Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards “Critics’ Choice” award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified eight times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. The album contains her first song, “Hometown Glory”, written when she was 16, which is based on her home suburb of West Bromwich.
Table of Contents:
1. Early life
2. Career
3. Artistry
4. Personal life
5. Awards and nominations
6. Top Adele Quotes
Early life
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1988 in Tottenham, London, to an English mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Mark Evans. Evans left when Adele was two, leaving her mother to raise her. Prior to this, her mother had served as a housewife. She is the eldest of three children with a sister, Simone, and a brother, Cameron. Her musical career began at the age of four when she mimicked a popular song by Gloria Estefan.
In 1997, at the age of nine, Adele and her mother, who by then had separated from her partner, moved to Brighton, Hove. As a teenager, she attended the BRIT School in Croydon, where she studied Performing Arts. Adele credits the school with fostering her passion for music, saying “they nurtured it”. She gave up alcohol and partying in favour of studying when she was 19, something she later regretted. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards “Critics’ Choice” award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll.
Career
Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace in 2006. The songs “Daydreamer” and “Hometown Glory” were released in 2007. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008. The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200. It was certified multi-platinum in the UK and the US.
In 2009, Adele won two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Chasing Pavements”. “Chasing Pavements” also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Her second album, 21, was released in early 2011. The album debuted at number one in the UK and number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 352,000 copies in its first week. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK, and is overall the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond. The album has sold over 31 million copies worldwide.
Adele’s third studio album, 25, was released on 20 November 2015. The album debuted at number one in the UK and number one on the US Billboard 200.
Artistry
Adele has been described as a “soul singer”. She is influenced by the likes of Etta James, Dusty Springfield, and Amy Winehouse. Adele’s first album is based upon her life and experiences during her teenage years. The album’s lyrical content features themes of heartbreak and regret. Adele has won numerous awards, including ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Brit Awards, and eighteen Billboard Music Awards.
Personal life
Adele has a close relationship with her mother, who is her best friend. She has two sons: Angelo, born in October 2012, and a second son, born in early 2016. Adele is a private person and does not share much about her personal life with the media.
Awards and nominations
Adele has won numerous awards, including ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Brit Awards, and eighteen Billboard Music Awards.
Top Adele Quotes
“I have insecurities of course, but I don’t hang out with anyone who points them out to me.”— Adele
“I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I’m done with being a bitter witch.”— Adele
“I think no matter what you look like, the key is to first of all be happy with yourself. And then you know if you want to try to improve things that you don’t like about yourself, then do it after your appreciate yourself.”— Adele
“I doubt I’ll be singing forever, because at some point people aren’t going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I’ll still get the opportunity to write songs.”— Adele
“My worst fear is my music won’t connect with the public.”— Adele
“Next time I’ll be braver, I’ll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.”— Adele
“There’s a fire starting in my heart.”— Adele
“I’d love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I’d love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.”— Adele
“The scars of your love remind me of us they keep me thinking that we almost had it all the scars of your love they leave me breathless I can’t help feeling we could have had it all.”— Adele
“Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn’t support me, so I am living her dream, it’s sweeter for both of us. It’s her 40th birthday soon and I’m going to buy her 40 presents.”— Adele
“I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like.”— Adele
“You had my heart inside of your hand but you played it to the beat.”— Adele
“Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavement, even if it leads nowhere?”— Adele
“If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don’t know how I’d feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.”— Adele
“I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can’t remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I’ve become an artist. I’ve become the artist.”— Adele
1″A drunk tongue is an honest one in my opinion.”— Adele
“Don’t underestimate the things that I will do.”— Adele
“I get so nervous on stage I can’t help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it’s pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I’m going to be able to deliver.”— Adele
“I don’t write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.”— Adele
“I don’t care if you’re black, white, short, tall, skinny, rich or poor. If you respect me I’ll respect you.”— Adele
“I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, ‘You’re amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I’m listening to God.’”— Adele
“Nothing that I wouldn’t do, to make you feel my love.”— Adele
“I just want to make music, I don’t want people to talk about me. All I’ve ever wanted to do was sing. I don’t want to be a celebrity. I don’t want to be in people’s faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven’t even known I’m on.”— Adele
“In my hometown memories are fresh.”— Adele
“Let the sky fall, when it crumbles – We will stand tall – Face it all together.”— Adele
“My aim in life is never to be skinny.”— Adele
“I won’t let you close enough to hurt me.”— Adele
“So is it over is this really it You’ve given up so easily I thought you loved me more than this.”— Adele
“I wanted to be a singer forever. But it’s not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.”— Adele
“Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you’re making it for a good reason.”— Adele
“Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.”— Adele
“I’m really happy to be me, and I’d like to think people like me more because I’m happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.”— Adele
“I’ve always written down how I feel.”— Adele
“I don’t like going to the gym.”— Adele
“I don’t want to be on the cover of Playboy or Vogue.”— Adele
“I know you haven’t made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I’ve known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong.”— Adele
“I’d lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you’re supposed to be 40 lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say lose weight to me, they wouldn’t be working with me.”— Adele
“I’m not on good terms with any of my exes. That’s why we’re not together anymore. We’re not friends.”— Adele
“I don’t rely on my figure to sell records.”— Adele
“I don’t want to be some skinny mini with my tits out. I really don’t want to do it and I don’t want people confusing what it is that I’m about.”— Adele
“Music isn’t for the eyes, it’s for the ears.”— Adele
“Would I show my body off if I was thinner? Probably not, because my body is mine. I think I remind everyone of themselves. I’m not saying everyone is my size, but it’s relatable because I’m not perfect, and I think a lot of people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable.”— Adele
“I can’t dance to save my life.”— Adele
“I’ve never had a problem with the way I look. I’d rather go for lunch with my friends than go to a gym.”— Adele
“Regrets and Mistakes, they’re Memories made.”— Adele
“I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika.”— Adele
“I’ve always got on better with boys. Most of my friends are boys. Like, if I have children, I want five boys. Boys love their mothers whereas girls can be so mean to each other.”— Adele
“I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears.”— Adele
“I’ve never been more normal than I am now.”— Adele
“Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.”— Adele
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