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Adele

January 19, 2024

For other uses, see Adele (disambiguation).

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/;[3] born 5 May 1988), known mononymously as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Adele has received numerous accolades including 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Adele

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Adele in 2021
Born
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 (age 35)
London, England
Alma materBRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
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  • Singer-songwriter
Years active2006–present
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Simon Konecki
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(m. 2018; div. 2021)​
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After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006,[4] Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 and included the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love". 19 has sold over 2.5 million copies in the UK and was named in the top 20 best-selling debut albums of all time in the UK.[5][6] She was honoured with the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. It became the world's best-selling album of the 21st century, with sales of over 31 million. 21 holds the record for the top-performing album in US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks, with the singles "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain" heading charts worldwide, becoming her signature songs. The album received a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", a soundtrack single for the James Bond film Skyfall, which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Adele's third studio album, 25, was released in 2015, breaking first-week sales records in the UK and US. In the US, it remains the only album to sell over three million copies in a week. 25 earned her five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year. The lead single, "Hello", achieved huge success worldwide. Her fourth studio album, 30, released in 2021, contains the chart-topping and Grammy-winning single "Easy on Me". 25 and 30 became the best-selling albums worldwide, including the US and the UK, in 2015 and 2021, respectively. As of 2023, all of her studio albums, except 19, have topped the yearly best-selling albums chart worldwide in the 21st century.

Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 120 million records worldwide. The best-selling female artist of the 21st century in the UK,[7] she was named the best-selling artist of the 2010s decade in the US and worldwide.[8] Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s in the UK and both are listed among the best-selling albums in UK chart history, while in the US both are certified Diamond, the most of any artist who debuted in the 21st century.

Early life and education

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins[9] was born on 5 May 1988 in the Tottenham district of London, to an English mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Marc Evans.[10] After Evans left when Adele was 2, she was brought up by her mother.[11][12] She began singing at age 4 and asserts that she became obsessed with voices.[13][14] In 1997, 9-year-old Adele and her mother, who by then had found work as a furniture maker and an adult-learning activities organiser, relocated to Brighton on the south coast of England.[15]

In 1999, Adele and her mother moved back to London; first to Brixton, then to the neighbouring district of West Norwood in south London, which is the subject of her first song "Hometown Glory".[16] Adele spent much of her youth in Brockwell Park where she would play the guitar and sing to friends, which she recalled in her 2015 song "Million Years Ago". She stated, "It has quite monumental moments of my life that I've spent there, and I drove past it [in 2015] and I just literally burst into tears. I really missed it."[17] Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in May 2006,[18] where she was a classmate of Leona Lewis and Jessie J.[9][19] Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent[20] even though, at the time, she was more interested in going into artists and repertoire (A&R) and hoped to launch other people's careers.[9]

Career

2006–2010: Career beginnings and 19

 
Adele performing in 2007[4]

Four months after graduation, Adele published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine.com.[21] She had recorded a three-song demo for a class project and given it to a friend.[9] The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to a phone call from Richard Russell, director of the music label XL Recordings. She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a friend with her to the meeting.[19][22] Around this time, Adele collaborated with Ricsta on "Be Divine", a song described as an "electronic club-ready" track.[23]

Nick Huggett, at XL, recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management, and in June 2006, Dickins became her official representative.[24] September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major draw for Adele, a big fan of the British singer-songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006.[24] Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, "My Yvonne," for his debut album, and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss, who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, 19, and tracks on 21.[25] In June 2007, Adele made her television debut, performing "Daydreamer" on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland.[26] Adele's breakthrough song, "Hometown Glory", written when she was 16, was released in October 2007.[24]

By 2008, Adele had become the headliner and performed an acoustic set, in which she was supported by Damien Rice.[27] She became the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008.[28][29] She released her second single, "Chasing Pavements", on 14 January 2008, two weeks ahead of her debut album. The song reached number two on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks.[30] The album 19, named for her age at the time she wrote and composed many of its songs, entered the British charts at number one. The Times Encyclopedia of Modern Music named 19 an "essential" blue-eyed soul recording.[31] Adele was nominated for a 2008 Mercury Prize award for 19.[32] She also won an Urban Music Award for "Best Jazz Act,"[33] and a Music of Black Origin (MOBO) nomination in the category of Best UK Female.[34] In March 2008, Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the United States.[35] She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month,[35] and 19 was released in the US in June.[20] Billboard magazine stated of it: "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation."[36] The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2008 and ended in June 2009.[37]

 
Adele performing live in January 2009

Adele later cancelled the 2008 US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend.[38] She said in Nylon magazine in June 2009, "I'm like, 'I can't believe I did that.' It seems so ungrateful.... I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, 'Well, I'll just cancel my stuff then.'"[38] She referred to this period as her "early life crisis".[38] She is also known for her dislike of flying and bouts of homesickness when away from her native London.[39] By the middle of October 2008, Adele's attempt to break in America appeared to have failed.[40] But then she was booked as the musical guest on 18 October 2008 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder,"[41] and the following day, 19 topped the iTunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon.com while "Chasing Pavements" rose into the top 25.[42] The album reached number 11 on the Billboard 200 as a result, a jump of 35 places over the previous week.[43] In November 2008, Adele moved to Notting Hill, London after leaving her mother's house, a move that prompted her to give up drinking.[44] The album was certified gold in early 2009, by the RIAA.[45] By July 2009, the album had sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.[46]

