(ThyBlackMan.com) Adele Laurie Blue Adkins or popularly known as Adele is an English singer born on May 5, 1988. She began singing since she was a kid and she admired most the music of Destiny’s Child and Spice Girls. She has the natural gift of singing, but she decided to further hone her talent as she enrolled in BRIT School in Croydon. This is the very same institution that nurtured the singing talent of Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis.
How did she get noticed?
Adele’s talent in singing was noticed through the help of MySpace. She also performed as opening act in one of the concerts of her friend Jack Penate. In 2007, she was fully discovered and was offered and signed in contract with the label XL Recordings. Radio show and TV show appearances followed.
Adele’s Awards
Adele was nominated and won several awards from different music award giving bodies. In 2008, her album “19” was nominated as Album of the Year in the prestigious Mercury Prize. Aside from that, she also received MTV Video Music Awards for her song “Chasing Pavement”, which was also nominated as the Best Video Choreography that same year. In 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the Best New Artist as well as the Best Female Pop Vocal. She also received various nominations that same year including the Best British Breakthrough Act and the Best British Song.
The inspiration and emotion in her songs
Rolling in the deep
This song has indeed made Adele a pop superstar not only in America, but as well as the whole world. This song was the first single of Adele in her album “21.” In the United States alone, this song has sold a total of 6 million copies.
Chasing Pavements
This song is Adele’s ticket in the UK chart. Chasing Pavements was also nominated as Grammy Awards’ Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Someone Like You
This song was personally written by Adele and her driving force in writing this song is her broken relationship. Adele is teary eyed every time she performs this song because it made her remember her two years relationship with his ex-bf. Someone Like You becomes popular not only in UK and US, but as well as in different parts of Asia.
Turning Tables
This song was written by Adele in collaboration with Ryan Tedder. This song was written after a confrontation between Adele and her ex-lover. This song was not release officially, but still it was able to make it in the Billboard Hot 100.
Personal life
In June of 2012, Adele happily announced that she was pregnant with her first child and that she plans to have three children before she reaches 30. The father of her baby is her current boyfriend Simon Konecki. After her not so good relationship with her ex-lover who became the inspiration to some of her songs, Adele is happy to announce that she has indeed moved on and that she is heading towards a happy life with her kid and Simon.
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