History Highlight:

Today in 2015, Adele went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Hello", the lead track from her third album 25. "Hello" became the first song to sell more than a million digital copies in a single week and the third highest weekly sales total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.

Also, Today In:

1956 - Police used tear gas to break up a riot that broke out during a Fats Domino concert in Fayetteville, N.C. Fats and three of his sidemen suffer minor injuries.

1963 - Peter Paul and Mary started a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with In The Wind.

1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival released Willy and the Poor Boys, the third studio album the band released that year. The album features the songs "Down on the Corner," which the album title references, as well as the protest song, "Fortunate Son."

1971 - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher is No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Chart.

1974 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with So Far, their third No. 1 album.

1985 - Stevie Wonder went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Part-time Lover," his ninth No. 1 single.

1996 - Counting Crows went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Recovering The Satellites.

1999 - Foo Fighters released their third studio album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was the band's first album to feature current Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

2004 - Queen Elizabeth II awarded guitarist Eric Clapton a CBE — Commander of the British Empire, an order of chivalry of British democracy — for his services to music.

Birthday:

Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer was born today in 1944.

k.d. lang is 56.

Nelly is 43.

Chris Walla, former guitarist with Death Cab for Cutie, is 42.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Paul Shaffer's Day in Rock, Song Facts and Wikipedia.