineer
• Neil Cowley – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer
• Rosie Danvers – string arrangements
• Tom Elmhirst – mixing
• Simon Hayes – mixing assistant
• Liam Howe – programming
• Sam Koppelman – glockenspiel
• Serge Krebs – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Matt Lawrence – engineer
• Phil Lee – art direction, design, photography
• Archibald Alexander MacKenzie – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Will Malone – string arrangements, string conductor, string writing
• Perry Mason – strings
• Dominic Morley – engineer
• Dan Parry – mixing assistant
• Matt Paul – assistant
• Jack Peñate – backing vocals
• Fergus Peterkin – mixing assistant
• Mark Ronson – producer
• Louis "Kayel" Sharpe – drums
• Jason Silver – keyboards
• Michael Tighe – guitar
• Eg White – arranger, producer, performer
• Richard Wilkinson – engineer, mixing
• Stuart Zender – bass

[edit] References

v • d • e Adele Discography · Awards and nominations Albums 19 Singles "Hometown Glory" · "Chasing Pavements" · "Cold Shoulder" · "Tired" · "Make You Feel My Love"