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| Adele Laurie Blue Adkins |
Adele released her second album, 21 on January 24, 2011 in the UK and February 22 in the United States. The album was a success both critically and commercially, selling 208 000 copies in its first week in the UK and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, a position it has managed to survive for sixteen minggu.Di England, 21 have been certified 10x Platinum for sales of 3 million unit. This album debuted at number one in the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 352,000 copies in its first week. The album debuted at number one on the charts 17 European countries and the United States.
After performing at the BRIT Awards, the song "Someone Like You" reached number one in Britain, while the album also settled at number one. "Someone Like You" holds the number one position for four consecutive weeks of this song also has spent two weeks at number one New Zealand charts and 5 weeks at number one on the track Australia.Official Charts Company announced that Adele is the first living artist achieve good performance on five hits in the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. 21 had spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, the longest of which ever by a solo female artist on the UK Albums Chart, Madonna that persist for more than nine weeks at number one in 1990 with the hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection. In the United States, the album has spent a total of eleven weeks atop Billboard 200.Album also broke the record for the biggest-selling digital download in Inggris.Pada May 2011, the singer is worth £ 6 million, tied with Lily Allen and Duffy to place the 9 on the list of wealthiest music star Britain and Ireland under the age of 30.
biography
1988-2005: Early life
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in Tottenham, London, England, from a single teenage mother on May 5 1988.Dia began singing at age four years and confirmed that he was obsessed with the Spice Girls suara.Adele has been cited as a major influence in terms of love and his passion for music, stating that "those who made me like this."
At age 11, Adele and her mother moved to West Norwood, South London. West Norwood is the topic for the first record Adele, "Hometown Glory" which was written when the age of 16. After moving to South London, he became interested in R & B singers such as Aaliyah, Destiny's Child and Mary J. Blige.
2006-2008: Early career
Adele graduated from BRIT School in Croydon in May 2006yang was classmates with Leona Lewis and Jessie J. At school, he was more interested in the A & R and hope to launch the careers of others. [30] Four months later, Adele published two songs on the fourth edition of the online art PlatformsMagazine.com.Dia has recorded three demo songs for his class project and gave it to a friend [30] are posting to Myspace page. The song became very successful and Adele got a call from a music label XL Recordings.Dia doubted if the offer seriously because the record company that he knew was Virgin Records, and he brought his friend when meeting rapat.Kemudian Adele signed to XL in September 2006.Lagu breakthroughs Adele, "Hometown Glory" was released in October 2007.
2008-2010: 19 and a commercial success
19 entered the UK charts number one. She released her second single "Chasing Pavements" on January 14, 2008, two weeks ahead of its debut album, 19. This song reached number two on the UK charts and remained there for four weeks. In March 2008, Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings to hit the United States. He began his brief tour in North America in the world sama.Tur An Evening with Adele began in May 2008 and ended in June 2009. He then canceled a U.S. tour in 2008 because of her date with a former girlfriend. He says in Nylon magazine in June 2009, "I drank too much and it is the foundation of my relationship with this guy, I can not stand without it .. So I was like, okay, okay, I'll cancel my tour and then ... I do not believe I did that ... Looks like the ungrateful ". In the November 2008 Adele moved to Notting Hill after leaving his mother's house, a move that prompted him to quit drinking.
19 released in the United States in June, but until October 2008, Adele apparent attempt to have failed to break America. Adele will be a guest on the October 18 episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL). This program obtained the best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers. Featuring Adele "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder" and the next day, 19 immediately topped the charts on iTunes and Amazon.com fifth while "Chasing Pavements" climbed into the top 25. The album reached number 11 on the Billboard 200, jumping 35 places from last week was certified Gold sebelumnya.Album in February 2009 by the RIAA. [45] In July 2009, the album has sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.
At the Grammy Awards-51 in 2009, Adele won the award in the category of Best New Female Pop Vocal Performance and Terbaik.Dia also nominated in the category of Best Recording of the Year and Song of the Year. Adele is also nominated for three Brit Awards in the category of Best British Female, Best British Breakthrough Act and Best British Single.
In 2010, Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory". [50] In April of the song "My Same" entered the German Singles Chart after sung by Lena Meyer-Landrut talent contest in the arena of Unser Star für Oslo (Our star for Oslo) at the German contestants in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 has been determined. In late September, after appearing on The X Factor, "Make You Feel My Love" Bob Dylan's version of Adele re-entered the UK Singles Chart number 4.
2010-present: 21 and the record-breaking
Adele released second studio album, 21, on January 24, 2011 in the UK and February 22 in the United States.
Album sound described as classical, contemporary and country. Choosing a title that reflects the growth has been experienced in the past two years. 21 to hit number one in 18 countries, including the United Serikat.Pada June 2011, Adele has sold 2.5 million digital copies and 992 000 copies in the United States, making it the best selling album in two categories rersebut in the first half of 2011. [ 53] The first single, "Rolling in the Deep" reached number 1 in 8 countries including the Billboard Hot 100. This song has sold 4.5 million digital copies in the United States alone.
In the UK, the album also ranked teratasdengan sold 208 000 copies in its first week making it the best-selling sales in five years. In mid-February 2011. after performances at the Brit Awards, the song "Someone Like You" peaked at number 1 direct UK Singles Chart, while the album 21 also settled at number 1. According to the Official Charts Company, Adele was the first living artist to achieve good performance on five hits in the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964.The album spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one, before being thrown from the top spot by Wasting Light Foo's next Fighters.Minggu, although Adele re-occupy and hold the number one for five consecutive weeks turut.Pada July, the single "Someone Like You" became the first song that sold more than one million copies in the UK in this decade.
To promote this album, Adele Adele Live tour started. On August 2011, the issue of Q magazine, Adele reveals that she has written seven songs for the next album and promised to be more intimate than the previous two albums. "I wanted (the album) sounds quite acoustic and piano-dominated. This will be a big production," he said as reported by Guardian.co.uk. Adele then added, he would leave the color of R & B and country music began to investigate, he found time to do tour of the United States.
Adele recalls when a bus driver country music was first introduced to him when he made a visit to the United States for his first album, 19 (2008). "He introduced me to all country music, blues, gospel and bluegrass, and I am constantly asked, 'Who is this? Where is this? '"Gomez said.
Adele described as contralto voice. Initially, critics claimed that her vocals are more developed and interesting than the song writing skills, and Adele agree with him. Adele's first album took the soul genre with lyrics that describe the heartbreak and relationships.Its success coincided with some female soul singer of the other British, the British press dubbed the new Amy Winehouse. It is described as a British Invasion Music The third in the United Serikat.Namun, Adele called the comparison between himself and the other female soul singer, told "we are one gender, not a genre". In early 2009, listeners and critics began to describe Adele as a unique. Allmusic wrote that "Adele is too magical to compare it with anyone. Beyonce Knowles, American singer, Adele cites as one of the influences for his fourth album.
Adele also affect American actress Demi Lovato, Demi Lovato Says "Adele is the best singer and Adele became my inspiration in my fourth studio album".
