Adele — Ethnicity of Celebs | What Nationality Ancestry Race by ethnic on July 8, 2011 Birth Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins Place of Birth: Enfield, London, England Date of Birth: 5 May 1988 Ethnicity: English, Welsh Adele is an English singer and songwriter. She is known for her soulful voice and her 2011 hit single Someone Like You. Her mother, Penny Susan Adkins, is English, and her father, Mark Evans, is Welsh. She has stated that as a young child, she was a fan of the Spice Girls, but as she got older, she became influenced by R&B artists such as Mary J. Blige and Destiny’s Child. Adele’s paternal grandparents are John Evans and Rose. Adele’s maternal grandparents are John R. Adkins and Doreen M. Brooks. In a 2015 Dutch interview, Adele stated “…all my family are so thin, they’re Turkish, Spanish and English”. It is not clear if she was referring to having Turkish and/or Spanish ancestors, or to family through other connections (like marriage).

Birth record of Adele’s mother – Marriage record of Adele’s maternal grandparents, John R. Adkins and Doreen M. Brooks – kathclick/bigstock.com BIOGRAPHY: Adele Lifetime Little Women: Atlanta Wednesdays 9pm Adele is one of the UK’s best-selling singer/songwriters and having taken some time away from the music industry after the birth of her first child, Angelo, she is now working on her third album. But where did it all start? Her full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and she was born to single mother Penny Adkins on 5 May 1988 in Tottenham, North London. She is estranged from her Welsh father Mark Evans. She started singing at the age of four years and has stated the Spice Girls heavily influenced her decision to start. Talking about her unmusical family, Adele has said, 'It all comes from impersonating The Spice Girls and Gabrielle.' She used to give little concerts in her room for her mother and her friends. As her mother was quite arty, she helped a young Adele impersonate Gabrielle by making an eye patch for her to wear.

At the age of 11, the family moved to Brighton but returned to Brixton where Adele remembers watching Pink in concert. It was only when a record producer friend of her father asked a teenage Adele to sing a cover of Heart of Glass after hearing her 'wicked' voice did she realise her calling as a musician. She went to secondary school in West Norwood and it was here that she came across R&B singers, such as Mary J Blige, that have influenced her songs. Speaking of her time at school, she explained that she wanted to perform but found it hard as she was told she would need to learn the clarinet to be a part of the choir. As a result, she upped sticks and moved to the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. She has said about her time at the school: 'If I hear someone's from stage school I'd think they were a dickhead, and I know it might make me sound like that. But it had free rehearsal rooms and free equipment and I was listening to music all day, every day for years. The music course was really wicked. There was no dancing or anything like that.

No jazz hands.' In May 2006, she graduated and joined other famous alumni such as Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash and the Feeling. This was when she was first noticed by record labels despite the fact she had had a MySpace page since the end of 2004. She was invited for a meeting with XL and was so nervous that she took a friend with her. The rest, as they say, is history! In September 2006, she was signed by XL and her manager was confirmed as Jonathan Dickens. She provided vocals on Jamie Penate's song My Yvonne and met producer Jim Abbiss, with whom she has worked with since. Her breakthrough single Hometown Glory, which was written about West Norwood, was released in October 2007. Adele went on to support Will Young at the 2007 MENCAP Little Noise Sessions, which was a charity concert. By 2008, she was the headliner and had been named the number-one breakthrough act of the year in an annual BBC poll. She also won the Brit Awards' Critic Choice prize that year.

Her first album 19 was named for her age at the time and was released in February 2008. It went straight to number one after the success of her second single Chasing Pavements, which had been released two weeks previously on 18 January. This song debuted at number two and stayed in the UK charts for four months. Adele was nominated for the Mercury Prize for her album in 2008 as well as a Q Awards nomination for Best Breakthrough Act. She won an Urban Music award for Best Jazz Act before signing with Columbia Records to start her foray into the US. She started a tour of North America and 19 was released in June 2008 but by October that year it appeared as though she wouldn't make it in the US. She had cancelled some of her tour dates to be with a former boyfriend and was drinking too much. That was until she performed Chasing Pavements and Cold Shoulder on an episode of Saturday Night Live with Sarah Palin. After the show, which was watched by 17 million people, her album reached number 11 in the Billboard Charts. In November 2008, she moved to Notting Hill and gave up drinking.

In February 2009, her debut album went platinum in the US having sold 2.2 million copies. She also won Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance in 2009 and was nominated for three Brit awards. Then prime minister Gordon Brown is also thought to have sent Adele a thank you note for 'being the light at the end of the tunnel' despite the country's financial problems. Adele's second album 21, which was her age at the time, was released on 24 January 2011 in the UK and on 22 February in the US. She has claimed that the album was inspired by her break-up with a former partner. It was a change in direction from her first record as it incorporated aspects of country music. It reached number one in more than 26 countries including the UK and US, while an emotional performance of Someone Like You at the Brits on 15 February 2011 rocketed the track to number one. Adele's first album also re-entered the charts while her first two singles from 21 – Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You were both in the top five.

