Biography
Adele or Adele Laurie Blue Adkins she was born May 5, 1988, in Tottenham, London, she is an English singer and songwriter. Adele began revelation at age quadruplet and asserts that Adele became preoccupied with voices. At the age of 11, Adele and her mother, a furniture business and someone learning activities organizer rapt to West Nor-wood, South London. After moving to South London, she became interested in R&B artists such as Destiny's Child and Mary J Blige. Adele was the ordinal recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the sort one predicted brainwave act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the awards for Soul New Creator and Superior Soul Pop Vocal Show.Adele tag from The BRIT Edifice for Performing Arts & Discipline in Crony in May year 2006, where she was classmates with Leona Lewis and Jessie J. Adele credits the cultivate with nurturing her talent. In school, Adele was much involved in feat into A&R, and hoped to propulsion opposite grouping's careers. Four months later, Adele published two songs on the quaternary air of the online bailiwick publishing Platforms Magazine.com. Adele had recorded a triplet song present for a categorize propose and gave it to a someone who posted it on MySpace where it became rattling productive and led to a phone song from penalization brand XL Recordings. Adele doubted if the furnish was actual because the only tape associate she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a human with her to the assemblage. Nick Huggett at XL recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management and in June 2006 Dickins became her official representative. September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major attraction for Adele who was a big fan of the English singer, songwriter. Huggett then autographed Adele to XL in September 2006.
in October 2007 Adele was released breakthrough song, "Hometown Glory". Adele provided vocals for Jack Penate's song, "My Yvonne", from his debut album. Adele became the archetypical acquirer of the BRIT Awards Critics Option and was titled the class one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008.
Adele released her second single "Chasing Pavements" on Jan 14, 2008, two weeks beforehand of her beginning album, 19. The song, "Chasing Pavements" reached No. 2 on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks, finally remaining in the Top 40 14 weeks after its release. The album itself entered the British charts at number one. The Times Encyclopedia of Modern Music would name 19 an "essential" Blue Eyed Soul recording. On March 19, 2008 Adele autographed a heap which active a articulation stake between Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the US. In March 2008, Adele embarked on a short North American tour. On 20 June, the album was released in the US. In October 2008, Adele's effort to surpass into Land seemed to hold unsuccessful. Nevertheless, it was announced that she would be the singable visitant on the 18 Oct film of Saturday Period Smoldering (SNL). The broadcast was hotly awaited because of an pretense by then US vice states manly somebody Sarah Palin. SNL earned its finest ratings in 14 years with 17 million audience. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder", and the succeeding day, 19 topped the iTunes charts and hierarchic at periodical cardinal at Amazon.com while "Chasing Pavements" rose into the 25. The period of 26 October the album reached periodical 11 on the Billboard 200, a jump of 35 places over the previous week. Several weeks subsequent, Adele returned to the US for an 11 metropolis turn. Adele was nominated for a 2008 Mercury Prize award for 19. She also won an Urban Music Award for "Best Jazz Act". Adele also received a Q Awards nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act and a Music of Smuggled Root oratory in the accumulation of Optimum UK Pistillate. Her advance in the US was boosted by a viewer create breaking Saturday Night Untapped film in unpunctual 2008.
The album was certified as gold in February 2009 by the Recording Industry Association of America. By July 2009, the album had sold 2.2 million copies worldwide. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele won awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Adele was also nominated in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Adele launched a 15 city North American tour that started 9 March. Adele was also nominated for three Brit Awards in the categories of Best British Female, Best British Single and Best British Breakthrough Act. Adele relaunched the MTV Unplugged series with a six song acoustic set in June. On 28 June, Adele headlined a three act bill at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A, California. Etta James, originally slated to perform but suddenly taken ill, was replaced by Chaka Khan. Adele dusted with Daniel Merriweather on a track called "Water and a Flame" from his debut album Love & War.
In 2010, Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory". In April her song "My Same" entered the German Singles Chart after it had been performed by Lena Meyer Landrut in the talent show contest Our Star for Oslo, in which the German entry to the Euro vision Song Contest 2010 was determined.
Adele attracted the attention of XL Recordings with a three song demo posted on MySpace and then signed with the label. Since her debut, 19, Adele has received much recognition both commercially and critically. The album debuted at number one, and has been certified four times platinum in the UK. Adele released her second album 21 on 24 January 2011 in the UK, and 22 February in the US. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 208,000 copies in its first week in the UK and debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart, a position it managed to hold for sixteen weeks. In the UK, 21 has been certified eight times Platinum for shipment of 2.4 million units. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US, selling 352,000 copies in its first week. The album has charted at number one in 17 European countries and the US.
Adele released her second studio album, 21, on Jan 24, 2011 in the UK and released it on Feb in the U.S. The album's sound is described as classic and contemporary roots and country music. The change in sound from her first album was the result of her bus driver playing contemporary Nashville music when Adele was touring the American South. In explaining the title choice, she states that it reflects the growth she has experienced in the last two years. The first single is a revenge tune "Rolling in the Deep", Adele described it as a "dark bluesy gospel disco tune." The single was a major success and was well received by critics. It has reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. 21 hit number 1 in Germany, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Austria, Switzerland and in March 2011 it debuted at number 1 in the U.S.A. By 13 May "Rolling in The Deep" had reached the top of the Billboard 100 as the album which had sold 1.7 million U.S. copies.
In the UK, where the album also hit the top spot, it sold 208,000 copies. In mid February 2011, after a performance at the Brit Awards, the album track "Someone Like You" went straight to number 1 on the UK singles chart, while the album 21 also remained at number 1. According to the Official Charts Company, Adele is the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. It is the first time that one act has held the top two places in the UK albums chart since The Corrs in 1999. At the same time, her debut album, 19 climbed back up to number two in the charts to spend a fifth week. On 2nd July 2011, Adele performed at G-A-Y Heaven in London following Pride London, she performed songs like "Someone Like You", "Rolling in the Deep", "Set Fire to the Rain" amongst others.
By the end of June 2011 Adele sold 2.5 million copies and 992,000 digital copies 21 in the U.S.A making it the prizewinning selling Medium in both categories in the prototypical half of 2011. By that date Rolling in the Deep sold 4.1 million digital US copies. The sales were the leading factor in the first increase in overall record sales since 2004. The album has also broken the record for the most UK digital downloads. As of May 2011 the singer was worth £6 million tying her with Lily Allen and Duffy for 9th place on the list of the richest British and Irish music stars under age 30.
