Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Tottenham , England, United Kingdom, May 5, 1988 ) , known simply as Adele, is a British singer-songwriter soul, blues and pop , winning nine Grammy Awards , four Brit Awards, four American Music Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, among other awards .The record company XL Recordings Adele offered a recording contract after a friend published a demonstration of Adele in her MySpace account in 2006.
His debut album, 19 , was released on January 28, 2008 , and has sold around 7 million copies worldwide . With this record , Adele received the award for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards 2009. Her second studio album, titled 21 was released in 2011 according to IFPI the album has sold 26 million copies worldwide.
21 was the best selling album in 2011 and in 2012 ( to 8.5 million ) and ranking 36th best selling album of all history , has remained for 42 non-consecutive weeks as the world's best-selling album .
The album has managed to get three simple consecutive number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.: ' Rolling in the Deep , "" Someone Like You "and" Set Fire to the Rain " being the first female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time , and the first female artist to have two albums in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200.
Adele becomes one of the most important and influential female artists in music history [citation needed] , and one of the most successful in the world today.
In 2011 , Billboard named Artist of the Year Adele . In 2012 , Adele was listed at number five on the list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music VH1, and Time magazine named Adele, "one of the most influential people in the world ." In 2012 Forbes magazine chose the singer Adele as the " world's most influential " and was chosen by The Associated Press and Billboard as the No. 1 artist of 2012.
In 2012 along with Paul Epworth produced " Skyfall " single for the eponymous film of James Bond saga , for which he received an Oscar , a Golden Globe for "Best Original Song " and the Brit Awards for Best British Single 2012. It is the first song from the artist to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 8 and managed to sell 261,000 copies in the U.S. in its first 3 days.
By late 2012 his second album , " 21 " had exceeded 10 million copies sold in the United States, is the 21st album in the era of counts Nielsen SoundScan ( which began in 1991) that becomes diamond disc. Adele becomes the first European woman of all time in getting 10 million U.S. sales Diamond and recognition to your disk.
Adele was the big winner at the 2012 Grammy Awards , taking six awards : two for his album 21, 3 for her single " Rolling in the Deep 'and 1 for ' Someone Like You '. In 2013 obtained his ninth Grammy in the category " Best Pop Solo Performance " with "Set Fire to the Rain" .
