On this day, 18 October 2008, Adele appeared on Saturday Night Live alongside the then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The show earned its highest ratings in 14 years with a total of 17 million viewers.
Adele who performed ‘Chasing Pavements’ and ‘Cold Shoulder’, topped the iTunes charts the following day, and the singer’s debut album jumped thirty-five places to No.11 on the US chart the week after.