Video For Adele's Hello Racks Up 1 Billion Views In Record Time

LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — The music video for Adele's "Hello," the lead single off of her 2015 smash album "25" has become the fastest video to reach a billion views on Vevo, according to her label XL Recordings.

The video, directed by Xavier Dolan, racked up more than 100 million views in its first five days on the music video streaming service, displacing the previous record holder for fastest to 100 million, which was held by Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" video.

Adele's 25 held the top spot on the Billboard 200 for seven weeks, finally being displaced last week by the late David Bowie's final album "Blackstar." – Staff Writers