At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2009, Adele won the award for Best New Artist, in addition to the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements", which was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[47] Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" at the ceremony in a duet with Jennifer Nettles. In 2010, Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory."[48] In April her song "My Same" entered the German Singles Chart after it had been performed by Lena Meyer-Landrut in the talent show contest Unser Star für Oslo, or Our Star for Oslo, in which the German entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was determined.[49][50] In late September, after being featured on The X Factor, Adele's version of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" re-entered the UK singles chart at number 4.[51] During the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year special, Adele performed a widely publicised duet of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" with Darius Rucker.[52] This performance was later nominated for a CMT Music Award.[53]

2011–2014: 21, worldwide recognition and hiatus

 
Adele performing in Seattle, Washington, on 12 August 2011

Adele released her second studio album, 21, on 24 January 2011 in the UK and 22 February in the US.[54][55] She said the album was inspired by the breakup with her former partner.[12] The album's sound is described as classic and contemporary country and roots music. The change in sound from her debut album was the result of her bus driver playing contemporary music from Nashville when she was touring the American South, and the title reflected the growth she had experienced in the prior two years.[55] Adele told Spin Magazine: "It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around [that music]."[56] 21 topped the charts in 30 countries, including the UK and the US.[57][58][59]

In a 2011 Rolling Stone cover story, Adele said she dealt with onstage anxiety by creating the alter ego "Sasha Carter", derived from Beyoncé's "Sasha Fierce" and June Carter. During one episode after she met Beyoncé, Adele said, she asked "What would Sasha Fierce do?" and that helped.[60][61]

Adele's emotional performance of "Someone like You" at the 31st Brit Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK.[62] Her first album, 19, re-entered the UK album chart alongside 21, while first and second singles "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart, making Adele the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top-five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964.[63] Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records. Following her performance of "Someone Like You" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, it became Adele's second number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.[64] By December 2011, 21 sold over 3.4 million copies in the UK, and became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse's Back to Black,[65][66] with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year.[67][68] "Set Fire to the Rain" became Adele's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, as Adele became the first artist ever to have an album, 21, hold the number-one position on the Billboard 200 concurrently with three number-one singles.[69] Moreover, 21 had the most weeks on the Billboard 200 chart of any album by a female artist.[70]

To promote the album, Adele embarked upon the "Adele Live" tour, which sold out its North American leg.[71] In October 2011, Adele was forced to cancel two tours because of a vocal-cord haemorrhage. She released a statement saying she needed an extended period of rest to avoid permanent damage to her voice.[72] In the first week of November 2011 Steven M. Zeitels, director of the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, performed laser microsurgery on Adele's vocal cords to remove a benign polyp.[73][74][75] A recording of her tour, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, was released in November 2011, debuting at number one in the US with 96,000 copies sold, the highest one-week tally for a music DVD in four years, becoming the best-selling music DVD of 2011.[76] Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number-one album (21), number-one single ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number-one music video (Live at the Royal Albert Hall).[77] At the 2011 American Music Awards on 20 November, Adele won three awards; Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for 21.[78] On 9 December, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year, Billboard 200 Album of the Year (21), and the Billboard Hot 100 Song of the Year ("Rolling in the Deep"), becoming the first woman ever to top all three categories.[79][80]

 
Adele at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards

Following the throat microsurgery, Adele made her live comeback at the 2012 Grammy Awards in February.[81] She won in all six categories for which she was nominated, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year, making her the second female artist in Grammy history, after Beyoncé, to win that many awards in a single night.[82] Following that success, 21 achieved the biggest weekly sales increase following a Grammy win since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.[83][84] Adele received the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist, and British Album of the Year presented to her by George Michael.[85][86] Following the Brit Awards, 21 reached number one for the 21st non-consecutive week in the UK.[87] The album has sold over 4.5 million copies in the UK where it is the fourth-best-selling album.[88] In October, the album's sales surpassed 4.5 million in the UK, and in November it surpassed 10 million sales in the US.[89][90][91] The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, as of 2016, the album has sold over 31 million copies.[92][93][94] By the end of 2014, she had sold an estimated 40 million albums and 50 million singles worldwide.[95] Adele is the only artist or band in the last decade in the US to earn an RIAA diamond certification for a one disc album in less than two years.[90]

In October 2012, Adele confirmed that she had been writing, composing and recording the theme song for Skyfall, the twenty-third James Bond film.[96][97] The song "Skyfall," written and composed in collaboration with producer Paul Epworth, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and features orchestrations by J. A. C. Redford.[98] Adele stated recording "Skyfall" was "one of the proudest moments of my life." On 14 October, "Skyfall" rose to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 92,000 copies bringing its overall sales to 176,000, and "Skyfall" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 8, selling 261,000 copies in the US in its first three days.[99] This tied "Skyfall" with Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill" as the highest-charting James Bond theme song on the UK Singles Chart;[100] a record surpassed in 2015 by Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall".[101]

"Skyfall" has sold more than five million copies worldwide[102] and earned Adele the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[103] and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[104] In December 2012, Adele was named Billboard Artist of the Year, and 21 was named Album of the Year, making her the first artist to receive both accolades two years in a row.[105][106] Adele was also named top female artist.[106] The Associated Press named Adele Entertainer of the Year for 2012.[107] The 2013 Grammy Awards saw Adele's live version of "Set Fire to the Rain" win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, bringing her total wins to nine.[108]

On 3 April 2012, Adele confirmed that her third album would likely be at least two years away, stating, "I have to take time and live a little bit. There were a good two years between my first and second albums, so it'll be the same this time." She stated that she would continue writing and composing her own material.[109] At the 2013 Grammy Awards, she confirmed that she was in the very early stages of her third album.[110][111] She also stated that she will most likely work with Paul Epworth again.[110]

