--- description: Adele's video for “Hello” is the second-fastest video to notch 100 million views on YouTube. title: Adele's 'Hello' Second-Fastest Video to Reach 100 Million YouTube Views image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce73195d8a32df01/69886ee0524fc076ccdf5439/gettyimages-138859453.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Adele's 'Hello' is the Second-Fastest Video to Reach 100 Million Views on YouTube by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2015 5:37 AM CUT  Adele performs onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb.12, 2012. Adele performs onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb.12, 2012.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2015 5:37 AM CUT Another day, another record for Adele and her latest single. The 27-year-old singer’s video for “Hello” is the second-fastest video to notch 100 million views on YouTube, according to a statement from the company, [via _Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6745988/adele-hello-fastest-youtube-100-million "undefined"). The only video to stand in the way of Adele’s landmark? The 2013 “Gentleman” by Psy, his “Gangnam Style” follow-up. Earlier this week, the video crushed Taylor Swift’s record for [most single-day Vevo views](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/26/adele-hello-breaks-taylor-swift-bad-blood-vevo-record "undefined") with the squad-laden “Bad Blood.” Adele hit 27.7 million views, while Swift was at 20.1 million. And only more accolades are on the way for Adele: [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745954/adele-headed-no-1-hot-100-debut-sales-record "undefined") projects “Hello” will seize the No. 1 spot on its Hot 100 debut next week, and _25_ is already expected to clear [1 million sales in its first week](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6745314/adele-25-first-week-sales-forecast-hello "undefined"). “Hello” is the first single off Adele’s forthcoming third album, _25_, out Nov. 20. [_This article originally appeared on ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/29/adele-hello-music-videos-records "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4093848/adele-hello-100-million-views-youtube/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4093848/adele-hello-100-million-views-youtube/"},"headline":"Adele's 'Hello' is the Second-Fastest Video to Reach 100 Million Views on YouTube","datePublished":"2015-10-30T05:37:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:12:59.426Z","description":"Psy's \"Gentleman” stands in the way","url":"https://time.com/4093848/adele-hello-100-million-views-youtube/","keywords":["Music","Adele","nextgenerationleaders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce73195d8a32df01/69886ee0524fc076ccdf5439/gettyimages-138859453.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce73195d8a32df01/69886ee0524fc076ccdf5439/gettyimages-138859453.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-138859453","caption":"performs onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4093848/adele-hello-100-million-views-youtube/","name":"Adele's 'Hello' is the Second-Fastest Video to Reach 100 Million Views on YouTube"}}]}] ```