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Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is
an English singer and songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT Adele
School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. MBE
In 2007, she received the Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award and
won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was
released in 2008. It is certified 8× platinum in the UK and triple
platinum in the US. The album contains her first song,
"Hometown Glory", written when she was just 16, which is based
on her home suburb of West Norwood in London. An appearance
she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career
in the US. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the awards
for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. The album
was critically well-received and surpassed the success of her
debut, earning numerous awards in 2012, among them a record-
tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; the Brit
Award for British Album of the Year; and the American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album. The album has been
certified 17× platinum in the UK, and is overall the second best- Adele performing on her Adele Live
selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position 2016 tour
longer than any album since 1985, and is certified Diamond. The Born Adele Laurie Blue
world's best-selling album of 2011 and 2012, 21 has sold over 31 Adkins[1]
million copies, making it the best-selling album of the 21st 5 May 1988
century. The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in
London, England
the Guinness Book of Records. She was the first female in the
history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top- Alma mater BRIT School
ten singles as a lead artist, with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Occupation Singer, songwriter
Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain", all of which also topped the
Years active 2006–present
chart.
Spouse(s) Simon Konecki
In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", which she co-wrote and (m. 2016; div. 2021)
recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song
Children 1
won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and the Brit Award for
British Single of the Year. After taking a three-year break, Adele Awards Full list
released her third studio album, 25, in 2015. It became the year's Musical career
best-selling album and broke first-week sales records in the UK
Genres Pop[2] · R&B[3] · blue-
and US. 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the
US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including Album of the eyed soul[4] · pop-
Year, and four Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. soul[5]
The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell Instruments Vocals · guitar
over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her
Labels XL · Columbia
third concert tour, Adele Live 2016, visited Europe, North
America and Oceania, and concluded with finale concerts at Website adele.com (http://adel
Wembley Stadium in June 2017. e.com)

With sales of over 120 million records, Adele is one of the world's
best-selling music artists.[6] Her accolades include fifteen Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards. In
2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her Artist of the Year. At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello
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Awards, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers,
and Authors. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. Time
magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2016. Her third tour
saw her break attendance records globally, including in the UK, Australia, and the US, and her album
21 has been listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020).

Contents
Early life
Career
2006–2010: Career beginnings and 19
2011–2014: 21, worldwide recognition and hiatus
2015–2017: 25 and Adele Live 2016
2018–present: Upcoming fourth studio album
Artistry
Influences and favourite musicians
Musical style
Voice
Personal life
Philanthropy
Impact
Awards and achievements
Discography
Filmography
Concert tours
See also
References
Sources and bibliography
External links

Early life
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1988 in the Tottenham district of London, to an English
mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Marc Evans.[7] Evans left when Adele was two, and she
was brought up by her mother.[8][9] She began singing at age four and asserts that she became
obsessed with voices.[10][11] In 1997, nine-year-old Adele and her mother, who by then had found
work as a furniture maker and an adult-learning activities organiser, relocated to Brighton on the
south coast of England.[12]

In 1999, she and her mother moved back to London; first to Brixton, then to the neighbouring district
of West Norwood in south London, which is the subject of her first song "Hometown Glory".[13] She
spent much of her youth in Brockwell Park where she would play the guitar and sing to friends, which
she recalled in her 2015 song "Million Years Ago". She stated, "It has quite monumental moments of
my life that I've spent there, and I drove past it [in 2015] and I just literally burst into tears. I really
missed it."[14] Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in

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May 2006,[15]
where she was a classmate of Leona Lewis and Jessie J.[1][16] Adele credits the school
with nurturing her talent[17] even though, at the time, she was more interested in going into A&R and
hoped to launch other people's careers.[1]

Career

2006–2010: Career beginnings and 19

Four months after graduation, she published two songs on the fourth
issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine.com.[18] She had
recorded a three-song demo for a class project and given it to a friend.[1]
The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful
and led to a phone call from Richard Russell, boss of the music label XL
Recordings. She doubted if the offer was real because the only record
company she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a friend with her to
the meeting.[16][19]

Nick Huggett, at XL, recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins

at September Management, and in June 2006, Dickins became her
official representative.[20] 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.[20] Adele performing on an
Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, "My Yvonne," for his debut acoustic guitar in Kilburn,
album, and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss, London, in 2007
who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, 19,
and tracks on 21.[21] In June 2007, Adele made her television debut,
performing "Daydreamer" on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland.[22] Adele's breakthrough song,
"Hometown Glory", written when she was 16, was released in October 2007.[20]

