Biography
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, known professionally as Adele, is a
British singer-songwriter who has captivated audiences worldwide
with her soulful and emotive voice. Born on May 5, 1988, in
Tottenham, London, Adele grew up in a modest family and was
heavily influenced by her mother's love of music, particularly the
works of the Spice Girls and Pink Floyd. She was raised by her mother
after her father left the family when she was just two years old.
Early life
After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a
record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, 19, was released in
2008 and spawned the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements” and
"Make You Feel My Love". 19 has sold over 2.5 million copies in the
UK and was named in the top 20 best-selling debut albums of all time
in the UK. Adele was honoured with the Brit Award for Rising Star as
well as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Her music eventually caught the attention of record labels, and in
2006, several months after graduating, she signed a contract with XL
Recordings. After building anticipation in Britain with some well-
received live performances, Adele (as she now billed herself)
released her first album, 19, in 2008. (The title referred to the age at
which she penned most of the tracks.) The recording debuted at
number one on the British album chart, and critics praised Adele’s
supple phrasing, her tasteful arrangements, and her ability to
channel her intimate emotional experiences (especially with
heartbreak) into songs that had wide resonance.
A performance on the television program Saturday Night Live helped
introduce Adele to American audiences, and in early 2009 she won
Grammy Awards for best new artist and best female pop vocal
performance.
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,[67][68] with Adele becoming the first
artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year.
[69][70]
"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.[71] Moreover, 21
had the most weeks on the Billboard 200 chart of any album by a
female artist.[72]
To promote the album, Adele embarked upon the "Adele Live" tour,
which sold out its North American leg.
In a statement released three days later, Adele confirmed the
album's title to be 25, with her 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."At the time, Adele said 25 would be her last album titled
after her age, believing it would be the end to a trilogy.On 22
October, Adele confirmed that 25 would be released on 20
November, while the lead single from the album, "Hello" would be
released on 23 October.
Hello
It is the fastest to reach 1 billion views in 88 days. In the first 24
hours it made 27,7 million views a Vevo Record, her record label.
Achievements
Following successful throat surgery, Adele performed at the 2012
Grammy Awards ceremony. She also collected six Grammy trophies,
including those for album, record, and song of the year (the latter
two honoured “Rolling in the Deep”). Days later she received two
Brit Awards (the British equivalent of the Grammys). The sales spike
for 21 after both events further confirmed the singer’s emergence as
a commercial juggernaut. In 2013 Adele won the Grammy for best
pop solo performance for “Set Fire to the Rain,” from her concert
album Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011), and she picked up an
Academy Award for the brassy theme song she provided for the
blockbuster James Bond movie Skyfall (2012). Later that year she
was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
She won grammy awards such as song of the year,record of the year
and album of the year two times.
Adele held a concert in wembley stadium in june 2017 that had
98000 people attending, a uk music record.
Fun facts
1. In 2011, Adele underwent throat surgery which her doctor blamed on her smoking habit. In 2015, she quit smoking
and admitted that she believed it would have killed her eventually.
2.
Adele’s album, titled ’21’, spent a whopping twenty-three weeks at
the top of the album charts in the US.
3. The singer doesn’t need peace and quiet to compose some
of her best works; in fact, she stated that her creativity is at its
highest when she’s had a few too many drinks.
4. First British artist to sell one million digital copies of a single in UK
5. Biggest-selling digital album in the UK/US- "21"
6. Most streamed song in a single day on Spotify- "Easy on me"
