(ThyBlackMan.com) Adele Laurie Blue Adkins or popularly known as Adele was born in North London, England on the 5th of May 1988. At an early age, she has seen passion for music wherein she was a huge fan of Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James. Adele is the daughter of Mark and Penny Adkins. Her mother was just 18 when she was born and her father left them when she was 4.
Although her father left them, he did everything to be in contact with Adele until her teen years. However, their relationship deteriorated as Mark’s alcohol problems become severe. On the contrary, Adele became very close to her mother Penny. Her mother always told her to continue exploring on different things.
Her passion for music
As Adele is growing up, she has developed her great interest for music. She is
an avid fan of the music of different artists, especially Mary J. Blige, Destiny’s Child, and Lauryn Hill. At the age of 15, she started collecting records of Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James and it became her true eye opening moment in the field of music. Adele admitted that they are not a family of singers, but her fascination to music made her love music even more. Adele is just 15 years old then, but she became very interested to the music of 40s.
Adele’s mom decided to enroll her in the BRIT School of Performing Arts & Technology. The turning point of Adele’s musicality was when she posted a three track demo for a class project on her MySpace page. The XL Recordings’ executives heard her track and right then and there they decided to contract her. Four months after her graduation, she signed a record deal with the company.
Adele’s phenomenal success
Adele was 19 years old when she began recording, which also became the title of her debut album. Two singles in her album became a hit, which rocketed her to fame. These two hit singles are “Chasing Pavements” and “Hometown Glory”.
Her album was released in the United States via the Columbia Records. The American audiences positively accepted her songs as marked in her appearance on Saturday Night Live in October of 2008. When the show was taped, her album was at number 40 on iTunes. Right after the airing of the show, her album became number 1 in less than 24 hours. In 2009, Adele was awarded as the Best New Artist. She was also awarded as the Sound of 2008 by BBC. During the 2008 BRIT Awards, she won the “Critics’ Choice” prize.
More on Adele’s personal life
Adele is in relationship with Simon Konecki. On June 29, 2012, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child. Adele has been very vocal of dreaming of becoming a mother. In fact, she dreams of having three sons by the time she reaches 30 years old. Adele already given birth to a healthy baby boy in October of 2012, which they named Angelo. Now, she is planning to have her second baby with Simon.
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