By 2008, Adele had become the headliner and performed an acoustic set, in which she was supported
by Damien Rice.[23] 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.[24][25] The album 19, named for her age at the time she wrote and composed 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.[26] 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.[27] Adele was nominated for a 2008 Mercury Prize award for
19.[28] She also won an Urban Music Award for "Best Jazz Act."[29] She also received a Music of Black
Origin (MOBO) nomination in the category of Best UK Female.[30] In March 2008, Adele signed a
deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the United States.[31] She embarked
on a short North American tour in the same month,[31] and 19 was released in the US in June.[17]
Billboard magazine stated of it: "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and
inspiring international artists of her generation."[32] The An Evening with Adele world tour began in
May 2008 and ended in June 2009.[33]

She later cancelled the 2008 US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend.[34] She said in Nylon
magazine in June 2009, "I'm like, 'I can't believe I did that.' It seems so ungrateful.... 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, I'll just cancel my stuff then.'"[34] She referred to this period as her
"early life crisis".[34] She is also known for her dislike of flying and bouts of homesickness when away
from her native London.[35] By the middle of October 2008, Adele's attempt to break in America
appeared to have failed.[36] But then she was booked as the musical guest on 18 October 2008 episode
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of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The episode, which included an

expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate
Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with
17  million viewers. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and
"Cold Shoulder,"[37] 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.[38] The album reached number
11 on the Billboard 200 as a result, a jump of 35 places over the
previous week.[39] In November 2008, Adele moved to Notting
Adele performing live in January Hill, London after leaving her mother's house, a move that
2009 prompted her to give up drinking.[40] The album was certified
gold in early 2009, by the RIAA.[41] By July 2009, the album had
sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.[42]

At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2009, Adele won the award for Best New Artist, in
addition to the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements", which was
also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[43] Adele performed "Chasing
Pavements" at the ceremony in a duet with Jennifer Nettles. In 2010, Adele received a Grammy
nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory."[44] 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, or Our Star for Oslo, in which the German entry to the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was determined.[45][46] 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.[47] 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.[48] This performance was later
nominated for a CMT Music Award.[49]

2011–2014: 21, worldwide recognition and hiatus

Adele released her second studio album, 21, on 24 January 2011 in the
UK and 22 February in the US.[50][51] She said the album was inspired by
the breakup with her former partner.[9] The album's sound is described
as classic and contemporary country and roots music. The change in
sound from her debut 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.[51] Adele told Spin Magazine: "It was really exciting for me
because I never grew up around [that music]."[52] 21 topped the charts in
30 countries, including the UK and the US.[53][54][55]

An emotional performance of "Someone Like You" at the 2011 Brit

Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK.[56] Adele performing in Seattle,
Washington, on 12 August
Her first album, 19, re-entered the UK album chart alongside 21, while
2011
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.[57] Both songs topped
the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records. 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.[58] 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,[59][60] with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one
calendar year.[61][62] "Set Fire to the Rain" became Adele's third number-one single on the Billboard
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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.[63] Moreover, 21 had the most weeks
on the Billboard 200 chart of any album by a female artist.[64]

To promote the album, Adele embarked upon the "Adele Live" tour, which sold out its North
American leg.[65] In October 2011, Adele was forced to cancel two tours because of a vocal-cord
haemorrhage. She released a statement saying she needed an extended period of rest to avoid
permanent damage to her voice.[66] In the first week of November 2011 Steven M. Zeitels, director of
the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston, performed laser microsurgery on Adele's vocal cords to remove a benign polyp.[67][68][69] 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.[70] 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 (Live at the Royal Albert Hall).[71] 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.[72] 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 woman ever to top all three categories.[73][74]

Following the throat microsurgery, she made her live comeback at the
2012 Grammy Awards in February.[75] She won in all six categories for
which she was nominated, including Album of the Year, Record of the
Year, and Song of the Year, making her the second female artist in
Grammy history, after Beyoncé, to win that many awards in a single
night.[76] Following that success, 21 achieved the biggest weekly sales
increase following a Grammy win since Nielsen SoundScan began
tracking data in 1991.[77][78] Adele received the Brit Award for British
Female Solo Artist, and British Album of the Year presented to her by
George Michael.[79][80] Following the Brit Awards, 21 reached number
one for the 21st non-consecutive week in the UK.[81] The album has sold
over 4.5  million copies in the UK where it is the fourth best-selling
album.[82] In October, the album's sales surpassed 4.5 million in the UK,
and in November it surpassed 10 million sales in the US.[83][84][85] The
best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, as of 2016, the album
Adele at the 2013 Golden
has sold over 31 million copies.[86][87][88] By the end of 2014, she had
Globe Awards
sold an estimated 40 million albums and 50  million singles
worldwide.[89] 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.[84]

In October 2012, Adele confirmed that she had been writing, composing and recording the theme
song for Skyfall, the twenty-third James Bond film.[90][91] The song "Skyfall," written and composed
in collaboration with producer Paul Epworth, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and features
orchestrations by J. A. C. Redford.[92] Adele stated recording "Skyfall" was "one of the proudest
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, selling 261,000 copies in the US in its first three days.[93] 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;[94] a record surpassed in 2015 by Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall".[95]

