Let’s start at the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start…

Adele has pretty much been the only thing on everyone’s lips during the last week. And the week before that.

Adele
A career bigger than this (Chris Pizzello/AP)

As far as epic returns go, she has owned showbiz. Look at all the cool thing she’s done to secure her place as the queen of entertainment:

1. She proved she’s down to earth by impersonating herself.

Adele as 'Jenny' auditioning to be Adele (BBC)
Adele as ‘Jenny’ auditioning to be Adele (BBC)

2. Saturday Night Live will never be the same again – Matthew McConaughey and co dressed up as Adele during their SNL spoof.

3. She announced a tour in the coolest way possible.

4. She became the UK’s biggest selling artist, as her new album, 25, shot to be the fastest selling record in British history. The album has sold 800,307 copies in the first week of its release – surpassing Oasis’s previous 18-year record.

5. She appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.

6. She set a new US record with her album, selling more than 2.4 million copies within four days. She smashed the record previously set by US boyband *NSync in 2000 with their second album, No Strings Attached.

7. Even The Muppets got in on the Adele action.

So that’s how you take over the showbiz world. Hello, Adele. Welcome back…