Adele is an English singer, songwriter, musician,
and multi-instrumentalist. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted
her demo on Myspace in 2006.
Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the
top 10 at the same time as a lead artist, and the first female artist to have two albums
in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard
Hot 100 simultaneously.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
Born: May 5th, 1988 (age 36)
From: West Norwood, Greater London, England, UK
Genre(s):
Soul,
R&B,
pop
Instrument(s):
Vocals,
guitar,
keyboards,
bass guitar,
percussion
Occupation(s):
Singer,
songwriter,
musician,
composer,
arranger
Active From: 2006-present
Did You Know:
•
25
has the record for best sales in a week with 3.38 million units sold.
The previous record was held by
N'Sync
for 'New Strings Attached' back in 2000 (which sold 2.4 million).
• It became the first, and so far only album to sell over a million units in it's second week
too.
•
21
is the longest running number one album by a female
solo artist on the UK and US Albums Chart.
Awards:
Academy Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
American Music Awards - 4 Wins - 5 Nominations
AIM Independent Music Awards - 3 Wins - 3 Nominations
Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
ASCAP Pop Music Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Billboard Music Awards - 13 Wins - 26 Nominations
BMI London Awards - 5 Wins - 5 Nominations
BMI Pop Music Awards - 4 Wins - 4 Nominations
Brit Awards - 4 Wins - 9 Nominations
BT Digital Music Awards - 1 Win - 6 Nominations
ECHO Music Awards - 2 Wins - 2 Nominations
European Border Breakers Award - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Fryderyk 2012 Laureaci - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Golden Globes Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Glamour Women of the Year Awards - 2 Wins - 2 Nominations
Grammy Awards - 15 Wins - 18 Nominations
Houston Film Critics Society - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Independent Music Awards - 2 Wins - 3 Nominations
Ivor Novello Awards - 2 Wins - 4 Nominations
Juno Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Las Vegas Film Critics Society - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
MOBO Awards - 1 Win - 5 Nominations
MP3 Music Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Music Week Awards - 2 Wins - 2 Nominations
MTV Europe Music Awards - 1 Win - 6 Nominations
MTV's Song of the Year - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
MTV Video Music Awards - 3 Wins - 8 Nominations
NRJ Music Awards - 2 Wins - 3 Nominations
Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
OGAE Song Contest - 1 Win - 2 Nominations
Phoenix Film Critics Society - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Premios Oye! - 1 Win - 2 Nominations
Q Awards - 2 Wins - 4 Nominations
Skatta Social TV Awards - 1 Win - 1 Nomination
Swiss Music Awards - 2 Wins - 2 Nominations
UK Video Music Awards - 2 Wins - 3 Nominations
Urban Music Awards - 1 Win - 4 Nominations
Quotes:
"They say that time's supposed to heal ya, but I ain't done much healing"
-
Adele
from
Hello (2015)
(more
Adele Quotes)