"Skyfall" has sold more than five million copies worldwide[96] and earned Adele the Golden Globe
Award for Best Original Song[97] and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[98] In December
2012, Adele was named Billboard Artist of the Year, and 21 was named Album of the Year, making her
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the first artist to receive both accolades two years in a row.[99][100] Adele was also named top female
artist.[100] The Associated Press named Adele Entertainer of the Year for 2012.[101] The 2013 Grammy
Awards saw Adele's live version of "Set Fire to the Rain" win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo
Performance, bringing her total wins to nine.[102]

On 3 April 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 and composing her
own material.[103] At the 2013 Grammy Awards, she confirmed that she was in the very early stages of
her third album.[104][105] She also stated that she will most likely work with Paul Epworth again.[104]

In September 2013, Wiz Khalifa confirmed that he and Adele had collaborated on a song for his fifth
studio album, Blacc Hollywood, though the collaboration did not make the final track listing.[106] In
January 2014, Adele received her tenth Grammy Award with "Skyfall" winning Best Song Written for
Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.[107]

2015–2017: 25 and Adele Live 2016

On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014, Adele posted a cryptic message via her Twitter account
which prompted media discussion about her next album. The message, "Bye bye 25... See you again
later in the year," was interpreted by some in the media, including Capital FM, as meaning that her
next album would be titled 25 and released later in the year.[108] In 2014, Adele was nominated for
nine World Music Awards. In early August, Paul Moss suggested that an album would be released in
2014 or 2015.[109] However, in the October 2014 accounts filed with Companies House by XL
Recordings, they ruled out a 2014 release.[110]

On 27 August 2015, Billboard reported that Adele's label, XL

Recordings, had intentions of releasing her third studio album sometime
in November 2015.[112] Danger Mouse was revealed to have contributed
a song, while Tobias Jesso Jr. had written a track, and Ryan Tedder was
"back in the mix after producing and co-writing 'Rumour Has It' on
21."[112] 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.[113] 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.[114]

In a statement released three days later, Adele confirmed the album's Adele singing in St. Paul
during her first North
title to be 25, with her stating, "My last record was a break-up record,
American tour in five years
and if I had to label this one, I would call it a make-up record. Making up
in July 2016. Ten million
for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did. 25 is
people attempted to
about getting to know who I've become without realising. And I'm sorry purchase tickets for the
it took so long but, you know, life happened."[115] Adele also believes 25 North American leg of
will be her last album titled after her age, believing it would be the end to Adele's world tour. Only
a trilogy.[116] On 22 October, Adele confirmed that 25 would be released 750,000 tickets were
on 20 November, while the lead single from the album, "Hello" would be available.[111]
released on 23 October. [117] 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.[118] The video of "Hello", released on 22 October, was viewed
over 27.7 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours, breaking the Vevo record for the most views
in a day, surpassing the 20.1 million views for "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift.[119] On 28 October, BBC
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News reported that "Hello" was being viewed on YouTube an average one million times an hour.[120]
"Hello" went on to become the fastest video to hit one billion views on YouTube, which it achieved
after 88 days.[121] The video for "Hello" captured iconic British elements such as a red telephone box
and a cup of tea.[122] The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 30 October, with
first week sales of 330,000 copies, making it the biggest-selling number one single in three years.[123]
"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.[124] By the end of 2015, it had sold 12.3 million units globally
and was the year's 7th best-selling single despite being released in late October.[125]

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.[126] This was her
first television appearance since performing at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, and the show
was recorded before a live audience on 2 November for broadcast on 20 November, coinciding with
the release of 25.[127] On 27 October it was also announced that Adele would appear on the US
entertainment series Saturday Night Live on 21 November.[126][128] On 30 October, 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 17 November. Subsequently, NBC aired the concert special on 14
December.[129][130]

On 27 November, 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.[131] 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.[132] 25 also broke first
week sales records in Canada and New Zealand.[133][134] 25 became the best-selling album of 2015 in
a number of countries, including Australia, the UK and the US, spending seven consecutive weeks at
number one in each country, before being displaced by David Bowie's Blackstar.[135][136][137] It was
the best-selling album worldwide of 2015 with 17.4  million copies sold.[125] 25 has since sold 20
million copies globally.[138] 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.[139] As the best-selling artist worldwide for 2015 the IFPI
named Adele the Global Recording Artist of the Year.[140]

