I cried after hearing ‘Hello’ for the first time on radio - Adele reveals

She is so soft and emotional, Adele has credited Sarah Palin for her American success, as she admitted she cried hearing Hello on the radio for the first time. The Hello singer doesn't think she'd have done as well Stateside if the controversial politician hadn't rearranged an appearance on iconic US TV show Saturday Night Live to co-inside with her own performance on the programme.

Speaking on her show Adele at the BBC tonight, she said: "[I had] huge luck, I got 'SNL' – I've done it once and I think I'm doing it again – and the week I was doing it was supposed to be a normal week and the week after Sarah Palin was due to be on but something came up on the campaign so she did the week I was doing it with Josh Brolin.

It was one of the most watched 'SNL's ever and it was two weeks before the Grammy ballot, where people decide what they want to nominate, the stars aligned for me.

"The album shot to number one on iTunes, then I was nominated for a Grammy, it was a joke. All thanks to Sarah Palin."

Later the star admitted she teared up when she first heard Hello on the radio.

"I cried when I heard it on the radio, it was a relief. Keeping it was a secret for so long was hard," she said.