In September 2013, Wiz Khalifa confirmed that he and Adele had collaborated on a song for his fifth studio album, Blacc Hollywood, though the collaboration did not make the final track listing.[112] In January 2014, Adele received her tenth Grammy Award with "Skyfall" winning Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.[113]

2015–2017: 25 and Adele Live 2016

On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014, Adele posted a cryptic message via her Twitter account which prompted media discussion about her next album. The message, "Bye bye 25... See you again later in the year," was interpreted by some in the media, including Capital FM, as meaning that her next album would be titled 25 and released later in the year.[114] In 2014, Adele was nominated for nine World Music Awards. In early August, Paul Moss suggested that an album would be released in 2014 or 2015.[115] However, in the October 2014 accounts filed with Companies House by XL Recordings, they ruled out a 2014 release.[116][117]

 
Adele singing in St. Paul, Minnesota during her first North American tour in five years in July 2016. Ten million people attempted to purchase tickets for the North American leg of Adele's world tour. Only 750,000 tickets were available.[118][119]

On 27 August 2015, Billboard reported that Adele's label, XL Recordings, had intentions of releasing her third studio album sometime in November 2015.[120] Danger Mouse was revealed to have contributed a song, while Tobias Jesso Jr. had written a track, and Ryan Tedder was "back in the mix after producing and co-writing 'Rumour Has It' on 21."[120] At the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in early September 2015, Sia announced that her new single "Alive" was co-written by Adele, and had originally been intended for Adele's third album.[121] On 18 October, a 30-second clip of new material from Adele was shown on UK television during a commercial break on The X Factor. The commercial teases a snippet from a new song from her third album, with viewers hearing a voice singing accompanied by lyrics on a black screen.[122]

In a statement released three days later, Adele confirmed the album's title to be 25, with her stating, "My last record was a break-up record, and if I had to label this one, I would call it a make-up record. Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did. 25 is about getting to know who I've become without realising. And I'm sorry it took so long but, you know, life happened."[123] At the time, Adele said 25 would be her last album titled after her age, believing it would be the end to a trilogy.[124] On 22 October, Adele confirmed that 25 would be released on 20 November, while the lead single from the album, "Hello" would be released on 23 October.[125] The song was first played on Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show on the BBC on the morning of 23 October with Adele interviewed live.[126]

The video of "Hello", released on 22 October, was viewed over 27.7 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours, breaking the Vevo record for the most views in a day, surpassing the 20.1 million views for "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift.[127] On 28 October, BBC News reported that "Hello" was being viewed on YouTube an average one million times an hour.[128] "Hello" went on to become the fastest video to hit one billion views on YouTube, which it achieved after 88 days.[129] The video for "Hello" captured iconic British elements such as a red telephone box and a cup of tea.[130] The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 30 October, with first week sales of 330,000 copies, making it the biggest-selling number-one single in three years.[131] "Hello" also debuted at number one in many countries around the world, including Australia, France, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Germany, and on 2 November, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first song in the US to sell at least one million downloads in a week, setting the record at 1.11 million.[132] By the end of 2015, it had sold 12.3 million units globally and was the year's 7th-best-selling single despite being released in late October.[133]

On 27 October, BBC One announced plans for Adele at the BBC, a one-hour special presented by Graham Norton, in which Adele talks about her new album and performs new songs.[134] This was her first television appearance since performing at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, and the show was recorded before a live audience on 2 November for broadcast on 20 November, coinciding with the release of 25.[135] On 27 October it was also announced that Adele would appear on the US entertainment series Saturday Night Live on 21 November.[134][136] On 30 October, Adele confirmed that she would be performing a one-night-only concert titled Adele Live in New York City at the Radio City Music Hall on 17 November. Subsequently, NBC aired the concert special on 14 December.[137][138]

On 27 November, 25 debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and became the fastest-selling album in UK chart history with over 800,000 copies sold in its first week.[139] The album debuted at number one in the US where it sold a record-breaking 3.38 million copies in its first week, the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began monitoring sales in 1991.[140] 25 also broke first week sales records in Canada and New Zealand.[141][142] 25 became the best-selling album of 2015 in a number of countries, including Australia, the UK and the US, spending seven consecutive weeks at number one in each country, before being displaced by David Bowie's Blackstar.[143][144][145] It was the best-selling album worldwide of 2015 with 17.4 million copies sold.[133] 25 has since sold 20 million copies globally.[146][117] Adele's seven weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her three albums, surpassing Madonna's previous record of most weeks at number one for a female act.[147] As the best-selling artist worldwide for 2015 the IFPI named Adele the Global Recording Artist of the Year.[148]

 
Adele on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2016. Having been going to the festival since she was a child, an emotional Adele cried before she went on stage to 150,000 people.[149]

In November 2015, Adele's 2016 tour was announced, her first tour since 2011.[150] Beginning in Europe, Adele Live 2016 included four dates at the Manchester Arena in March 2016, six dates at the O2 Arena, London, with further dates in Ireland, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands among others.[151] Her North American Tour began on 5 July in St. Paul, Minnesota.[152] The leg included six nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City, eight nights at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and four nights at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.[153] Adele broke Taylor Swift's five-show record for most consecutive sold-out shows at the Staples Center.[154]