For the first time since the Beatles in 1964, a living British musician had two singles and two albums in the top-five at the same time. By December 2011, both songs had broken sales records and her second album had sold more than 3.4 million copies. It also overtook Amy Winehouse's Back to Black as the best-selling album of the 21st century. Her third single from the album Set Fire To The Rain also reached number one and Adele embarked on a worldwide tour in October 2011. However, she had to cancel two shows to undergo vocal cord surgery in the US due to a vocal cord haemorrhage that could have led to permanent damage of her voice. Since then, she has recovered and won six Grammy as well as five Brits. 21 went back to number one in February 2012 and has become the fifth best-selling album of all time in the UK. She composed and performed the title track for the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, eventually winning an Oscar for her work on the song. She was unable to promote the song as she was heavily pregnant with her son at the time.

Adele gave birth to a son, Angelo, on 19 October 2012. The father is her partner Simon Konecki, whom she moved in with in February 2012. At the 2013 Grammy awards, she also confirmed that she was in the very early stages of her third album and was having meetings while staying in Los Angeles for the Oscars. In 2015 she launch her third album campaign with the surprise release of the single Hello, which became her second number 1 in the UK – selling a massive 333,000 copies in its first week. She released her third album 25 in November, which quickly smashed records to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. In an era where streaming and digital downloads have taken over the music industry, 25 bucked this trend by being just as popular in its physical format. The Independent noted: "25 sent casual purchasers back to the remaining physical stores and may even have introduced a new generation to the delights of ownership." 25 has since become Adele's best-selling album, shifting over 19,000,000 copies worldwide.

In May 2016, she signed a contract with Sony (leaving her original record company XL) in a reported £90 million deal – the biggest record deal in history. Adele | Adele Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in Tottenham , North London , England , to Penny Adkins , an English teenager, Adele as a little girl. and Mark Evans , a Welshman, on May 5, 1988. Evans walked out when Adele was young, leaving her 20-year-old mother to raise her single-handedly, for which Adele has still not forgiven him. She has a younger half-brother on her father's side named Cameron . She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices. Adele 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. To make her look like English R&B and urban contemporary singer Gabrielle , her mother made an eye patch with sequins, which Adele later said was embarrassing.

At the age of nine, Adele and her mother, a furniture-maker and adult learning activities organiser, relocated to Brighton . Despite this move, she remains an ardent fan of her hometown Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur . Two years later, she and her mother moved back to London; first to Brixton , and then to neighbouring district West Norwood , in south London. West Norwood is the subject for Adele's first record, " Hometown Glory ," written when she was 16. After moving to south London, she became interested in R&B artists such as Aaliyah , Destiny's Child , and Mary J. Blige . Adele says that one of the most defining moments in her life was when she watched P!nk perform at the Brixton Academy. "It was the M!ssundaztood record, so I was about 13 or 14. I had never heard, being in the room, someone sing like that live [...] I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice just hitting me.

It was incredible." Aged 14, Adele discovered Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald by accident as she stumbled on the artists' CDs in the jazz section of her local music store and was struck by their appearance on the album covers. Adele states she "started listening to Etta James every night for an hour", and in the process was getting "to know my own voice." Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in May 2006, where she was a classmate of Leona Lewis and Jessie J . Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent even though at the time she was more interested in going into A&R and hoped to launch other people's careers Career 2006-07: Career beginnings Four months after graduation, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine.com. She had recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend who posted it on MySpace where it became very successful and led to a phone call from music label XL Recordings .

She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records , and she took her friend and future guitarist, Ben Thomas , with her to the meeting. Nick Huggett at XL recommended Adkins 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 draw for Adele, a big fan of the British singer-songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006. Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate 's song, " My Yvonne ," for his debut album , and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss , who would go on to produce the majority of her debut album 19, as well as two songs from 21. Adele's breakthrough song, " Hometown Glory ," was released in October 2007. Adele supported Will Young at the 2007 MENCAP Little Noise Sessions, a charity concert at London's Union Chapel.

2008-09: 19 and commercial success In 2008, Adele was the headliner and performed an acoustic set; she was supported by Damien Rice . 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. 19 , named for her age at the time she wrote Adele's debut album, 19. many of its songs, entered the British charts at number one. The Times Encyclopedia of Modern Music named 19 an "essential" blue-eyed soul recording. She released her second single " Chasing Pavements " on 14 January 2008, two weeks ahead of her debut album, 19. The song reached number two on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks. 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.

In March 2008, Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the US. She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month. 19 was released in the US in June. Billboard magazine stated, "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation." The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2008 and ended in June 2009. She later cancelled the 2008 US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend . She said in Nylon magazine in June 2009, "I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, 'Well, OK, I'll just cancel my stuff then... I can't believe I did that... It seems so ungrateful." By the middle of October 2008, it appeared that Adele's attempt to break into America had failed. Then, she was the musical guest on 18 October 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live .

The episode included an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin . The program earned its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and " Cold Shoulder ," and the following day, 19 topped the iTunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon.com while "Chasing Pavements" rose into the top 25. The album reached number 11 on the Billboard 200 as a result, a jump of 35 places over the previous week. In November 2008 Adele moved to Notting Hill after leaving her mother's house, a move that prompted her to give up drinking. 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.

2010-12: 21 and greater success 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 Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), in which the German entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was determined. In late September, after being featured on The X Factor , Adele's version of Bob Dylan's " Make You Feel My Love " re-entered the UK singles chart at number 4. During the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year special, Adele performed a widely publicised duet of Lady Antebellum's " Need You Now " with Darius Rucker . This performance was later nominated for a CMT Music Award . Adele's sophomore album, 21. Adele released her second studio album, 21 , on January 24, 2011 in the UK and February 22 in the US. She said that the album was inspired by the breakup with her former partner .

