Adele - Who are you ?
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins Born 5 May 1988 (age 27) Tottenham, London, England Alma mater BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology (2006) Occupation Singer songwriter Net worth £50 million (2015 estimate)[1] Partner(s) Simon Konecki (2011–present) Children 1 Website adele.com Musical career Genres Soul pop blue-eyed soul[2] R&B[3] Instruments Vocals guitar keyboards bass guitar drums[4] Years active 2006–present Labels XL Columbia
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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins[5] MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer and
songwriter. Graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006,
Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo
on Myspace the same year. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and
won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial
and critical success. It is certified seven times platinum in the UK, and double platinum
in the US. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career
in the US. At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best
New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele released her second studio album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received
critically and surpassed the success of her debut,[6] earning the singer numerous awards
in 2012, including a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit
Awards, including British Album of the Year, and three American Music Awards. The album
has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK, and is the fourth best-selling album in
the UK of all time.[7] In the US it has held the top position longer than any album since
1985, and is certified Diamond.[8][9] The album has sold 31 million copies worldwide.[10]
The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records.[11]
She is the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous
top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums
in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot
100.[12] 21 is the longest-running number one album by a female solo artist in the history
of the UK and US Album Charts.[13][14] In 2012, she released "Skyfall", which she wrote
and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won an Academy Award,
a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[15] After taking a three-year
break, Adele released her third studio album, 25, in 2015. It became the year's best-selling
album and broke first week sales records in the UK and US.[16] The lead single, "Hello",
became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of
its release.
In 2011 and 2012, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2012, she was listed at number
five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music,[17] and Time magazine named her one of the most
influential people in the world.[18] With sales of more than 100 million records, Adele
is one of the best-selling recording artists in the world.[19]