At the 36th Brit Awards in London on 24 February, Adele received the awards for British Female Solo Artist, British Album of the Year for 25, British Single of the Year for "Hello", and British Global Success, bringing her Brit Award wins to eight.[155] She closed the ceremony by performing "When We Were Young", the second single from 25.[155] Two more singles from 25 were released in 2016: "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" and "Water Under the Bridge". While on stage at London's O2 Arena on 17 March, Adele announced that she would be headlining on the Pyramid Stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival, which was later confirmed by the festival's organisers.[156] She appeared for a 90-minute 15-song set at the festival on 25 June in front of 150,000 people, and described the experience as "by far, the best moment of my life so far".[157][158] In an interview with Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 around 30 minutes before going on stage, Adele had said she had been going to Glastonbury since she was a child and that the festival had meant a lot to her, before she broke down. Whiley recalls, "She was really scared, really, really scared. We were doing the interview and at one point she had to stop as she was in tears. It was amazing to see somebody like that, then to witness her walking out on stage and doing the most incredible set. To know that half an hour before she'd been in tears at the thought of walking out there."[149]

In 2016, Vanity Fair magazine published a cover story which referred to Adele as the "Queen of Hearts".[159]

 
Adele performing at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia, March 2017

As part of her world tour, in February and March 2017, Adele performed in Australia for the first time, playing outdoor stadiums around the country.[160] Her first two shows in New Zealand sold out in a record-breaking 23 minutes, and a third show was announced, with all tickets sold in under 30 minutes.[161] Adele sold over 600,000 tickets for her record-breaking eight date Australian tour, setting stadium records throughout the country; her Sydney show at ANZ Stadium on 10 March was seen by 95,000 people, the biggest single concert in Australian history, a record she broke the following night with more than 100,000 fans.[162] Adele completed her world tour with two concerts, dubbed "The Finale", at Wembley Stadium, London on 28 and 29 June.[163] She announced the shows at "the home of football" by singing the England football team's "Three Lions" anthem and also the theme song to the BBC's weekly Premier League football show Match of the Day.[163] Adele had added another two concerts at Wembley after the first two dates sold out,[164] however she cancelled the last two dates of the tour after damaging her vocal cords.[165] As a show of support, fans instead gathered outside Wembley Stadium to perform renditions of her songs, in an event titled "Sing for Adele".[166]

At the end of 2016, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year for the third time,[167] and also received the Top Billboard 200 album.[168] 25 was the best-selling album for a second consecutive year in the US.[169] With 235 million views, Adele's Carpool Karaoke through the streets of London with James Corden, a sketch which featured on Corden's talk show The Late Late Show with James Corden in January 2016, was the biggest YouTube viral video of 2016.[170] At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2017, Adele won all five of her nominations, bringing her number of awards to fifteen. She won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 25, and Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Hello".[171] She also performed a tribute to the late George Michael by singing a rendition of his song "Fastlove"; due to technical difficulties which occurred during the performance, Adele decided to stop and restart, explaining "I can't mess this up for him".[172] As announced on 31 July 2017, Adele switched performance rights management in the US from BMI to SESAC.[173]

2018–present: 30 and Las Vegas residency

Adele was reportedly working on her fourth studio album by 2018.[174] On 5 May 2019, her 31st birthday, Adele posted several black-and-white pictures of herself on her Instagram account celebrating the occasion along with a message reflecting on the preceding year. The message ended with, "30 will be a drum n bass record to spite you". Media outlets took the post as an indication that a new album was on the way.[175][176] On 15 February 2020, Adele announced at a friend's wedding that her fourth studio album would be out by September 2020.[177] However, she later confirmed that the album's production and release had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[178] Adele made her first television appearance in almost four years by hosting the 24 October 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live, with musical guest H.E.R.[179]

On 1 October 2021, projections and billboards of the number "30" appeared on significant landmarks and buildings in different cities around the world, fuelling speculation that Adele was responsible, and that 30 would be the title of her fourth album.[180] Soon after, Adele's website and social media accounts matched the aesthetic of the projections and billboards, hinting that her new album would be titled 30,[181] which was subsequently confirmed.[182] On 5 October 2021, Adele announced her single "Easy on Me" for release on 15 October.[183] A release date of 19 November 2021 was announced for the album shortly thereafter.[184] On 7 October, Adele was announced to be the November cover star on both Vogue and British Vogue, the first person to simultaneously cover both publications at the same time.[185][186] On 15 October, Adele released "Easy on Me" to a positive reception, breaking Spotify and Amazon Music records for most streams for a song in a day.[187] The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, Adele's third UK number one, and had the highest first-week sales for a single since January 2017.[188] Reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100, it is her fifth US number-one single.[189] On 28 October 2021, pre-sale tickets for her two concerts in Hyde Park, London, scheduled for 1 and 2 July 2022, sold out in less than an hour.[190][191] The total number of tickets sold were 130,000, without prior promotion.[192] More than 1,3 million people attempted to buy tickets for these two concerts.[193] Jim King, CEO of the European Festivals division at AEG stated that Adele "could have sold several million tickets to the shows, such is the demand for her".[194]

30 was released on 19 November 2021 and became a global success, reaching number one in 24 territories.[195] In the UK, the album debuted at number one on the Official Albums Chart with 261,000 copies sold, garnering the largest opening week for an album since Ed Sheeran's Divide in 2017, and also has the highest first-week sales for an album by a female artist since Adele's own 25,[196] becoming the best-selling album of 2021 in the country. In the US, it was Adele's third consecutive Billboard 200 number-one album and the year's best-seller as well. 30 was the best-selling album of 2021 worldwide, topping the Global Album All-Format Chart, Global Album Sales Chart, and the newly created Global Vinyl Album Chart. The album sold over 5.5 million pure copies within two months of its release.[197] It was her first album to be marketed globally by Columbia Records instead of being split between XL Recordings and Beggars Group's regional distribution partners in most of the world and Columbia in North America.[198]

