Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins born 5 May 1988 is an English singer and songwriter 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 topfive singles Chasing Pavements and Make You Feel My Love The album was certified 8 platinum in the UK and triple platinum in the US Adele was honoured with the Brit Award for Rising Star as well as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist Adele released her second studio album 21 in 2011 It became the worlds bestselling album of the 21st century with sales of over 31 million copies It was certified 17 platinum in the UK the highest by a solo artist of all time and Diamond in the US According to Billboard 21 is the topperforming album in the US chart history topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks the longest for a female artist ever She was the first female artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous topten singles as a lead artist with Rolling in the Deep Someone Like You and Set Fire to the Rain all of which also topped the chart The album received a recordtying six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and the Brit Award for British Album of the Year The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of Records In 2012 Adele released Skyfall a soundtrack single for the James Bond film of the same name which won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Her third studio album 25 was released in 2015 and became the years bestselling album and broke firstweek sales records in the UK and US 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and four Brit Awards including British Album of the Year The lead single Hello became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release Her fourth studio album 30 which contains the charttopping single Easy on Me was released in 2021 and became the years bestselling album worldwide including US and UK 30 won the 2022 Brit Award for British Album of the Year Adele is one of the worlds bestselling music artists with sales of over 120 million records Her accolades include fifteen Grammy Awards twelve Brit Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award In 2011 2012 and 2016 Billboard named her Artist of the Year At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello Awards Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors In 2012 she was listed at number five on VH1s 100 Greatest Women in Music Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012 2016 and 2022 She was appointed a MBE at the 2013 Queens Birthday Honours for services to music Her third tour saw her break attendance records globally including in the UK Australia and the US and her album 21 has been listed in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 2020