Birthname: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
Nationality: English
Born: May 05 1988 (24 years old)
Nationality: English
Born: May 05 1988 (24 years old)
Community
Adele is the latest graduate from the BRIT School for performing arts
in London, which has so far spawned successful singers such as Amy
Winehouse, Leona Lewis and Kate Nash. After Winehouse’s huge success,
Adele was fast-tracked to the charts thanks to her similar
soul-influenced sound.
London-born Adele Adkins was singing and
writing songs from a young age, making her an ideal applicant for the
BRIT School. Thanks to the international success of Amy Winehouse in
2007, similar singers such as Adele and Duffy were soon sought by record
labels, leading to Adele earning a contract with XL. Her first single,
“Hometown Glory”, reached the Top 40, but her profile earned a massive
boost when a BBC-run critics poll to find the stars of 2008 put Adele at
the top. She also won a BRIT Award that was specially created to
recognise up-and-coming stars. Subsequently, her second single “Chasing
Pavements” reached No.2 on the UK charts, and her debut album 19 reached No.1.
Artist
In 2009, the British singer-songwriter-performer Adele took home a
pair of Grammy Awards--including Best New Artist--for 19, a highly
acclaimed debut album of songs which introduced a new and authentic
young voice to the world, expressing the bittersweet turbulence of
adolescence awakening into adulthood.
With 21, one of 2011's most
anticipated releases, Adele comes of age with her second album, a
collection of deeply personal songs, finely wrought and powerfully
delivered, which communicate the power and glory of real love and real
heartbreak through a range of musical moods and settings.