Data about Adele

Born: May 05, 1988 | England

Sign of the Zodiac: Taurus

Website: http://www.adele.tv/home/

Adele's biography

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, an English singer interactually known as Adele,

was born on May 5, 1988 in the British city of Tottenham, north of London.
Daughter of a teenage single mother, Adele began to sing at the age of 4
years, being interested since then with the different tones of voices. The
young singer always recognized the Spice Girls as their greatest influence
on music, assuring that it was they who awakened their passion for music
and made her the singer she is today.
At the age of 11, Adele and her mother moved to West Norwood, south of
London. This town inspired his first recording, "Hometown Glory", written
when he was 16 years old. At that time he became interested in artists such
as Aaliyah, Destiny's Child and Mary J Blige.
In May 2006 Adele graduated from the BRIT School of Arts, where she
studied, among others, Amy Winehouse, Katie Melua and Kate Nash. Four
months later he published two songs in the PlatformsMagazine.com online
arts magazine.
By that time, a friend of his published in MySpace a demo that she had
recorded with three tems, what took to acquire popularity and media
attention, reason why it was able to sign with the independent seal XL
Recordings. An executive at that company told Jonathan Dickins that he
became their representative, releasing their debut song, "Hometown Glory"
in October 2007.
With that company would also release their second single, "Chasing
pavements", that received a good criticism and coverage. In addition,
different media spread their singles in different radios and invited to Adele
to interpret their songs in several programs at the end of 2007.
Her debut album, "19" was released on January 8, 2008, reached at number
1 of the measurements, was certified 4 times platinum in the UK, and Adele
received several awards and nominations for this work.
In March 2008 he signed a contract with Columbia Records to tour the
United States; The "An Evening with Adele" tour, which also spanned
European and Asian cities, lasted from May 2008 to June 2009 with more
than fifty presentations.
Their second album that took the title "21" was released on January 24,
2011 in the UK and, a month later, on February 22, 2011 in the United
States. In this new work, the influences of his contemporary roots and of the
country music that concoi thanks to the driver of his bus during his tour by
the south of the United States, who made him listen the music of his native
Nashville.
The album's title, which refers to its growth over the last two years, until it
turned 21, reached the number one spot in the rankings of 18 countries,
including the United States. As of June 2011, two and a half million copies
and almost one million digital copies had been sold in that country. To
promote this album, Adele began the "Adele Live" world tour that began in
May 2011 and will end in October of this same year, with more than 50
concerts scheduled in the United States and Europe.
Recently Adele won the 2011 MTV Movie Awards for her song "Rolling in the
Deep", in the categories Best Artistic Direction, Best Editing and Best
Cinematography. She had previously won two Grammy Awards in 2009 in
Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Performance; In addition to the BMI
London Awards, BRIT Awards, European Border Breakers Awards, Glamor
Women of the Year Awards, IFPI Platinum Europe Awards and Urban Music
Awards and many other nominations.