In November 2015, Adele's 2016 tour was announced, her first

tour since 2011.[142] Beginning in Europe, Adele Live 2016
included four dates at the Manchester Arena in March 2016, six
dates at the O2 Arena, London, with further dates in Ireland,
Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands among others.[143]
Her North American Tour began on 5 July in St. Paul,
Minnesota.[144] The leg included six nights at Madison Square
Garden in New York City, eight nights at Staples Center in Los
Adele on the Pyramid Stage at Angeles, and four nights at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.[145]
Glastonbury in 2016. Having been Adele broke Taylor Swift's five-show record for most consecutive
going to the festival since she was a sold-out shows at the Staples Center.[146]
child, an emotional Adele cried
before she went on stage to At the 2016 Brit Awards in London on 24 February, Adele
150,000 people.[141] 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, bringing her Brit Award wins to eight.[147]
She closed the ceremony by performing "When We Were Young", the second single from 25.[147] Two
more singles from 25 were released in 2016: "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" and "Water Under
the Bridge". While on stage at London's O2 Arena on 17 March, Adele announced that she would be
headlining on the Pyramid Stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival, which was later confirmed by the
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festival's organisers.[148]
She appeared for a 90-minute fifteen song set at the festival on 25 June in
front of 150,000 people, and described the experience as "by far, the best moment of my life so
far".[149][150] In an interview with Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 around 30-minutes before going on
stage, Adele had said she had been going to Glastonbury since she was a child and that the festival had
meant a lot to her, before she broke down. Whiley recalls, "She was really scared, really, really scared.
We were doing the interview and at one point she had to stop as she was in tears. It was amazing to
see somebody like that, then to witness her walking out on stage and doing the most incredible set. To
know that half an hour before she’d been in tears at the thought of walking out there."[141]

As part of her world tour, in February and March 2017, Adele

performed in Australia for the first time, playing outdoor
stadiums around the country.[151] Her first two shows in New
Zealand sold out in a record-breaking 23 minutes, and a third
show was announced, with all tickets sold in under 30
minutes.[152] Adele sold over 600,000 tickets for her record-
breaking eight date Australian tour, setting stadium records
throughout the country; her Sydney show at ANZ Stadium on 10
March was seen by 95,000 people, the biggest single concert in
Australian history, a record she broke the following night with Adele performing at the Adelaide
more than 100,000 fans.[153] Adele completed her world tour Oval in Adelaide, Australia, March
with two concerts, dubbed "The Finale", at Wembley Stadium, 2017
London on 28 and 29 June.[154] She announced the shows at "the
home of football" by singing the England football team's "Three
Lions" anthem and also the theme song to the BBC's weekly Premier League football show Match of
the Day.[154] Adele had added another two concerts at Wembley after the first two dates sold out,[155]
however she cancelled the last two dates of the tour after damaging her vocal cords.[156] As a show of
support, fans instead gathered outside Wembley Stadium to perform renditions of her songs, in an
event titled "Sing for Adele".[157]

At the end of 2016, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year for the third time,[158] and also received
the Top Billboard 200 album.[159] 25 was the best-selling album for a second consecutive year in the
US.[160] With 235 million views, Adele's Carpool Karaoke through the streets of London with James
Corden, a sketch which featured on Corden's talk show The Late Late Show with James Corden in
January 2016, was the biggest YouTube viral video of 2016.[161] At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards
in February 2017, Adele won all five of her nominations, bringing her number of awards to fifteen.
She won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 25, and Record of the Year, Song of the
Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Hello".[162] She also performed a tribute to the late George
Michael singing the rendition of his song "Fastlove"; due to technical difficulties which occurred
during the performance, Adele decided to stop and restart, explaining "I can't mess this up for
him".[163]

As announced on 31 July 2017, Adele switched performance rights management in the United States
from BMI to SESAC.[164]

2018–present: Upcoming fourth studio album

Adele was reportedly working on her fourth studio album by 2018.[165] On 5 May 2019, her 31st
birthday, Adele posted several black-and-white pictures of herself on her Instagram account
celebrating the occasion along with a message reflecting on the preceding year. The message ended
with, "30 will be a drum n bass record to spite you". Media outlets took the post as an indication that a
new album was on the way.[166][167] On 15 February 2020, Adele announced at a friend's wedding that
her fourth studio album would be out by September 2020.[168] However, she later confirmed the
album's production and release has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[169]
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Adele made her first television appearance in almost four years by hosting the 24 October 2020
episode of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest H.E.R..[170]