 
Adele performing during her Weekends with Adele, February 2023

On 30 November 2021, Adele announced a Las Vegas residency, Weekends with Adele, to run from 21 January 2022 until 16 April 2022 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.[199] On 20 January 2022, Adele announced the residency was postponed due to "delivery delays" and the COVID-19 pandemic.[200] On 8 February, 30 won British Album of the Year at the 42nd Brit Awards, making Adele the first solo artist in history to win the honour three times.[201] On 25 July, it was announced her Las Vegas residency would run from 18 November 2022 to 25 March 2023, with eight more dates than initially planned, for a total of 32 concerts.[202] On 3 September, Adele received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for her Grammy-nominated television special Adele One Night Only.[203] Weekends with Adele received widespread critical acclaim, In their review, Billboard called the performance "utterly and breathlessly spectacular" adding: "It was remarkable to see a performer at her level be so present and take in all she had accomplished in arriving at this moment."[204] The New York Times explained how Adele cried several times throughout the show and described the setup: "Adele’s stage is breathtaking, full of drama and elegance befitting her voice."[205] In their four star review of the show, The Times said the performances were "spectacular, intimate and worth the wait".[206] In November, during the residency's second weekend, Adele announced two additional dates on New Year's Eve weekend bringing the total amount of shows to 34.[207]

Adele attended the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2023, having received seven nominations. She took home the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Easy on Me", extending her record as the artist with the most wins in the category. On what was supposed to be the last concert of her residency, 25 March, Adele announced that she would be extending her residency for another 34 shows with an intent to record a film "to make sure that anyone who wants to see the show [can see it]."[208] In October, Adele extended her shows one last time, stylizing the extension as "Weekends with Adele: The Final Shows". This extension added 32 shows starting in January 2024, and wrapping up in June.[209]

Artistry

Influences and favourite musicians

 
Adele credits the Spice Girls as a major influence on her love of music.

Adele has cited the Spice Girls as a major influence in regard to her love and passion for music, stating that "they made me what I am today".[210] During childhood, she impersonated the Spice Girls at dinner parties.[211] She says she was "heartbroken" when her favourite Spice Girls member, Geri Halliwell aka "Ginger Spice", departed from the group.[212][213] Lauryn Hill is also one of her major influences.[214][215] In a 2011 interview, Adele deemed Hill's record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as her favourite album, while also stating "I was analyzing the record for about a month at the age of 8, I was constantly wondering when I would be that passionate about something, to write a record about it, even though I didn't know I was going to make a record when I was older";[216] while also thanking Hill "for existing" in a penned letter, that she dedicated in honour of the 20th anniversary of Hill's album.[217][218] Growing up she also listened to Sinéad O'Connor,[219] the Cranberries,[220] Bob Marley,[221] the Cure,[222] Dusty Springfield,[223] Whitney Houston,[224] Aretha Franklin,[225] Celine Dion,[226] Jeff Buckley,[227] and Annie Lennox.[228] Gabrielle was an early influence, whom Adele has admired since age five. During Adele's school years, her mother made her an eye patch with sequins which she used to perform as the Hackney-born star in a school talent contest.[229]

After moving to south London, she became interested in R&B acts such as Aaliyah,[230] Destiny's Child, Mary J. Blige,[231] and Alicia Keys.[219][232] Adele has stated that one of the most defining moments in her life was when she saw Pink perform at Brixton Academy in London. She says: "It was the Missundaztood record, so I was about 13 or 14. I had never heard, being in the room, someone sing like that live [...] I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice just hitting me. It was incredible."[233][227]

 
In her teens, Adele would listen to Etta James while developing and practicing her singing abilities.

In 2002, 14-year-old Adele discovered Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald as she stumbled on the artists' CDs in the jazz section of her local music store. She was struck by their appearance on the album covers.[234] Adele states she then "started listening to Etta James every night for an hour," and in the process was getting "to know my own voice."[234] She has credited Amy Winehouse and her 2003 album Frank with inspiring her to take up the guitar, saying: "If it wasn't for Amy and Frank, one hundred per cent I wouldn't have picked up a guitar, I wouldn't have written 'Daydreamer' or 'Hometown [Glory]' and I wrote 'Someone like You' on the guitar too."[235]

Adele has also expressed admiration for Lana Del Rey, Grimes, Chvrches, FKA Twigs, Alabama Shakes, Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Frank Ocean, Queen, and Stevie Nicks.[236][237] In 2017, she described Beyoncé as a particular inspiration, calling her "[the] artist of my life" and added "the other artists who mean that much to me are all dead."[238] Adele cited Madonna's 1998 album Ray of Light as a "chief inspiration" for her album 25.[239] She stated that the release of 25 and her own comeback was inspired by the enigmatic Kate Bush who in 2014 made a comeback to the stage 35 years after her last live shows from her only tour in 1979.[240] Adele mentioned that Max Martin's work on Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" was the inspiration behind her song "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)", saying: "I was like, 'Who did this?' I knew it was Taylor, and I've always loved her, but this is a totally other side – like, 'I want to know who brought that out in her.' I was unaware that I knew who Max Martin was. I Googled him, and I was like, 'He's literally written every massive soundtrack of my life.' So I got my management to reach out. They came to London, and I took my guitar along and was like, 'I've got this riff,' and then 'Send My Love' happened really quickly."[241]