The album's sound is described as classic and contemporary country and roots music. The change in sound from her first album was the result of her bus driver playing contemporary music from Nashville when she was touring the American South, and the title reflected the growth she had experienced in the prior two years. Adele told Spin Magazine, "It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around [that music]." 21 hit number 1 in more than 26 countries, including the UK and the US. An emotional performance of " Someone Like You " at the 2011 Brit Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK. Her first album, 19, re-entered the UK album chart alongside 21, while first and second singles " Rolling in the Deep " and " Someone Like You " were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart, making Adele 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. Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records.

In May 2011, Adele caused some minor controversy with critical statements about high taxes. Following her performance of "Someone Like You" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , it became Adele's second number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. By December 2011, 21 sold over 3.4 million copies in the UK, and became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse 's Back to Black , with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year. " 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. To promote the album, Adele embarked upon the Adele Live tour, which sold out its North American leg. In October 2011, Adele was forced to cancel two tours because of a vocal-cord hemorrhage .

She released a statement saying she needed an extended period of rest in order to avoid permanent damage to her voice. The singer underwent laser microsurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston during the first week of Adele released Live at the Royal Albert Hall after cancelling the rest of her Adele Live tour. November. A recording of her tour, Live at the Royal Albert Hall was released in November 2011, debuting at number one in the US with 96,000 copies sold, the highest one-week tally for a music DVD in four years, becoming the best-selling music DVD of 2011. Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number-one album (21), number-one single ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number-one music video . 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 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. Following the throat microsurgery, she made her live comeback at the 2012 Grammy Awards in February. She won in all six categories for which she was nominated, including Album, Record, and Song of the Year, making her the second female artist after Beyoncé in Grammy history to win that many categories in a single night. Following that success, 21 achieved the biggest weekly sales increase following a Grammy win since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. After the Grammys, Ryan Tedder revealed " Rumour Has It " would be the album's fourth single; Adele's manager Jonathan Dickins later confirmed it would be the final single from 21, although " Turning Tables " was also released in some European countries.

"Rumour Has It" proved to be successful, but did not match the success of the album's first three singles, peaking at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and therefore becoming the lowest-charting single from the album in the US. Adele received the BRIT Award for Best British Female Solo Artist, and British Album of the Year. Following the Brit Awards, 21 reached number 1 for the 21st non-consecutive week on the UK Album Chart. The album has sold over 4.5 million copies in the UK where it is the fourth best-selling album of all-time. In October, the album passed the 4.5 million mark in the UK, and in November surpassed the 10 million mark in the US. Adele is the only artist or band in the last decade in the US to earn an RIAA Diamond certification for a one disc album in less than two years. On April 3, 2012, Adele confirmed that her third album would likely be at least two years away, stating, "I have to take time and live a little bit.

There were a good two years between my first and second albums, so it'll be the same this time." She stated that she would continue writing her own material. 2012: Skyfall In October 2012, Adele confirmed that she had been writing and recording the theme song for Skyfall , the twenty-third James Bond film. The song " Skyfall ," co-written with producer Paul Epworth , was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and features orchestrations by J. A. C. Redford . Adele stated recording "Skyfall" was "one of the proudest Adele holding her Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. moments of my life." On 14 October, "Skyfall" rose to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 92,000 copies bringing its overall sales to 176,000, and "Skyfall" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 8, Adele's first song to debut in the Top 10, selling 261,000 copies in the United States in its first three days.

This tied "Skyfall" with Duran Duran 's " A View to a Kill " as the highest-charting James Bond theme song on the UK Singles Chart. "Skyfall" has sold more than two million copies worldwide. In December 2012, Adele was named Billboard Artist of the Year, and 21 was named Album of the Year, making her the first artist to receive both accolades two years in a row. Adele was also named top female artist. The Associated Press named Adele Entertainer of the Year for 2012. 2013-2015: Hiatus It was reported in January 2013 Adele was working on a new record, although she herself later acknowledged that she would work on the next album when she "has something to sing about." On 13 January 2013, Adele won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Skyfall," and on February 24, Adele performed the song at the 85th Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

At the Grammy Awards on February 10, Adele's live version of "Set Fire to the Rain" won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance. On December 19, 2013, Adele was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Charles, Prince of Wales . In May 2014, Adele hinted that her new album was titled 25 and would be released later on in the year, however, it was later suggested that the album was pushed back until the end of 2015. 2015-present: 25 On 27 August 2015, Billboard reported that Adele's label, XL Recordings, had intentions of releasing her third studio album sometime in November 2015. Danger Mouse and Tobias Jesso Jr.

had both reportedly written one song each for the album, while Ryan Tedder was rumored to be "back in the mix after producing and co-writing 'Rumour Has It' on 21." At the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in early September 2015, Sia announced that her new single " Alive " was co-written by Adele, and had originally been intended for Adele's third album. On 18 October, a 30-second clip of new material from Adele was shown on UK television during a commercial break on The X Factor . The commercial teases a snippet from a new song from her third album, with viewers hearing a voice singing accompanied by lyrics on a black screen. In a statement released three days later she confirmed that the album would be titled 25 , with Adele stating, "My last record was a break-up record, and if I had to label this one, I would call it a make-up record. Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did. 25 is about getting to know who I've become without realising.