Artistry

Influences and favourite musicians

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".[171] During childhood, she impersonated the Spice
Girls at dinner parties.[172] She says she was "heartbroken" when
her favourite Spice Girls member, Geri Halliwell aka "Ginger
Spice", departed from the group.[173][174] Growing up she also
listened to Sinéad O'Connor,[175] the Cranberries,[176] Bob
Marley,[177] the Cure,[178] Dusty Springfield,[179] Celine
Dion,[180] and Annie Lennox.[181] One of Adele's earliest
Adele credits the Spice Girls as a influences was Gabrielle, who she has admired since age five.
major influence on her love of music. During Adele's school years, her mother made her an eye patch
with sequins which she used to perform as the Hackney born star
in a school talent contest.[182] After moving to south London, she
became interested in R&B acts such as Aaliyah, Destiny's Child, and Mary J. Blige.[183] Adele has
stated that one of the most defining moments in her life was when she saw Pink perform at Brixton
Academy in London. She says: "It was the Missundaztood 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."[184][185] She also cites Jeff Buckley's album
Grace as an influence, saying: "I remember falling out with my best friend when I was like seven and
listening to Jeff Buckley, because my mum was a huge fan. Grace has always been around me".[186]

In 2002, 14-year-old Adele discovered Etta James and Ella

Fitzgerald as she stumbled on the artists' CDs in the jazz section of
her local music store. She was struck by their appearance on the
album covers.[187] Adele states she then "started listening to Etta
James every night for an hour," and in the process was getting "to
know my own voice."[187] She has credited Amy Winehouse and her
2003 album Frank with inspiring her to take up the guitar, saying:
"If it wasn't for Amy and Frank, one hundred per cent I wouldn't
have picked up a guitar, I wouldn't have written 'Daydreamer' or In her teens, Adele would listen
'Hometown [Glory]' and I wrote 'Someone Like You' on the guitar to Etta James while developing
too." [188] She also states that her mother, who is very close to her, and practising her singing
exposed her to the music of Aaliyah, Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, and abilities.
Alicia Keys, all of whom inspired her as well.[175] On the rock band
Queen, she says: "I love them. I'm the biggest Queen fan ever.
They're the kind of band that's just in your DNA, really. Everyone just knows who they are."[189] She
has also expressed admiration for Lana Del Rey, Grimes, Chvrches, FKA Twigs, Alabama Shakes,
Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Frank Ocean, and Stevie Nicks.[190][191][192][193] In 2017, she
described Beyoncé as a particular inspiration, calling her "[the] artist of my life" and added "the other
artists who mean that much to me are all dead."[194] Adele cited Madonna's 1998 album Ray of Light
as a "chief inspiration" for her album 25.[191] She mentioned that Max Martin's work on Taylor Swift's
"I Knew You Were Trouble" was the inspiration behind her song "Send My Love (To Your New
Lover)", saying: "I was in New York, writing 'Remedy' with Ryan Tedder. We were having lunch, and
'I Knew You Were Trouble' came on the radio – Taylor's song that she did with Max Martin and
Shellback. I was like, 'Who did this?' I knew it was Taylor, and I've always loved her, but this is a
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totally other side – like, 'I want to know who brought that out in her.' And he said Max Martin. I was
unaware that I knew who Max Martin was. I Googled him, and I was like, 'He's literally written every
massive soundtrack of my life.' So I got my management to reach out. They came to London, and I
took my guitar along and was like, 'I've got this riff,' and then 'Send My Love' happened really quickly.
Max Martin, I just could hang out with him forever. He's so beautiful and lovely and funny and
generous and warm and caring. He's a really amazing man."[195]

Musical style

Adele's debut album, 19, is of the soul genre, with lyrics addressing heartbreak and relationship.[17]
Her success occurred simultaneously with several other British female soul singers, with the British
press dubbing her a new Amy Winehouse.[1] This was described as a third British Musical Invasion of
the US.[16] However, Adele called the comparisons between her and other female soul singers lazy,
noting "we're a gender, not a genre".[17][196][197] AllMusic wrote that "Adele is simply too magical to
compare her to anyone."[187]

Her second album, 21, shares the folk and soul influences of her debut album, but was further
inspired by American country and Southern blues music to which she had been exposed during her
2008–09 tour An Evening with Adele in North America.[198][199] Conceived in the aftermath of
Adele's breakup with a partner, the album typifies the near dormant tradition of the confessional
singer-songwriter in its exploration of heartbreak, self-examination, and forgiveness. Having referred
to 21 as a "break-up record", Adele labelled her third studio album, 25, a "make-up record", adding it
is about "Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did."[115] Her
yearning for her old self, her nostalgia, and melancholy about the passage of time, is a feature of 25,
with Adele stating, "I've had a lot of regrets since I turned 25. And sadness hits me in different ways
than it used to. There's a lot of things I don't think I'll ever get 'round to doing."[200]

