She stated, "It has quite monumental moments of my life that I've spent there, and I drove past it and I just literally burst into tears. Adele 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". 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". In 1997, 9-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. She began singing at age 4 and asserts that she became obsessed with voices. After Evans left when Adele was 2, she was brought up by her mother. Early life and educationĪdele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on in the Tottenham district of London, to an English mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Marc Evans. Rolling Stone ranked her 22nd in their list of 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023), whereas The Times named her the second best singer of the 21st century. 21 and 25 are certified Diamond in the US, most of any artist who debuted in the 21 century. Her accolades include sixteen Grammy Awards (including two Album of the Year wins), twelve Brit Awards (including three British Album of the Year wins), an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was named as the best-selling artist of the 2010s decade in the US and worldwide as well as best-selling female artist of the 21st century in the UK. All of her studio albums except 19 topped the yearly best selling albums chart worldwide more than any artist in the 21 century as of 2023.Īdele is one of the best-selling music artists, with sales of over 100 million albums worldwide. 25 and 30 became the year's best-selling albums worldwide including the US and the UK in 20 respectively. Her fourth studio album 30 released in 2021 contains the chart-topping and Grammy winning single " Easy on Me". The lead single, " Hello", became hugely successful worldwide. 25 earned her five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year. Her third studio album, 25, was released in 2015 to breaking first-week sales records in the UK and US, where in the US, it is the only album to sell over three million copies in a week. In 2012, Adele released " Skyfall", a soundtrack single for the James Bond film Skyfall, which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The album received a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. 21 is the top-performing album in the US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks with singles " Rolling in the Deep", " Someone Like You", and " Set Fire to the Rain" topping the charts worldwide to become her signature songs. It became the world's best-selling album of the 21st century, with sales of over 31 million. Adele was honoured with the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.Īdele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. 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. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 and spawned the UK top-five singles " Chasing Pavements" and " Make You Feel My Love". After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE ( / ə ˈ d ɛ l/ born ) is an English singer-songwriter.
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