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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.
Click here for our previous Artist Spot-Lite Bruno Mars.
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