Voice

Adele is a mezzo-soprano, with "Clutching a Brits Critics'

a range spanning from B2 to C6. Choice Award before she'd even
released her debut album,
However Classic FM state she is Adele had what seems like pre-
often mistaken for a contralto ordained success, but it never
due to the application of a tense would have happened without
chest mix to hit the lower notes, her extraordinary voice.
while also noting that her voice Appropriately, her big, smoky
pipes enter tonight before she
becomes its clearest as she does – singing from the wings,
ascends the register, particularly before she suddenly emerges,
Adele performing at the Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on
from C4 to C5.[202][203][204][205] cackling "Awright Leeds."
Rolling Stone reported that These first few seconds
her Adele Live 2016 tour
encapsulate her special
following throat surgery her connection with the public. A
voice had become "palpably peculiar mixture of the sublime
bigger and purer-toned", and that she had added a further four and the mundane. One minute
notes to the top of her range.[200] Initially, critics suggested that her she's adding an eerie tremor to
vocals were more developed and intriguing than her songwriting, a the lyric "Of my world", the
next she's explaining to the
sentiment with which Adele agreed.[206] She has stated: "I taught people pondering aloud just
myself how to sing by listening to Ella Fitzgerald for acrobatics and how one might Set Fire to the
scales, Etta James for passion and Roberta Flack for control."[207] Rain, that the song was
inspired "when mah lightah
Adele's singing has received acclaim from music critics. In a review stopped workin'" in the wet."
of 19, The Observer stated, "The way she stretched the vowels, her
wonderful soulful phrasing, the sheer unadulterated pleasure of her
voice, stood out all the more; little doubt that she's a rare
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singer".[208] BBC Music wrote, "Her melodies exude warmth, her —Dave Simpson of The
singing is occasionally stunning and, ...she has tracks that make Lily Guardian on Adele's voice
Allen and Kate Nash sound every bit as ordinary as they are." [209] and down to earth
Also in 2008, Sylvia Patterson of The Guardian wrote, "Of all the persona.[201]
gobby new girls, only Adele's bewitching singing voice has the
enigmatic quality which causes tears of involuntary emotion to
splash down your face in the way Eva Cassidy's did before her."[210]
For their reviews of 21, The New York Times' chief music critic Jon Pareles commended Adele's
emotive timbre, likening her to Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, and Annie Lennox: "[Adele] can
seethe, sob, rasp, swoop, lilt and belt, in ways that draw more attention to the song than to the
singer".[211] Ryan Reed of Paste magazine regarded her voice as "a raspy, aged-beyond-its-years thing
of full-blooded beauty",[212] while MSN Music's Tom Townshend called her "the finest singer of [our]
generation".[213] Adele has also been dubbed a "vocal goddess".[214]

Personal life
Adele began dating charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki in mid-2011.[215] Their son Angelo James
was born on 19 October 2012.[216] On the topic of becoming a parent, Adele said she "felt like I was
truly living. I had a purpose, where before I didn't".[217] Adele and Konecki brought a privacy case
against a UK-based photo agency that published intrusive paparazzi images of their son taken during
family outings in 2013.[218] Lawyers working on their behalf accepted damages from the company in
July 2014.[219] Adele has also opened up about suffering from postpartum depression, anxiety, and
panic attacks.[220][221]

In early 2017, tabloids started speculating that Adele and Konecki had secretly married when they
were spotted wearing matching rings on their ring fingers.[222] During her acceptance speech at the
59th Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Adele confirmed these reports of their marriage
by referring to Konecki as "my husband" when thanking him.[223] She repeated this in March 2017,
telling the audience at a concert in Brisbane, Australia, "I'm married now".[224] Adele became a stay-
at-home mother.[225] In April 2019, Adele's representatives announced to the Associated Press that
she and Konecki had separated after more than seven years together, but that they would continue to
raise their son together.[226][227] On 13 September 2019, it was reported that Adele had filed for
divorce from Konecki in the US.[228] Their divorce was finalised on 4 March 2021.[229]

Politically, she is a supporter of the Labour Party, saying in 2011 that she was a "Labour girl through
and through", and in the same interview was critical of the Conservative Party.[230] Despite this
declared political affiliation, Adele received backlash for her comments on paying taxes during a 2011
interview with Q magazine. She said, "I use the NHS, I can't use public transport any more, doing
what I do, I went to state school, I'm mortified to have to pay 50 percent! Trains are always late, most
state schools are shit and I've gotta give you like four million quid, are you having a laugh? When I got
my tax bill in from 19 I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire."[231][232] In 2015,
Adele said, "I'm a feminist, I believe that everyone should be treated the same, including race and
sexuality".[191]

Born in the North London district of Tottenham, Adele supports local football club Tottenham
Hotspur.[233] In 2017, Adele was ranked the richest musician under age 30 in the UK and Ireland on
the Sunday Times Rich List, which valued her wealth at £125 million. She was ranked the 19th richest
musician overall.[234] On the 2019 list, she was valued at £150 million as the 22nd richest musician in
the UK.[235]

Supportive of the LGBT community, on 12 June 2016, an emotional Adele dedicated her show in
Antwerp, Belgium to the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United
States earlier that day, adding, "The LGBTQ community, they're like my soul mates since I was really