Musical style

Adele's genres include soul, jazz and R&B. Her song topics often address heartbreak and relationship.[20] Her success occurred simultaneously with several other British female soul singers, with the British press dubbing her a new Amy Winehouse, [9] however, Adele called the comparisons between her and other female soul singers lazy, noting "we're a gender, not a genre".[20][242][243] AllMusic wrote that "Adele is simply too magical to compare her to anyone."[234]

Adele's second album, 21, shares the folk and soul influences of her debut album, but was further inspired by American country and Southern blues music to which she had been exposed during her 2008–09 tour An Evening with Adele in North America.[244][245] Conceived in the aftermath of Adele's breakup with a partner, the album typifies the near dormant tradition of the confessional singer-songwriter in its exploration of heartbreak, self-examination, and forgiveness. Having referred to 21 as a "break-up record", Adele labelled her third studio album, 25, a "make-up record", adding it is about "Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did."[123] 30 is a collection of pop, soul, and jazz songs. Journalists have described it as Adele's most creative work sonically, expanding on her past works by incorporating dance-pop, gospel and R&B elements.

Voice

"Clutching a Brits Critics' Choice Award before she'd even released her debut album, Adele had what seems like pre-ordained success, but it never would have happened without her extraordinary voice. Appropriately, her big, smoky pipes enter tonight before she does – singing from the wings, before she suddenly emerges, cackling "Awright Leeds." These first few seconds encapsulate her special connection with the public. A peculiar mixture of the sublime and the mundane. One minute she's adding an eerie tremor to the lyric "Of my world", the next she's explaining to the people pondering aloud just how one might Set Fire to the Rain, that the song was inspired "when mah lightah stopped workin'" in the wet."

—Dave Simpson of The Guardian on Adele's voice and down to earth persona.[246]

Adele is a mezzo-soprano, with a range spanning from B2 to C6. However, Classic FM states she is often mistaken for a contralto due to the application of a tense chest mix to reach the lower notes, while also noting that her voice becomes its clearest as she ascends the register, particularly from C4 to C5.[247][248][249][250] Rolling Stone reported that following throat surgery her voice had become "palpably bigger and purer-toned", and that she had added a further four notes to the top of her range.[251] Initially, critics suggested that her vocals were more developed and intriguing than her songwriting, a sentiment with which Adele agreed.[252] She has stated: "I taught myself how to sing by listening to Ella Fitzgerald for acrobatics and scales, Etta James for passion and Roberta Flack for control."[253]

Adele's singing has received acclaim from music critics. In a review of 19, The Observer stated, "The way she stretched the vowels, her wonderful soulful phrasing, the sheer unadulterated pleasure of her voice, stood out all the more; little doubt that she's a rare singer".[254] BBC Music wrote, "Her melodies exude warmth, her singing is occasionally stunning and, ...she has tracks that make Lily Allen and Kate Nash sound every bit as ordinary as they are."[255] Also in 2008, Sylvia Patterson of The Guardian wrote, "Of all the gobby new girls, only Adele's bewitching singing voice has the enigmatic quality which causes tears of involuntary emotion to splash down your face in the way Eva Cassidy's did before her."[256] For their reviews of 21, The New York Times' chief music critic Jon Pareles commended Adele's emotive timbre, likening her to Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, and Annie Lennox: "[Adele] can seethe, sob, rasp, swoop, lilt and belt, in ways that draw more attention to the song than to the singer".[257] Ryan Reed of Paste magazine regarded her voice as "a raspy, aged-beyond-its-years thing of full-blooded beauty",[258] while MSN Music's Tom Townshend called her "the finest singer of [our] generation".[259] Adele has also been dubbed a "vocal goddess".[260]

Personal life

In 2011, Adele began a relationship with charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki.[261] Their son was born in 2012.[262] On the topic of becoming a parent, Adele said she "felt like I was truly living. I had a purpose, where before I didn't".[263] Adele and Konecki brought a privacy case against a UK-based photo agency that published intrusive paparazzi images of their son taken during family outings in 2013.[264] Lawyers working on their behalf accepted damages from the company in July 2014.[265] Adele has also opened up about suffering from postnatal depression, anxiety, and panic attacks.[266][267]

In early 2017, tabloids started speculating that Adele and Konecki had secretly married when they were spotted wearing matching rings on their ring fingers.[268] During her acceptance speech at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Adele seemed to have confirmed these reports by referring to Konecki as "my husband" when thanking him.[269] She repeated this in March 2017, telling the audience at a concert in Brisbane, Australia, "I'm married now".[270] However, in a 2021 interview with British Vogue, she revealed that they actually married in 2018, and separated the same year.[271] During this time, Adele became a stay-at-home mother.[272] In April 2019, Adele's representatives confirmed the separation via Associated Press, and affirmed that she and Konecki would continue to raise their son together.[273][274] On 13 September 2019, Adele filed for divorce from Konecki, with it being finalised on 4 March 2021.[275][276] In 2021, Adele entered into a relationship with American sports agent Rich Paul.[277]

In 2015, Adele said, "I'm a feminist, I believe that everyone should be treated the same, including race and sexuality".[239] Supportive of the LGBT community, on 12 June 2016, an emotional Adele dedicated her show in Antwerp, Belgium, to the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States, earlier that day, adding, "The LGBTQ community, they're like my soul mates since I was really young, so I'm very moved by it."[278][279]

In April 2018, it was widely reported that Adele had become an ordained minister in order to officiate at close friend comedian Alan Carr's wedding to Paul Drayton, something which Adele herself subsequently confirmed. The wedding, held in January 2018, took place in the garden of her house in Los Angeles, California.[280]

