Thursday 11 August 2011

Adele

Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), known mononym Adele is a British singer-songwriter. It was the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics Choice "and was named the number one predicted breakthrough act in 2008 an annual survey of music critics BBC, Sound of the 2008th Since its inception, 19 years, Adele has received much recognition, both commercial and critical. The album debuted at number one, and was certified four times platinum in the UK. His career in the United States was spurred by a record audience episode of Saturday Night Live in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards Adele won the award for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her second album, 21, January 24, 2011 in the United Kingdom and February 22 in the United States. The album was a critical and commercial success, selling 208,000 copies in its first week in the UK and debuted at number one on the album charts in the UK, a position he has held for sixteen weeks.In UK 21, was certified ten times platinum for shipment of 3.0 million units.The albums debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 352 000 copies of their album week.The first called the number one in 17 European countries and the United States.

After being performed at the Brit Awards 2011, the new album "Someone Like You" reached number one in the UK, while the album also remained at number one. "Someone Like You" held the top spot for four consecutive weeks. The song also spent two weeks at number one in New Zealand and five weeks at number one in Australia. The company announced the official graphics Adele is the first living artist to accomplish the feat of the first two five hits in two official singles chart and the official list since the Beatles records at the same time in 1964. 21 spent eleven consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, the longest ever by a British female solo artist on the albums chart, beating Madonna nine weeks at number one in 1990 with his greatest hits collection The Immaculate Collection. In the U.S. the album spent a total of eleven weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 and date.The album also broke the record for digital downloads in the UK.

From May 2011 the singer was worth £ 6 million, tying it to Lily Allen and Duffy for the ninth list of the richest in Britain and the Irish pop stars under the age of 30 years.

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