And I'm sorry it took so long but, you know, life happened." On October 22, Adele confirmed that 25 would be released on 20 November, while the lead single from the album, " Hello ," would be released on 23 October. The song was first played on Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show on the BBC on the morning of 23 October with Adele interviewed live. The video of "Hello," released on 22 October, was viewed 25 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours, breaking the VEVO record for the most number of views in a day, surpassing the 20.1 million views for " Bad Blood " by Taylor Swift . On October 28, news outlets, including BBC News, reported that "Hello" was being viewed on YouTube an average one million times an hour. "Hello" went on to become the fastest video to hit one billion views on YouTube, which it achieved after 88 days. The song debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart on October 30, with first week sales of 330,000 copies, making it the biggest-selling number one single in three years.

"Hello" also debuted at number one in many countries around the world, including Australia, France, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Germany, and on 2 November, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first song in the US to sell at least one million downloads in a week, setting the record at 1.11 million. By the end of 2015, it had sold 12.3 million units globally and was the year's 7th best-selling single. On 27 October, BBC One announced plans for Adele at the BBC , a one-hour special presented by Graham Norton , in which Adele talks about her new album and performs new songs. This was her first television appearance since performing at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, and the show was recorded before a live audience on November 2 for broadcast on November 20, coinciding with the release of 25. On October 27, it was also announced that the singer would make an appearance on the US entertainment series Saturday Night Live on November 21.

On October 30, Adele confirmed that she would be performing a one-night-only concert titled Adele Live in New York City at the Radio City Music Hall on November 17. Subsequently, NBC aired the concert special on December 14. On November 27, 25 debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and became the fastest selling album in UK chart history with over 800,000 copies sold in its first week. The album debuted at number one in the US where it sold a record-breaking 3.38 million copies in its first week, the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began monitoring sales in 1991. 25 also broke first week sales records in Canada and New Zealand. 25 became the best-selling album of 2015 in a number of countries, including Australia, the UK and the US, where it spent seven consecutive weeks at number one in each country, before being displaced by David Bowie 's Blackstar . It was the year's best-selling album worldwide with 17.4 million copies sold in 2015 alone, and has since sold 20 million copies globally.

Adele's seven weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her three albums, surpassing Madonna 's previous record of most weeks at number one for a female act ever in the UK. In November 2015, Adele's 2016 tour was announced, her first tour since 2011. Beginning in Europe, Adele Live 2016 includes four dates at the Manchester Arena in March, eight dates at the O2 Arena, London in March and April, with further dates in Ireland, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands among others. Her North American Tour began in July, with the opening concert in St. Paul, Minnesota on July 5. At the 2016 Brit Awards in London on 24 February, Adele received the awards for British Female Solo Artist, British Album of the Year for 25, British Single of the Year for "Hello," and British Global Success. She closed the ceremony by performing " When We Were Young ," the second single from 25.

While on stage at London's O2 Arena on March 17, Adele announced that she would be headlining on the Pyramid Stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival , which was later confirmed by the festival's organizers. She appeared for a 90-minute fifteen song set at the festival on June 25, and described the experience as "by far, the best moment of my life so far." Personal life Adele has been criticized by celebrities such as Karl Lagerfeld and Joan Rivers for her weight, but has stated that she is happy with her weight and would only change if it affected her health or sex life, which gained the support of many celebrities. Adele is also strongly opposed to the sexualized music industry. Adele bought a flat in Notting Hill, London in 2008. In February 2012, she moved into a £7-million, ten-bedroom mansion in West Sussex with her boyfriend, Simon . Politically, Adele is a supporter of the Labour Party , stating "I'm a Labour girl through and through," despite in May 2011 having reportedly expressed views on taxation counter to those of the party.

In October 2016, just two weeks before the presidential election in the United States, Adele publicly endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton , telling an audience in Miami, "Don't vote for [ Donald Trump ]," and that although she is not American, the election would still affect the UK and other countries as well. In April 2013, it was reported Adele had a £30 million fortune, £10 million of it made in the previous 12 months. Adele told Rolling Stone in 2015 that she does not consider herself to be religious, but "[appreciates] religion so deeply" due to the comfort it provided for her grandmother when her grandfather passed away. Family and friends Adele has a very close relationship with her mother, Penny. She is also very close with her maternal grandparents, Doreen and John . Adele has a very large family on her mother's side and is very close with them. She had attempted to rekindle her relationship with her father, Mark, but after failing when he sold stories about her to the press, she said if she ever saw him again, she would spit in his face.

Despite the horrible relationship Adele had with her father, she was extremely close to his father, John Evans , who she treated like "a Jesus-figure" before his passing. His wife was Rose Evans ; Adele was close with her, as well, as she often helped Penny to raise Adele despite her son walking out on Penny a few years after Adele's birth. Adele also has one half-brother on her father's side, named Cameron , who she has a very good relationship with. Adele is a dog lover and owns a dog named Louie . Adele's best friend is Laura Dockrill , a writer who also graduated from the BRIT School. She inspired the song "My Same." Adele is also good friends with fellow BRIT School graduate Ben Thomas , who, in addition to being her touring guitarist, is considered one of her best friends. Adele was also friends with Jessie J during their time together at the BRIT School. While most of her friends are non-celebrities, her friendships with Katy Perry , Lady Gaga , Sid Owen , Ayda Field , and The Civil Wars have all been widely publicized.

