Adele

 

  

Band Profile | Adele | 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 Adele's mother was 3 years when the which as of 2012 had not Forgiven him Adele began singing at age for.She four and asserts That Became obsessed with voices.Adele she 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." Adele impersonated the Spice Girls at dinner parties as a young girl.  At the age of nine, Adele and her mother, a furniture-maker and adult learning activities organizer, relocated to Brighton. At the age of 11, Adele and her mother moved to Brixton, and then to neighbouring district West Norwood, in South London.

Adele released her second studio album, 21, on 24 January 2011 in the UK and 22 February in the U.S.. The album's sound is described as classic and contemporary roots and country music.  Adele of toll Spin Magazine "It was really exciting for me because i never grew up around [That music]."  In mid-February 2011, after a performance at the Brit Awards, the album's track "Someone Like You" went straight to number one on the UK singles chart, while the album also remained at number 21 one. 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.

By September, the album had sold over three million units in the UK, with Adele Becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year. In November 2011, Adele also Became the first artist to sell more than one million copies of an album on the European iTunes store with 21. As of December 2011, 21 sold over 4.3 million copies in the UK, and Became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. As of June 2011, Adele sold 2.5 Million copies and digital copies of 21 992 000 in the United States, making it the best-selling album in both categories in the first half of 2011. The first single, "Rolling in the Deep" reached number 1 in 8 countries Including the Billboard Hot 100. During the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year special, Widely publicized Adele performed a duet of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" with Darius Rucker. The song has sold 5567 million digital copies in the U.S. by 24 November 2011, the most digital copies of a song ever sold in a single year in the U.S., and the best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era. "Someone Like You" Became her second consecutive number-one single on the Hot 100 making Adele the first ever British female singer to spawn two consecutive number one singles from the same album.

At the 2011 American Music Awards on 20 November, Adele won three awards: Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop / Rock Album for 21. On 30 November 2011, Adele received six Grammy Award nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards. To promote the album, Adele Adele Live tour embarked upon, the which sold out its North American leg. In October 2011, Adele was forced to cancel two tours Because of a vocal cord hemorrhage.  Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number one album (21), number one singles ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number one music video.

In December 2011, Adele Announced That she will be taking a break before beginning work on her third album. On 9 December, Billboard named Adele artist of the year, Billboard 200 Album of the year (21), and the Billboard Hot 100 song of the year ("Rolling in the Deep"), Becoming the first female ever to top all three categories . On 27 January 2012, "Set Fire to the Rain" Became Adele's third number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, as Adele Became the first artist ever to have an album, 21, hold the number one position on the Billboard 200 concurrently with three number one singles. Adele was featured on the album Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. Following microsurgery throat in November, Adele made her live comeback at the 2012 Grammy Awards on 12 February. 

With 21 non-consecutive weeks at number 1, Adele broke the record for the longest number 1 album by a woman in Billboard history, beating the record formerly held by the late Whitney Houston's soundtrack to The Bodyguard. In February 2012, Adele Became the first female solo 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 5 of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. Having been nominated for three Brit Awards, on 21 February she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and British Album of the Year. Adele's voice is categorised as contralto.  Adele's first album is of the soul genre, with lyrics describing Heartbreak and relationship. "Beyoncé Knowles, American singer Adele cited as one of the influences for her fourth album, 4.

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