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 >>Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born May 5, 1988 in North London, England. She began singing at the age of four and credits the Spice Girls for what she is today. Growing up, the girl group was a huge influence on her passion for music. Adele graduated from BRIT School in Croydon in May of 2006. Leona Lewis was a classmate of hers. Originally, Adele was interested in a career in art. After recording a three song demo, Adele gave the recordings to a friend who then posted her work on MySpace. Her music received much positive attention and she was signed to the XL recordings label in September 2006.


Her debut song "Hometown Glory" was released in October 2007. Adele wrote the song when she was just 16 years old. She was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008. Her second single "Chasing Pavements" peaked at number 2 on the UK Charts and remained there for four weeks. Her album 19 was released in 2008 and entered the charts at number 1.

Later that year, Adele signed a joint venture deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her jump into the U.S. In June of 2008, Adele released her album in the U.S. after a short North American tour in March. It was certified gold in 2009.

By the time October 2008 came around, it seemed Adele's US career had failed. She was then booked for an episode of Saturday Night Live. Because of guest Sarah Palin, the show drew in 17 million viewers and made her album 19 top the iTunes chart the next day. The week of October 26, her album rose to number 11 on the Billboard charts.

At the 51st Grammy Awards, Adele won awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Adele released her second album 21 in 2011. The album's sound is described as contemporary roots and country music. She has said that this is because her bus driver would play contemporary Nashville music while touring in the American South. She told Spin Magazine He listened to all this amazing country music and we'd rock out late at night, chain smoking and listening to Rascal Flatts. It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around that music." The album hit #1 in Ireland, Germany, Holland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. In March 2011, it debuted #1 in the US. In February 2011, her single "Someone Like You" went straight to number one on the UK Singles Chart. To promote her album Adele has performed in Europe and North America on her Adele Live tour.

Congratulations to Adele, for being chosen our latest Artist Spot-Lite on LiteFavorites.com! Listen for his and other great music, with less talk all day at work.

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