Relationships Adele and Simon Konecki at the Grammys in 2012. Adele's anonymous first boyfriend who inspired 19 is rumored to be bisexual and demanded a portion of her royalties from the album. She has not forgiven him. Adele has confirmed, though, that one of her other ex-boyfriends inspired the majority of the songs off of 21. Adele has stated that the two have since made up and Adele has forgiven him. Adele is currently dating the CEO for charity Drop4Drop, Simon Konecki . It was reported in January 2012 that Adele was dating Konecki, and she later confirmed it on her website after rumors began spreading that he was in the process of getting a divorce while dating Adele, which she denied. On 29 June 2012, Adele announced that she and Konecki were expecting a baby. The child was born on October 19, 2012; he is the first child for Adele and the second for Konecki, who also has a daughter with his ex-wife.

Although Adele insisted that details surrounding her son, specifically his name, are "personal," the child's name has been confirmed to be Angelo . Artistry Voice and music Initially, critics suggested that her vocals were more developed and intriguing than her songwriting, a sentiment with which Adele agreed. Adele has stated: "I taught myself how to sing by listening to Ella Fitzgerald for acrobatics and scales, Etta James for passion and Roberta Flack for control." Adele's first album is of the soul genre, with lyrics describing heartbreak and relationship. Her success occurred simultaneously with several other British female soul singers, with the British press dubbing her a new Amy Winehouse. This was described as a third British Musical Invasion of the US. However, Adele called the comparisons between her and other female soul singers lazy, noting "we're a gender, not a genre." By the beginning of 2009, listeners and critics started to describe Adele as unique. AllMusic wrote that "Adele is simply too magical to compare her to anyone." Following Adele and Beyoncé are both huge fans of one another.

the release of her debut album 19, Kanye West and Beyoncé were among the artists vocal in their praise of her music. Beyoncé cited Adele as one of the influences for her fourth album, 4. Madonna expressed a desire to collaborate with Adele, commenting; "I think she’s brilliant, I love her." Celine Dion performed "Rolling in the Deep" at her show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, after telling the crowd, "I love Adele so much. She's amazing." She later covered Adele's duet with Daniel Merriweather , " Water and a Flame ," for her upcoming album of the same name, although she was criticized by Merriweather for giving full credit for the writing of the song to Adele. J. J. Burnel of The Stranglers is also a fan, stating; "She had me riveted... Of course she's huge and normally that would turn me off because it's too commercial. But I was seriously impressed." Dave Grohl of Foo FIghters and Nirvana fame has repeatedly praised Adele in interviews. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash stated; "She's great.

She's a shot in the arm for this industry. She writes her own music that's not at all contrived. And she's managed to sell loads of records which makes her a great example to the younger artists." Other celebrities who have stated they are fans of Adele's include Julia Roberts , Alan Carr , Anne Hathaway , Jennifer Lawrence , Anderson Cooper , Gordon Ramsay , Jason Kipnis , Oprah Winfrey , Lindsay Lohan , Khloe Kardashian , Ryan Seacrest , Ellen DeGeneres , Julie Andrews , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jenette McCurdy , Mitt Romney , and Barack Obama , among numerous others. Influences Adele has stated that her biggest musical influences are Etta James and Beyoncé . She has also stated that growing up, she listened to the Spice Girls , The Cure , Dusty Springfield , Whitney Houston , and others. She also claims that her mother, who is very close with her, exposed her to the music of Lauryn Hill , Mary J. Blige , and Alicia Keys , all of which inspired her as well.

Adele has named P!nk as one of her biggest musical influences and considers P!nk's performance at the Brixton Academy in London as one of "the most defining moments" in her life, saying "It was the M!ssundaztood record, so I was about 13 or 14. I had never heard, being in the room, someone sing like that live. I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice just hitting me. It was incredible." Awards and accolades At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, 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. That same year, Adele was also nominated for three Brit Awards in the categories of Best British Female, Best British Single and Best British Breakthrough Act.

Then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a thank-you letter to Adele that stated "with the troubles that the country's in financially, you're a light at the end of the tunnel." With 21 non-consecutive weeks at number 1 in the US, Adele broke the record for the longest number-1 album by a woman in Billboard history, beating the record formerly held by Whitney Houston's soundtrack The Bodyguard. 21 spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012, making it the longest-running album at number one since 1985 and it became the fourth best-selling album of the past 10 years in the United States. Adele at the Grammys in 2012. In February 2012, Adele was listed at number five on VH1 ′s 100 Greatest Women In Music. In April 2012, American magazine Time named Adele one of the 100 most influential people in the world. People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.

On 30 April 2012, a tribute to Adele was held at New York City's (Le) Poisson Rouge called Broadway Sings Adele , starring various Broadway actors such as Matt Doyle. In July 2012, Adele was listed at number six in Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30 having earned £23 million ($35 million) between May 2011 and May 2012. On the week ending March 3, 2012, Adele became the first solo 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 5 of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.

Adele topped the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List of musicians in the UK under 30 and made the Top 10 of Billboard magazine's "Top 40 Money Makers." Billboard also announced the same day that Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" is the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years, topping pop, adult pop and adult contemporary charts and that Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists being Judy Garland , Carole King , and Whitney Houston). On March 6, 21 reached 30 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Australian ARIA Chart, making it the longest-running number one album in Australia in the 21st century, and the second longest-running number one ever. At the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards in May, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year, and "Rolling in the Deep" won the award for Most Performed Work of 2011.

