Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter who goes by the moniker Adele. Her mezzo-soprano vocals and tender compositions have earned her acclaim. Adele has won 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (three of which were for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
Adele received a record deal with XL Recordings after graduating from the BRIT School of Arts in 2006. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 and featured the top-five hits “Chasing Pavements” and “Make You Feel My Love” in the United Kingdom. 19 has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United Kingdom and is one of the top 20 best-selling debut albums of all time. She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele’s second studio album, 21, was released in 2011.
What are some of Adele top songs?
Below are some of Adele
Hello, Skyfall, I Found a Boy, Chasing Pavements,One and Only, Water Under the Bridge, Hometown Glory, All Night Parking, Crazy for You, Hiding My Heart, Remedy, I Miss You, First Love, Melt My Heart to Stone, Cold Shoulder, Lovesong, Love In The Dark, Rumor Has it
What are some of Adele Awards and Accolades
Adele, then 21, was named Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009. She was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year as well. Adele was nominated for three Brit Awards for her debut album 19, including British Female Solo Artist, British Single of the Year, and British Breakthrough Act.
Adele’s second studio album, 21, garnered a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, as well as two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. Adele was the second performer and first woman, after Christopher Cross, to win all four general field prizes during her career. Due to the album’s success, she received multiple citations in the Guinness Book of World Records. Adele broke the record for the longest number-one album by a woman in Billboard history with 21 non-consecutive weeks at number one, breaking the record previously held by Whitney Houston’s soundtrack The Bodyguard.
In March 2012, A 21 spent its 23rd week at number one, making it the longest-running album at number one since, and it became the fourth-best-selling album in the United States over the previous ten years. 21 is the best-selling album in the United Kingdom of the twenty-first century, as well as the best-selling album by a woman in UK chart history. It is also the second-best-selling album in the United Kingdom of all time. 21 was her first diamond-certified album in the United States. 21 reached 30 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Australian ARIA Chart on March 6, making it the longest-running number-one album in Australia in the twenty-first century and the second longest-running number-one ever.
“Team Adele” was placed first on The Guardian’s “Music Power 100” list in May 2011: “the 100 most influential people in the music industry.” Adele was ranked fifth on VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music in February 2012. Adele was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine in April 2012. People named her one of the 2012 Most Beautiful People of All Ages. Broadway Sings Adele, an homage to Adele, was staged on April 30, 2012, at New York City’s (Le) Poisson Rouge, starring notable Broadway actors such as Matt Doyle.
Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time with “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You,” and “Set Fire to the Rain” in the week ending March 3, 2012, as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Adele topped the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List of performers under 30 and was named one of Billboard magazine’s “Top 40 Money Makers” in 2012.
On the same day, Billboard announced that Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” is the biggest crossover hit of the last 25 years, topping the pop, adult pop, and adult contemporary charts, and that Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists are Judy Garland, Carole King, and Whitney Houston).
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