About Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in Tottenham, north London on 5 May 1988. She began singing at age four. Adele graduated in May 2006.
Adele's breakthrough song, Hometown Glory, was released in October 2007. She became the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. She released her second single Chasing Pavements on 14 January 2008, two weeks ahead of her debut album. On 19 March 2008 Adele signed a deal which involved a joint venture between Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the US and was certified as gold in February 2009 by the Recording Industry Association of America. Adele released her second studio album, 21, on 24 January 2011 in the UK and released it on 22 February in the U.S.
Adele supported Will Young at the 2007 MENCAP Little Noise Sessions, a charity concert at London. In July 2008, Adele paid £8,000 for a commissioned painting by Stella Vine in a charity auction in aid of Keep a Child Alive, a charity that helps African children and their families living with HIV/AIDS.
Adele was nominated for a 2008 Mercury Prize award for 19 She also won an Urban Music Award for Best Jazz Act. She also received a Q Awards nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act and a Music of Black Origin nomination in the category of Best UK Female. Adele won awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.She was also nominated in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
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LOS ANGELES: British singer Adele stood her ground atop the Billboard album chart with "21" this week despite seven new entries vying for No. 1, including stiff competition from country music singer Tim McGraw. The album, which has sold more than 6 ...
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(Reuters) - British chart-topper Adele will make her live comeback at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in just under two weeks, after being on vocal rest since throat surgery sidelined the singer late last year. The 23-year-old singer tweeted the news to ...
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