At the 2012 BMI Awards held in London in October, Adele won Song of the Year (for "Rolling in the Deep") in recognition of the song being the most played on US television and radio in 2011. In 2013, Adele won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall." This is the first James Bond song to win and only the fifth to be nominated, after " For Your Eyes Only " (1981), " Nobody Does It Better " (1977) (from The Spy Who Loved Me ), " Live and Let Die " (1973), and " The Look of Love " (1967) (from the original Casino Royale ). "Skyfall" won the Brit Award for Best British Single at the 2013 Brit Awards. In February 2013 she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music.

Charitable work In July 2009 she paid £8,000 for a commissioned painting by Stella Vine in a charity auction in aid of Keep a Child Alive , a charity which helps African children and their families living with HIV/AIDS. Adele said she planned to ask Vine to paint a portrait of "my mum and me." Adele has performed in numerous charity concerts throughout her career. In July and November 2008, Adele performed at the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball in London and New York City respectively. On 17 September 2009, Adele performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the VH1 Divas event, a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity. On 6 December, Adele opened with a 40-minute set at John Mayer 's 2nd Annual Holiday Charity Revue held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In 2011, Adele gave a free concert for Pride London, a registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London. Adele has been a major contributor to MusiCares , a charity organization founded by the Grammys for musicians in need.

In February 2009, Adele performed at the 2009 MusiCares charity concert in Los Angeles. In 2011 and 2012, Adele donated autographed items for auctions to support MusiCares. When on tour, Adele requires all backstage visitors to donate a minimum charitable contribution of $20 for the UK charity Sands (an organization dedicated to "supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies’ lives"). During the UK and European leg of her Adele Live tour, Adele collected $13,000 for the charity. Trivia Adele named her first three studios albums after the ages she was when she wrote them. Adele is a liberal. She appeared on the same episode of Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin. After the show, she met Palin, a conservative, “but I didn’t want to,” said Adele, “I was avoiding it…. I had a big Obama pin on." The huge audience Palin attracted was good for the singer, though – her album 19 flew to the top of iTunes charts the next day. Despite her many performances, Adele still admits to stage fright.

She’s been known to throw up prior to performing (once on someone), and suffers from panic attacks. “I don’t like going to the gym,” Adele has said. “I like eating fine foods and drinking nice wine.” She hasn’t always made wise choices when it comes to relationships. In 2008, she cancelled US tour dates to be with a boyfriend . “I was drinking far too much and that was … the basis of my relationship with this boy,” the singer has said. The multiple Grammy winner broke up with that boy, and the experience inspired much of her album 21. “He made me an adult, and put me on the road I am traveling now,” Adele explained. She began singing at age four, and credits the Spice Girls for inspiring her to sing as a career. Adele wrote her debut song, “Hometown Glory,” at age 16. It was released in October 2007. The singer is a fan of Sands Charity, which supports those affected by the loss of a baby. She has encouraged those receiving free tickets to her concerts to contribute $20 to the charity.

Adele's first concert she watched was The Cure when she was three, due to her mother being a big fan of the band. She holds a Guinness World Record for staying at No. 1 in UK charts for the most weeks. Adele's figure in Madame Tussauds. She is the only female singer who sold the highest number of sales in an album (21). Adele has won a record breaking ten Grammy Awards so far out of thirteen nominations. (six awards were won at the 2012 Grammys) Adele held three Guinness World Records for having two of her songs from her albums, 19 and 21, to stay in UK Top 5. Adele has her own figure at Madame Tussauds in London, as well as another figure identical to the one in London that is used for the Amsterdam location of Madame Tussauds. Adele remarked, "If I ever see [my dad who left me when I was young], I would spit in his face." Adele has an alter ego named Sasha Carter . Adele's fans are referred to as Daydreamers .

External links Yeah, it was a snippet of her new song "Grown Woman", and they only thought it would be released because of its inclusion in her Pe... 2013-04-20T01:45:13Z <span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22px;">Adele rulzzzz</span> [ Tradução] 2016-09-09T17:30:39Z Why adele have so good ideas for a song? Pleas give me a anwser!!! Thanks :D 2014-02-01T06:53:12Z Adele - Biography - IMDb Biography Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (44) | Personal Quotes (14) Overview (3) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Adele was born on May 5, 1988 in Tottenham, London, England as Adele Laurie Blue Adkins.

Trade Mark (5) Unfiltered profanities during her performances Titles albums after the age she was when it was written. 19, 21, 25, etc. Her power ballads First winner of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice (2008). Resides with her mother in South London. Is influenced by the music of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald . Graduated from BRIT School (2006). English soul and jazz singer. Underwent throat surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal cord on November 7, 2011. Named as the "Artist of the Year" for 2011 by Billboard. Made Billboard history by becoming the first female singer to top the artist, album and singles list in the same year (2011). In the 2011 Billboard poll, Adele was voted for the Favourite Hot 100 No. 1 song (Rolling in the Deep) and Favourite Billboard 200 No. 1 for her album "21". Is good friends with EastEnders (1985) actor Sid Owen .

