Adele
5 May 1988 – present
Adele is an English singer and songwriter whose albums 19, 21, 25 and 30 have made her one of the best-selling music artists of the twenty-first century. A graduate of the BRIT School, she signed to XL Recordings in 2006 and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2009. Her work has also brought an Academy Award for the James Bond theme Skyfall and a long concert residency in Las Vegas.
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Life events
Born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and raised in north and south London.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeft the Croydon school having recorded demos for a class project.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe label signed her after her demos circulated online.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe album topped the UK chart and included the single Chasing Pavements.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe also won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the same ceremony.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIt became the best-selling album of the decade in the United Kingdom and won six Grammy Awards.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe theme to the James Bond film also won a Golden Globe and a Grammy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLed by the single Hello, it set first-week sales records in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA long-running series of concerts at Caesars Palace following the album 30.
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