With “Hello,” Adele has formulated the perfect comeback song. Here’s how it’s perfectly designed to break just about every record there is.

The famously free-speaking director, 26, was on the phone Friday afternoon from his home in Montreal, where he’d been up since the wee hours after his video for Adele’s new song “Hello ...

Adele's new video for "Hello" has broken records in its first weeks since release. It's also led to countless Internet memes and mashups.

“Hello” is not the best song ever written, though I do think it’s a very good one. “Hello” is, however, exactly the song that people wanted from Adele.

The song is far less literal than that. The meaning of "Hello" isn't about reconnecting with an ex-boyfriend. "Hello" is about Adele reconnecting with herself.

Lionel Richie has an epic sense of humor. When Adele released her now-hit single, "Hello," people immediately started to liken it to Richie's famous tune of the same name. With the Internet ...

Adele has returned to the music charts in record-breaking fashion. The British pop star's new single "Hello" not only debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, it set a mark for the recording ...

The song pours out the rawest emotions, with Adele’s unbelievable performance resembling not that of a person, but an otherworldly powerhouse representation of heartbreak. “Hello” only teased the ...

Adele’s ‘Hello’ has become the fastest ever video to reach 1 billion YouTube views – smashing the previous record set by Psy’s “Gangnam Style.” ...

Adele released “Hello” on Friday, the first track off her forthcoming return album 25 and a song that the singer herself called a “massive breakthrough” in the creative process.

"Hello," the singer's first new song since 2012, sets big expectations for 25 as it stands poised to break sales records.