Adele's 'When We Were Young' Confirmed as Next '25' Single

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The singer's label Columbia Records has confirmed that the ballad co-written by Tobias Jesso Jr. will serve as the album's second official single.

December 15, 2015

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Adele is releasing "When We Were Young" as her next "25" single. According to Billboard, a source at Adele's label Columbia Records has confirmed that the song will come as a follow-up to the British songbird's current smash, "Hello".

The Tobias Jesso Jr.-co-penned ballad was premiered a few weeks ago along with a live performance video shot at London's The Church Studios. Adele also sang it when she made an appearance on "Saturday Night Live".

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Billboard notes that "When We Were Young" is currently the second-best-selling song from Adele's latest album, having so far sold 150,000 downloads. Lead single "Hello", which is now spending its seventh consecutive week at Billboard Hot 100's No. 1, remains the album's best-seller with a total of 3.1 million.

Adele has also been ruling the Billboard 200 chart with "25". With 695,000 sold in the tracking week ending on December 10, it becomes the first album in Nielsen's history to sell more than 650,000 copies in each of its first three weeks.

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