Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist.
In 2023, she appears at number 22 on the Rolling Stone magazine's "200 best singers of all time" list.
Early life
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1988, at North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton, London. She is the daughter of a Welshman named Mark Evans and Penny Adkins. She has a half-brother called Cameron. She lived with his father and he started singing from the age of four, She graduated from The BRIT School in Croydon in May 2006. In July 2006, Adele published two songs in the fourth issue of online arts magazine PlatformsMagazine.com. After graduation, Adele began to play small shows at venues all over Britain. She has also toured with best friend Jack Penate, as well as Jamie T, Raul Midon, Devendra Banhart, Amos Lee and Keren Ann since summer 2006. Adele went on her first UK headlining tour in October 2007.
Singing career
Adele's first single released was "Hometown Glory". On it, she sings about Tottenham. The single was released on 22 October 2007 on Jamie T's label Pacemaker Recordings. It is a limited edition 7" vinyl with B-side "Best for Last". She has since signed to independent music label XL Recordings. In January 2008, she released her second single "Chasing Pavements".
Adele has become quite popular on MySpace. She is following the example of fellow Londoner Lily Allen by using the web as a mediafocus and a place to see what people think of her songs. Adele performed Daydreamer on BBC2's Later With Jools Holland, alongside Paul McCartney and Bjork. She was next on BBC1's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 7 December 2007, singing Chasing Pavements.
On 10 December 2007, Adele was awarded with the first BRIT Awards Critics' Choice prize. She has been called the "new Amy Winehouse." In January 2008, she was voted winner in the annual BBC 6 Music poll of industry experts Sound of 2008, for acts to emerge in the coming year.
In 2011 Adele released her second album, 21, named after her age at the time it was made. It was number one in more than 26 countries. It became the biggest selling album of the 21st century.
Her third studio album, 25, was released on 20 November 2015 and debuted at number one all around the world. The music video for the lead single "Hello", which also debuted at number one in many countries, broke the record for the shortest amount of time for a YouTube video to reach one billion views. The song was also certified 4x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America faster than any other song in history. To date, it has been certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA.
Adele returned to music in October 2021 and announced her fourth album, 30 and the single "Easy on Me", which was released on 15 October 2021, and was her first single after five years. The album was released on 19 November 2021.
In 2022, she announced that she will sing the theme song for the upcoming Nick Jr. series Destiny's Side which premiered on December 1, 2022.
Personal life
She has a son, Angelo, with her then-boyfriend, Simon Konecki, born in October 19, 2012. In 2013 she won an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Brit Award for Best British Single for the title track for the James Bond movie Skyfall. The song also won the award for Best Song for Visual Media at the Grammy Awards.
On December 19, 2013, Adele was given an MBE by the Prince of Wales.
In 2017, Adele confirmed that she is married to Konecki. In April 2019, it was reported that the two ended their marriage.
Discography
Singles
"Hometown Glory" - 22 October 2007
"Chasing Pavements" - 21 January 2008
"Cold Shoulder" - 28 April 2008
"Make You Feel My Love" - 27 October 2008
"Rolling in the Deep" - 29 November 2010 (was the number-one single of 2011 in Canada and the US)
"Someone Like You" - 24 March 2011 (her first number-one single in her native UK)
"Set Fire to the Rain" - 4 July 2011 (her third US number-one, after "Someone Like You")
"Rumour Has It" - 1 November 2011 (top-20 in the US and Canada)
"Turning Tables" - 5 November 2011
"Skyfall" - 5 October 2012 (top-ten in the US, UK, and Canada)
"Hello" - 23 October 2015 (number one in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia)
"When We Were Young" - 22 January 2016 (top-ten in Canada and UK, top 15 in US)
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" - 16 May 2016 (top ten in US, UK, Canada)
"Water Under the Bridge"
"Easy on Me" - 15 October 2021
"Destiny's Side Theme Song" - 1 December 2022
Albums
19 - 28 January 2008
"Daydreamer"
"Best for Last"
"Chasing Pavements"
"Cold Shoulder"
"Crazy for You"
"Melt My Heart to Stone"
"First Love"
"Right as Rain"
"Make You Feel My Love"
"My Same"
"Tired"
"Hometown Glory"21 - 19 January 2011
"Rolling in the Deep"
"Rumour Has It"
"Turning Tables"
"Don't You Remember"
"Set Fire to the Rain"
"He Won't Go"
"Take It All"
"I'll Be Waiting"
"One and Only"
"Lovesong"
"Someone Like You"25 - 20 November 2015
"Hello"
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
"I Miss You"
"When We Were Young"
"Remedy"
"Water Under the Bridge"
"River Lea"
"Love in the Dark"
"Million Years Ago"
"All I Ask"
"Sweetest Devotion"
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded each year by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Some think they are the highest music honor.
As of February 13, 2017, Adele has received 15 Grammy Awards from 18 nominations. In 2012, Adele became the second female artist to win six awards in one night, after Beyonce Knowles did in 2010. Adele is only the second artist (following Christopher Cross) to have won all four of the General Field ("Big Four") awards at the Grammys.
References
Other websites
Adele's website
Adele at XL Recordings
1988 births
Living people
Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songwriters
Brit Award winners
British soul musicians
British blue-eyed soul singers
English blue-eyed soul singers
Contraltos
English guitarists
Grammy Award winners
Members of the Order of the British Empire
People from Tottenham
Singer-songwriters from London