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Adele (singer)
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Adele |

Adele performing in 2009 |
Background information |
Birth name | Adele Laurie Blue Adkins |
Born | 5 May 1988 (age 23)
Tottenham, north London, England, UK |
Genres | Soul, pop [1] |
Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, bass, celesta, percussion,keyboard |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | XL, Columbia |
Website | adele.tv |
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins[2] (born 5 May 1988), better known simply as Adele (stylized ADELE), is an English recording artist and songwriter. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice"and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success in the UK. 19 was certified four times platinum in the UK.[3] Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[4][5]
Adele released hersecond album, 21, in early 2011.[6][7] The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut.[8] 21 helped Adele earn six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night.[9][10] The album has also helped her receive numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards.The album has been certified 15 times platinum in the UK;[3] in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1985.[11]
The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book Of World Records. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK.[12] With her two albums and the first two singles from 21, "Rollingin the Deep" and "Someone Like You", Adele became the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964.[13][14] With her third release from the album, "Set Fire to the Rain", becoming her third number one single in the US, Adele became the first artist in history to lead theBillboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number ones.[15] Adele is also the first female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and 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 simultaneously.[16] 21 is the longest running number one album by afemale solo artist on the UK Albums Chart[17] and is the longest running number one album by a female in Billboard history.[18] In 2011, Billboard named Adele artist of the year.[19]
Contents [hide]  * 1 Life and career * 1.1 1988–2006: Early life * 1.2 2006–08: Career beginnings * 1.3 2008–10: 19 and commercial success * 1.4 2010–present: 21, touring, and vocal hemorrhage* 2 Artistry * 3 Discography * 4 Tours * 5 Filmography * 6 Awards * 7 References * 8 External links |
Life and career
1988–2006: Early life
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in Tottenham, north London, England, to a single teenage mother named Penny on 5 May 1988. Adele's father split from Adele's mother when Adele was 3 years old, for which Adele had not forgiven him as of2012.[20][21][22] She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices.[23][24] Adele has cited the Spice Girls as a major influence in regard to her love and passion for music, stating that "they made me what I am today."[25] Adele impersonated the Spice Girls at dinner parties as a young girl.[26] To make her look like singer Gabrielle, her mother made an eye patch with...