Joe Koy

And as soon as I heard that, I knew for a fact I wouldn't know who she was.

Why is that?

She was a beautiful voice, but I knew I wouldn't know who she was.

Well, speaking of big stars, the New York Times reports that final numbers are in and they confirm expectations.

Adele is a certified phenomenon.

Billboard reports that the singer's new album, 25, sold a record-shattering 3.38 million copies in the United States through its first week.

That's nearly a million more than the previous high mark for first week sales that was NSYNC.

who sold almost two and a half million copies of No Strings Attached in 2000 and makes 25 the first release to sell three million copies in a week since Nielsen began tallying these hard data analysis in 1991.

So she has completely shattered the record.

And besides the song Hello that everyone's flipping out over, and it's a beautiful song, I heard a couple other of the songs on the album, and they're all great.

I mean, it's not just one song that everyone's going crazy about.

It's the whole album?

I mean, I only heard three or four other cuts, and they're fantastic.

You know, she's only 27 years old.

Wait, I thought she was 25.

I thought that was the name of her album.

It is the name of the album, but I don't think she's 25.

Maybe she started writing when she was 25.

I'll be even more impressed if she's 25.

Is she 25, Dawson?