Inspired after Adele was thrown out of a pub after she found out her boyfriend had been cheating on her ('what is it you're chasing?' she remembered asking herself, 'you're chasing an empty pavement'), Chasing Pavements became Adele's first UK hit. A firm fan favourite ever since, it peaked at Number 19 on the Official Singles Chart after a re-release following Chasing Pavement's initial success.ДЄdele at the BRITs 2011 (Rex/Shutterstock) 9. Hometown GloryДЄdele's debut single, Hometown Glory was written about the singer's mother trying to convince her to move out of home in West Norwood, London to attend university.

So far, it's been streamed over 42 million times in the UK alone. Co-written by pop hitmaker Ryan Tedder, it's her 12th biggest-selling track in the UK, amassing chart sales in excess of 539,000, as well as 40 million streams.ДЄnd speaking of streams, Adele's most-streamed non-single is 25's All I Ask, a collaboration with Bruno Mars.

Take a look at the Top 10 below in more detail, but first.some honourable mentions:ДЄdele's biggest non-single is 21 album track Turning Tables. With each album titled after the age in which she wrote the songs featured, Adele has been cheated, lied to and had her heart broken, only to then set fire to everything and start all over again.ДЄhead of her imminent new single Easy On Me and fourth album 30, below we revealed Adele's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK. Since debuting in 2008, Adele Adkins has become one of the most widely-known and successful UK music acts of the past two decades.

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