On 14 October 2023, during a concert of her Weekends with Adele residency, the singer revealed that she had suffered from "borderline alcoholism" since her 20s, and that she had been sober for three months.[281]

Politics

Adele is a supporter of the Labour Party, saying in 2011 that she was a "Labour girl through and through", and in the same interview was critical of the Conservative Party.[282] Despite this declared political alignment, Adele received backlash for her comments on paying taxes during a 2011 interview with Q magazine. She said, "I use the NHS, I can't use public transport any more, doing what I do, I went to state school, I'm mortified to have to pay 50 percent! Trains are always late, most state schools are shit and I've gotta give you like four million quid, are you having a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from 19 I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire."[283][284]

Wealth

In 2012, Adele topped the List of Richest Young Musicians under 30 in the UK, included on the Sunday Times Rich List.[285] In July 2012, she was listed at number six in Forbes list of the world's highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30, having earned £23 million between May 2011 and May 2012.[286] For six consecutive years, from 2013 to 2018, Adele topped the List of Richest Young Musicians under 30 in the UK and Ireland as part of the Sunday Times' annual Rich List.[287] In 2015, Adele said she declined all sorts of lucrative endorsement offers out of personal choice.[288] In 2015, she reported paying £4 million tax in the UK.[289] In July 2016, Adele was ranked number nine on the Forbes list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities in the world.[290] In November 2016 and November 2017, she was in second place on the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid women in music, earning US$80.5 million and $69 million, respectively.[291] The Sunday Times Rich List valued her wealth at £125 million in 2017, and she was ranked the 19th UK's richest musician overall whilst being the only woman in the top 20.[292] Adele owns and operates two companies, Melted Stone Ltd and Melted Stone Publishing.[293] In 2017, she earned $11.2 million in royalties from record sales, after taxes, according to official documents from her companies, without any new album release at the time, and whilst spending her time off.[294] On the 2019 Sunday Times Rich List, Adele was valued at £150 million (US$180.5 million) as the 22nd-richest musician in the UK despite not having toured since 2017.[295]

In 2012, Adele and then-partner Konecki purchased a $3.4 million Art Deco villa in Portslade, on the outskirts of Brighton and Hove, which she sold for $3.7 million in 2016. That same year, she bought two houses built side-by-side in Kensington for $7.7 million and $7.3 million, respectively, with the intention of combining them. Adele also bought a home for her mother in West London for around $817,000.[296] In 2013, she temporarily rented Paul McCartney's 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) former mansion for an undisclosed price. In 2015, Adele purchased a $5.2 million Mediterranean-style vacation mansion in Malibu, California, and sold it in 2017 for less than its original purchase price, $4.8 million.[296] She envisioned buying several properties on the same street in a Beverly Hills gated community, beginning with the first home purchased for $9.5 million from Don Mischer in 2016.[297][298] During her Madison Square Garden tour in September 2016, Adele rented NBA player Deron Williams' Tribeca apartment for three weeks at a monthly rent of $60,000.[299][296] In 2017, she and Konecki purchased a $5.3 million Tudor mansion called Ridge Hill Manor, located in the English countryside on the outskirts of East Grinstead.[296] In 2019 and 2021, Adele bought two more Beverly Hills mansions for $10.65 million and $10 million, respectively; the latter was purchased from Nicole Richie and her husband, Joel Madden.[300][301] In February 2022, it was reported she bought Sylvester Stallone's 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) former mansion in Beverly Park, Los Angeles, for $58 million.[302][303]

Philanthropy

Adele has performed in numerous charity concerts throughout her career. In 2007 and 2008, she performed at the Little Noise Sessions held at London's Union Chapel, with proceeds from the concerts donated to Mencap which works with people with learning disabilities.[39] In July and November 2008, Adele performed at the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball in London and New York City respectively.[304][305][306] On 17 September 2009, she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the VH1 Divas event, a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity.[307][308] On 6 December, Adele opened with a 40-minute set at John Mayer's 2nd Annual Holiday Charity Revue held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.[309] In 2011, Adele gave a free concert for Pride London, a registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London.[310] The same year, Adele took part in the UK charity telethon Comic Relief for Red Nose Day 2011, performing "Someone like You".[311]

Adele has been a major contributor to MusiCares, a charity organisation founded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for musicians in need. In February 2009, Adele performed at the 2009 MusiCares charity concert in Los Angeles. In 2011 and 2012, Adele donated autographed items for auctions to support MusiCares.[312][313][314] Adele required all backstage visitors to the North American leg of her Adele Live tour to donate a minimum charitable contribution of US$20 for the UK charity SANDS, an organisation dedicated to "supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies' lives".[315]

On 15 June 2017, Adele attended a vigil in west London for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire where, keeping a low profile, she was only spotted by a handful of fans.[316] Four days later she appeared at Chelsea fire station and brought cakes for the firefighters.[317] Station manager Ben King stated "She came in, came up to the mess and had a cup of tea with the watch and then she joined us for the minute's silence."[317] Paying tribute to the victims at her first Wembley show on 28 June, Adele encouraged fans to donate money to help the victims of the blaze rather than waste the money on "overpriced wine".[318]

Legacy and Influence

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has called Adele the "Queen of Soul" for her early success as a soul singer-songwriter,[319] while she was referred to as the "Queen of Hearts" by publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair.[320][321] In 2014, Adele was already being regarded as a British cultural icon, with young adults from abroad naming her among a group of people whom they most associated with UK culture, which included William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth II, David Beckham, J. K. Rowling, The Beatles, Charlie Chaplin and Elton John.[322][323]