Voted #92 on Ask men's Top 99 'most desirable' woman of 2012 list. Won 6 awards at the 2012 Grammy Awards, including: Record of the Year for her album "21", Album of the Year for "21", Song of the Year for "Rolling in the Deep", Best Solo Performance for "Someone Like You", Best Pop Vocal Album for "21", and Best Short Form Music Video for "Rolling in the Deep". Has a miniature dachshund. Suffers from a fear of flying and sailing. Ranked #20 of the "60 Richest Young People" in the UK's The Sunday Times Rich List (2012) with earnings of £20m/$30. Owns a selection of wigs for which she has pet names such as, "June" (after June Carter Cash ), "Jackie" (after Jackie Collins ), etc. Prior to hitting the big time as a singer, Adele once lived in a 1BR flat directly above the bookstore run by Hugh Grant in the movie Notting Hill (1999).

Even after making a victorious splash at the 51st Grammy Awards (8 Feb. 2009), the singer surprised everybody when she took a job at the London-based "Rough Trade" record store as a personal exercise in learning about the basics of the music industry and getting an insider's view of the up-and-coming talent. Adele's victorious performance at the 54th Grammy Awards (12 February 2012) was the first time she'd sung in public since her throat surgery in Boston (Nov. 2011) where renowned throat surgeon Dr. Steven Zeitels performed the successful operation. She and Beyoncé Knowles are avid mutual fans. First British female artist to reach the 10 million records sales mark in the U.S. with her album "21". The album is also the first to top the list two years in a row (2011 & 2012) since Michael Jackson 's "Thriller" in 1983 and 1984.

[November 2012] Won her first 2 Grammies at the 2009 ceremony, for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Chasing Pavements" from her freshman album, 19. Has been in a relationship with Simon Konecki since 2011 and they have one son together. Gave birth to her 1st child at age 24, a son Angelo James Konecki on October 19, 2012. Child's father is her boyfriend, Simon Konecki. Has a younger paternal half-brother, Cameron Evans. Her father, Mark Evans, walked out on Adele and her mother when she was 3-years-old. She saw him every weekend until 1999, not seeing him again until 2003. They became estranged again in 2011 after Evans sold a story about his daughter to the press. Was 8 months pregnant with her son Angelo when she recorded the titular theme song of the film, Skyfall (2012).

Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her son Angelo in order to perform at The 85th Annual Academy Awards (2013). One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2012). She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Music. She is a singer and songwriter. London, England: singer [June 2013] Good friends with Ayda Field . Adele's album "25" sold over 800K copies in the first week of its release, breaking the UK's chart history record previously held by Oasis 's "Be Here Now" (1997), a record the band held for 18 years. [2015] First female in the history of the "Billboard Hot 100" to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time: "Set Fire to the Rain" (#2), "Rolling in the Deep" (#5), "Someone Like You" (#7) - from the album "21" (2011).

Her longtime boyfriend Simon Konecki is a campaigner for safe water worldwide a charity co-founded by screen legend Paul Newman to provide safe drinking water to people in the developing world. Adele's mom Penny was a huge Jeff Buckley fan, in particular of his 1994 album "Grace" which she would play after she'd put the young Adele to bed at night. Credits the scene where a lovesick Mark Wahlberg is floating in the water in The Perfect Storm (2000), as a major inspiration for the lyrics of her song "Rolling in the Deep". The first concert she recalls attending in 1992 was when her mother escorted her to see The Beautiful South at London's Brixton Academy. She was too young, at age 3, to be admitted so her mother smuggled her in under her coat. Shortly afterwards she was taken (legally) to see The Cure at London's Finsbury Park (1993). On top of being the best selling artist of the 21st century, she is the only artist with not one but two Diamond certified albums. Rates Bruno Mars as one of the greatest male pop singers of his generation.

Despite her meteoric rise to wealth and fame, Adele still remains loyal to her cosmetics and continues to wear her favorite perfume "Hypnotic Poison" by Christian Dior , a fragrance she's worn since she was 15-years-old. Adele's boyfriend Simon Konecki is married: Singer's Old Etonian lover is a dad | Daily Mail Online comments She enjoys the accolade of having the biggest selling UK album of the 21st century and has won an army of followers with her songs. But while fans of Brit-nominated pop star Adele, 23, share her delight at finding happiness with new love Simon Konecki, the path to romantic bliss is not entirely without domestic complications. For bearded Old Etonian entrepreneur Konecki has already experienced married life, having wed fashion stylist Clary Fisher in the summer of 2004. The couple, who have parted, have a five-year-old daughter.

It's complicated: It has been claimed that Konecki, seen with the singer last week, is still in the process of getting divorced The singer — full name Adele Adkins — is devoted to Simon, known as ‘Swampy’ to his friends, who is 14 years her senior. When he married Clary, a London College of Fashion graduate, he was a director of the EBS group, an investment holding company. The pair moved in glamorous social circles, counting multi-millionaire property figure Anton Bilton, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood’s son Jamie and Lucas White, the party-loving playboy son of the late industrialist Lord ‘Gordy’ White, among their pals. Romantic relations: The pair were introduced a few months ago by Ed Sheeran But after Konecki left the City, to set up an eco-company with White, his marriage failed. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Despite moving to his home town of Brighton with Clary and the birth of their daughter, the couple grew apart. Grammy award-winning Adele, who is recovering from surgery on her vocal cords, was introduced to her new beau by singer Ed Sheeran a couple of months ago. Their backgrounds could not be more different.