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young, so I'm very moved by it."[236][237]

In April 2018, it was widely reported that Adele had become an ordained minister in order to officiate
at close friend comedian Alan Carr's wedding to Paul Drayton, something which Adele herself
subsequently confirmed. The wedding, held in January 2018, took place in the garden of her house in
Los Angeles, California.[238]

Since 2017, Adele has been on a weight loss program where she shed around seven stone (45  kg /
100lb).[239]

Philanthropy
Adele has performed in numerous charity concerts throughout her career. In 2007 and 2008, she
performed at the Little Noise Sessions held at London's Union Chapel, with proceeds from the
concerts donated to Mencap which works with people with learning disabilities.[35] In July and
November 2008, Adele performed at the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball in London and New York City
respectively.[240][241][242] On 17 September 2009, she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,
for the VH1 Divas event, a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity.[243][244]
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.[245] In 2011, Adele gave a free concert for Pride
London, a registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London.[246] The same year, Adele took
part in the UK charity telethon Comic Relief for Red Nose Day 2011, performing "Someone like
You".[247]

Adele has been a major contributor to MusiCares, a charity organisation founded by the National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 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.[248][249][250] Adele required all backstage visitors to the
North American leg of her Adele Live tour to donate a minimum charitable contribution of US$20 for
the UK charity SANDS, an organisation dedicated to "supporting anyone affected by the death of a
baby and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies' lives".[251]

On 15 June 2017, Adele attended a vigil in west London for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire
where, keeping a low profile, she was only spotted by a small handful of fans.[252] Four days later she
appeared at Chelsea fire station and brought cakes for the firefighters.[253] Station manager Ben King
stated "She came in, came up to the mess and had a cup of tea with the watch and then she joined us
for the minute's silence."[253] Paying tribute to the victims at her first Wembley show on 28 June,
Adele encouraged fans to donate money to help the victims of the blaze rather than waste the money
on "overpriced wine".[254]

Impact
Adele's early success as a soul singer-songwriter earned her the title "British Queen of Soul".[255]
Richard Russell, the founder of record label XL Recordings, complimented Adele that she had the
potential to change the way women were seen in the music industry by focusing on music rather than
sexuality.[256] The New Yorker called her "the most popular living soul singer in the world" at 27-year-
old.[257] Writing for Vulture, Jillian Mapes opinioned that Adele is "among the first plus-size female
cultural icons to reach the highest echelons of commercial success without having to make herself the
butt of fat jokes along the way".[258] Time described her as "a voice for every generation" and further
stated that "Adele bridges pop music’s past and its future".[259] Billboard credited Adele for reviving
the music industry in 2011, the year of 21's release, and wrote: "She was a unique presence not only in
2011, but in all of 21st century pop: a preternaturally gifted singer and songwriter with a leave-it-all-
on-the-floor approach to recording and performing — and also an earthy, relatable, and strangely
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unassuming personality both on and off the stage".[260] Junkee and Consequence of Sound also
credited her for revitalizing pop music and heralding "a new era of relatable pop" due to the critical
and commercial success of 21.[261][262]

Consequence of Sound ranked Adele at number 34 on its list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time,
described her voice as "athletic and authentic" and "an unapologetic powerhouse with a knack for
tone and an ability to imbue her performances with genuine emotion".[263] Insider listed her among
the top artists of the decade, wrote: "Her artistry and style broke through in a time of ultra club-happy
pop music, and paved the way for other artists to break the mold".[264] Adele and her work has
influenced numerous recording artists, including Beyoncé,[265] Lauren Daigle,[266] Rebecca
Ferguson,[267] Jess Glynne,[268] Conan Gray,[269] Freya Ridings,[270] and Sam Smith.[271]

Awards and achievements

At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele won awards
in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance.[272] She was also nominated in the categories of
Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[273] The success of her
debut album 19 saw Adele nominated for three Brit Awards in the
categories of British Female Solo Artist, British Single of the Year
and British Breakthrough Act.[274] 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".[275] Adele at Wembley Stadium in June
2017. Adele's concert on 28 June
Adele's second album, 21, earned her a record-tying six Grammy was attended by 98,000 fans, a
Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including stadium record for a UK music
British Album of the Year. Adele was the second artist and first event.[156]
female, preceded by Christopher Cross, to have won all four of the
general field awards throughout her career.[276] The success of
the album saw her receive numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records.[277] 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.[78] 21 spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012, making it the longest-
running album at number one since 1985,[278] and it became the fourth best-selling album of the past
10 years in the US.[279] The best selling album in the UK of the 21st century, and the best selling
album by a female in UK chart history, 21 is also the second best-selling album in the UK of all
time.[280][281] 21 was her first album certified diamond in the US.[282] On 6 March, 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.[283]

