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Music News!
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10 Things you didn’t know Adele at the Grammys The stories behind her songs
How she became Britains #1 singer Behind the scenes : Adele at home
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Adele, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. 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” award and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. The album is certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. 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. 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. With her two albums and the first two singles from 21, “Rolling in 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. 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 the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number ones. 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. 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart and is the longest running number one album by a female in Billboard history. In 2011, Billboard named Adele artist of the year.In 2012, Adele was listed at number five on VH1′s 100 Greatest Women In Music,and American magazine Time named Adele one of the most influential people in the
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Despite her many performances, Adele still admits to stage fright.
10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW
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She began singing at age four, and credits the Spice Girls for inspiring her to sing as a career. Adele was born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in 1988, to a single mom who was 18. Adele loves tea and she drinks her tea with two sugars. Adele was born on Cinco de Mayo, May 5, 1988. The numbers on her album represents the age that she wrote the material for. Adele recorded a demo for a simple class project and then gave it to a friend. Her friend then posts the demo on MySpace. Her full name is “Adele Laurie Blue Adkins” Because of a boyfriend, she was an alcoholic. She quit after they broke up. She is a chain smoker.
Adele at the Grammys
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“ I was overwhelmed with joy.” -Adele
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The stories behind her songs
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