While Adele was raised by her single mother and went to an inner-city primary in Tottenham, Konecki was sent to Eton, where contemporaries included Tom Parker Bowles and Bear Grylls. Different worlds: The 23-year-old's new beau studied at Eton and has a very different background to hers His parents live in a £1 million waterfront house in Florida, and his sisters went to posh Roedean. According to friends, Konecki is in the process of divorcing. He and his wife separated in 2010. When approached, Clary, who lives in Sussex and still uses her married name, refused to comment. A spokesperson for Adele did not respond to requests to clarify Konecki’s marital status. Mason gives Olympic tickets thumbs-down In advance of his West End season next month, New York Jewish comedian Jackie Mason has given the London Olympics the thumbs-down. He tells me: ‘I won’t be applying for tickets. I don’t see any Olympic athletes coming to my show, why should I go to theirs? As for whether there’s too much fuss about hosting the Games, it depends.

So long as you don’t mind paying higher taxes for the next ten years, losing half the main roads in your city and having one ticket to share between 37 friends, it’s fantastic.’ Dame Lesley’s tragic last wish There is a poignant postscript to the death at the weekend of Dame Lesley Strathie, former chief executive and permanent secretary of HM Revenue & Customs. In the week before she succumbed to cancer, Dame Lesley, 56, had posted the banns for her wedding to fellow civil servant Kevin White at Marylebone register office in London. Dame Lesley Strathie, who sadly succumbed to cancer, was the former chief executive and permanent secretary of HM Revenue & Customs Dame Lesley, described by the then civil service chief Sir Gus O’Donnell as a wonderful role model, was planning her nuptials right up to the very end. White, 61, human resources director at the Home Office and one of the country’s highest paid civil servants, is said by friends to be heartbroken. It was only two months ago that Dame Lesley stepped down from her job due to ill-health. She had been diagnosed with cancer in July, but had intended to return to work.

Deteriorating health forced her decision to quit to concentrate on treatment. Starting her civil service career as an administrative assistant in 1971, she worked her way up to chief executive of Jobcentre Plus before joining HMRC. ‘I accepted her resignation with huge sadness,’ says Sir Gus. ‘Over the past 40 years, Lesley has devoted her life to public service.’ Moore's wife makes screen debut There was an unexpected bonus for Sir Roger Moore in his latest film — his wife Kristina made her screen debut alongside him. Scandanvian-born ‘Kiki’, Moore’s fourth wife, dances in ballroom scenes in the TV movie A Princess For Christmas. The ex-Bond star says: ‘We were on location in Bulgaria together, and — although she’ll never admit it — it can get a little boring being on a film set as things take a long time to set up and there’s nothing to do but wait. So the producer suggested Kristina might like to be in the ball scenes, with a lovely dress. ‘Kristina loves dancing and loves the opportunity to dress elegantly, so she jumped at the chance. ‘It meant she had something to do other than sit in the background watching an old English actor.

She didn’t expect any close-ups, but I know the director sneaked a couple.’ Hannon filly in nursery stakes The safe delivery of a bonny baby girl to his wife Jemima, their first child, has radically altered life for affable horse trainer Richard Hannon junior. After attending the birth of 7lb 3oz Eliza Scarlet at Swindon Hospital nine days ago, Hannon now finds he is up and on his way to his Wiltshire yard even earlier than his normal 6.30am start. Richard Hannon and wife Jemima are celebrating the birth of their first child He tells me: ‘Eliza does sleep for about four hours but you do get disturbed in the night as Jemima is breastfeeding. Still, I’d rather be me than the mother but it does encourage earlier starts.’ The new domestic arrangement also means Richard will be giving the Dubai World Cup a miss in March when owner Andrew Tinker’s prospect Dubawi Gold makes a bid for stardom. His father, former champion trainer Richard, is going instead. Says proud Hannon junior: ‘Although Eliza is dad’s tenth grandchild she is the first to be called Hannon.’ Weighed in!

The Diary's quiz winners A huge thank you to all those who entered the Diary’s great Boxing Day Quiz. As usual, we were overwhelmed with replies from readers testing their luck, but there can only be one winner and my congratulations to Brian Stone of Crawley, West Sussex, who receives a six-bottle case of fabulous Moet & Chandon champagne. A bottle of Moet is also on the way to the six runners-up.

Now for the answers: 1 c; 2 a; 3 c; 4 a, b & c; 5 b; 6 c; 7 c; 8 a; 9 a; 10 b; 11 c; 12 a, b & c; 13 c; 14 c; 15 b; 16 a; 17 b; 18 b; 19 b; 20 c; 21 c; 22 a; 23 a & c; 24 b; 25 a; 26 b; 27 b; 28 a; 29 a; 30 c; 31 c; 32 b; 33 c; 34 a; 35 c; 36 b. PS Veteran peer Lord Hutchinson says he doesn’t believe the British class system will ever end. . . unless public schools are shut down.

Stowe and Magdalen College-educated Hutchinson, 96, on the defence team in the 1960 Lady Chatterley’s Lover obscenity trial, says in a BBC documentary: ‘As long as seven per cent of the population go to public school and have a separate and wonderful education the class system will go on. . . After the Labour landslide of 1945 I was convinced the apartheid of education would go and it would be the end of public schools, but it didn’t happen.’

Question: What is the surname of singer Adele?
Answer: Adkins