In February 2012, Adele was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.[284] In
April 2012, Time magazine named Adele one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[285][286]
People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.[287] 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.[288] 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 between May 2011
and May 2012.[289]

On the week ending 3 March 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 with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You",
and "Set Fire to the Rain" as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the

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Billboard 200 and two singles in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.[290] Adele topped
the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List of musicians in the UK under 30,[291] and made the Top 10 of
Billboard magazine's "Top 40 Money Makers".[292] 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).[292]

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.[293] 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.[294] 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 the
fifth to be nominated—after "For Your Eyes Only" (1981), "Nobody Does It Better" (1977), "Live and
Let Die" (1973), and "The Look of Love" (1967).[295][296] "Skyfall" won the Brit Award for Best British
Single at the 2013 Brit Awards.[297]

In June 2013, Adele was appointed a MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music,
and she received the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on 19 December 2013.[298][299]
In February 2013 she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by Woman's Hour
on BBC Radio 4.[300] In April 2016, Adele appeared for the second time on the Time 100 list of most
influential people.[301] In 2014, Adele was already being regarded as a British cultural icon, with
young adults from abroad naming her among a group of people whom they most associated with UK
culture, which included William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth II, David Beckham, J. K. Rowling, The
Beatles, Charlie Chaplin and Elton John.[302][303]

Released in 2015, Adele's third album, 25, became the year's best-selling album and broke first week
sales records in a number of markets, including the UK and the US.[304] 25 was her second album to
be certified diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including her second Grammy
Award for Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist, British Album of
the Year, British Single of the Year for "Hello", and British Global Success.[147] Adele became the only
artist in history to, on two separate occasions, win the three general categories Grammys in the same
ceremony.[305] With 15 awards from 18 nominations, Adele won more Grammys than any other
female who was born outside the U.S.[306] 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 in the UK.[139] The lead single, "Hello",
became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release.[124]
At the 2016 Ivor Novello Awards Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of
Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.[307] As of 6 August 2019, despite releasing just two albums in
the decade (21 and 25), at 36 weeks she has the second most weeks at number one in the UK Album
Charts in the 2010s, five weeks behind Ed Sheeran (who has released four albums).[308][309] In
December 2019, Israel's largest TV and Radio stations named her singer of the 2010s.[310] In 2021,
Adele was named the UK's best-selling female album artist of the 21st century, based on Official
Charts Company data.[311]

Discography
19 (2008)
21 (2011)
25 (2015)

Filmography
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Year Title Notes

2007 Later... with Jools Episode: 8 June 2007[312]

Holland
Episode: 1 April 2008[313]
Never Mind the
Episode: 4 October 2008[314]
Buzzcocks

Saturday Night Live Episode: "Josh Brolin / Adele"[315]

2008
BBC Electric Proms 22 October 2008[316]

Sound Episode: 6 December 2008[317]

Jools' Annual
Episode: 31 December 2008[318]
Hootenanny

Ugly Betty Episode: "In the Stars": Cameo appearance[319]

2009
Never Mind the
Episode: 23 July 2009[320]
Buzzcocks
Later... with Jools
2011 Episode: 6 May 2011[321]
Holland

Adele Live at the A programme featuring highlights of a concert given by Adele on 21 September
2012
Royal Albert Hall 2011 as part of her Adele Live tour.[322]

Adele at the BBC Television special[323]

2015 Saturday Night Live Episode: "Matthew McConaughey / Adele"[324]

Adele Live in New York
Television special also Executive producer[325]
City

2016 Glastonbury 2016 Adele headlines the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.[326]

2020 Saturday Night Live Episode: "Adele / H.E.R." [327]

Concert tours
An Evening with Adele (2008–09)
Adele Live (2011)
Adele Live 2016 (2016–17)

See also
List of one-word stage names
Honorific nicknames in popular music
List of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists
List of artists who reached number one in the United States

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External links
Official website (http://adele.com)
Adele (https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1811211) at the Encyclopædia Britannica
Adele (https://curlie.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/A/Adele/) at Curlie
Adele (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233157/) at IMDb
Adele (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000503460) at AllMusic
Adele at Grammys (https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/adele/528)

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Awards and achievements

Academy Award for Best Original Succeeded by
Preceded by
Song Kristen Lopez and Robert
Randy Newman
2012 Lopez
Brit Award for British Female Solo
Preceded by Succeeded by
Artist
Paloma Faith Emeli Sandé
2016
Brit Award for British Female Solo
Preceded by Succeeded by
Artist
Laura Marling Emeli Sandé
2012
Preceded by Grammy Award for Best New Artist Succeeded by
Amy Winehouse 2009 Zac Brown Band

Succeeded by
Preceded by
James Bond title artist Sam Smith
Jack White and Alicia Keys
"Skyfall", 2012 "Writing's on the Wall",
"Another Way to Die", 2008
2015

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