 
Adele was frequently credited in the 2010s decade for reviving the lagging sales of the music industry in the streaming era.[324]

Richard Russell, the founder of record label XL Recordings, complimented Adele that she had the potential to change the way women were seen in the music industry by focusing on music rather than sexuality.[325] The New Yorker called her "the most popular living soul singer in the world" at 27-years-old.[326] Writing for Vulture, Jillian Mapes opined that Adele is "among the first plus-size female cultural icons to reach the highest echelons of commercial success without having to make herself the butt of fat jokes along the way".[327] Time journalist Sam Lansky described her as "a voice for every generation" and further stated that "Adele bridges pop music's past and its future". Lansky wrote that Adele, by choosing to sound like the past, goes in an opposite direction in mainstream music when her contemporaries "try to sound simultaneously like each other" and follow trends.[328]

Billboard credited Adele for reviving the music industry in 2011, the year of 21's release, and wrote: "She was a unique presence not only in 2011, but in all of the 21st-century pop: a preternaturally gifted singer and songwriter with a leave-it-all-on-the-floor approach to recording and performing — and also an earthy, relatable, and strangely unassuming personality both on and off the stage".[329] Junkee and Consequence of Sound credited her for revitalizing pop music and heralding "a new era of relatable pop" due to the critical and commercial success of 21.[330][331] In an article about how music from 2011 defined pop music, Junkee also credited Adele for reviving the breakup ballad music, paving the way for young artists like Olivia Rodrigo to utilize some elements of pop ballads that she did into their own music.[332] In a 2021 article from The Daily Telegraph, James Hall wrote that "a new Adele album isn't just a release − it's a global cultural event".[333] Rolling Stone writers observed that "She has written more modern pop standards than anyone else in her generation, each single becoming an instant classic."[334]

Rolling Stone listed Adele at 22nd in their 2023 list of 200 Greatest Singers of All Time[335] while The Times named her as 2nd best singer of the 21st century in their list of 20 best solo singers.[336] Consequence of Sound ranked Adele at number 34 on its list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, describing her voice as "athletic and authentic" and "an unapologetic powerhouse with a knack for tone and an ability to imbue her performances with genuine emotion".[337] In 2019, Insider listed her among the top artists of the decade, and wrote: "Her artistry and style broke through in a time of ultra club-happy pop music, and paved the way for other artists to break the mold".[338] Adele and her work have influenced numerous recording artists, including Beyoncé,[339] Lauren Daigle,[340] Billie Eilish,[341] Rebecca Ferguson,[342] Jess Glynne,[343] Conan Gray,[344] Freya Ridings,[345] Sigrid,[346] Sam Smith,[347] Tom Walker[348] and Lizzo.[349]

Accolades and achievements

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Adele
 
Adele at Wembley Stadium in June 2017. Adele's concert on 28 June had 98,000 attendees, a stadium record for a UK music event.[165]

Adele has sold more than 170 million records worldwide with 70 million in album sales and over 100 million in single sales as of 2022, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists.[350] She is one of the artists who bring the most revenue to the music industry per day.[333]

At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009, 21-year-old Adele won awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[351] She was also nominated in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[352] The success of her debut album 19 saw Adele nominated for three Brit Awards in the categories of British Female Solo Artist, British Single of the Year and British Breakthrough Act.[353] Then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a thank-you letter to Adele that stated "with the troubles that the country's in financially, you're a light at the end of the tunnel".[354]

Adele's second album, 21, earned her a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. Adele was the second artist and first female, preceded by Christopher Cross, to have won all four of the general field awards throughout her career.[355] The success of the album saw her receive numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records.[356] With 21 non-consecutive weeks at number 1 in the US, Adele broke the record for the longest number-1 album by a female in Billboard history, beating the record formerly held by Whitney Houston's soundtrack The Bodyguard.[84] 21 spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012, making it the longest-running album at number one since 1985,[357] and it became the fourth-best-selling album of the past 10 years in the US.[358] The best selling album in the UK of the 21st century, and the best selling album by a woman in UK chart history, 21 is also the second-best-selling album in the UK of all time.[359][360] 21 was her first album certified diamond in the US.[361] On 6 March, 21 reached 30 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Australian ARIA Chart, making it the longest-running number one album in Australia in the 21st century, and the second longest-running number one ever.[362]In 2010, Adele's 21 or 19 albums were very popular in the UK and at one stage a copy was sold every 7 seconds.[324]

In May 2011, "Team Adele" was ranked number one on The Guardian's "Music Power 100" list: "the 100 most influential people in the music industry".[363] In February 2012, Adele was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.[364] In April 2012, Time magazine named Adele one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[365][366] People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.[367] On 30 April 2012, a tribute to Adele was held at New York City's (Le) Poisson Rouge called Broadway Sings Adele, starring various Broadway actors such as Matt Doyle.[368]

In the week ending 3 March 2012, Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain" as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.[369] Adele topped the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List of musicians in the UK under 30,[370] and made the Top 10 of Billboard magazine's "Top 40 Money Makers".[371] Billboard also announced the same day that Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" is the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years, topping pop, adult pop and adult contemporary charts and that Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks (the other three artists being Judy Garland, Carole King, and Whitney Houston).[371]

At the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards in May, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year, and "Rolling in the Deep" won the award for Most Performed Work of 2011.[372] At the 2012 BMI Awards held in London in October, Adele won Song of the Year (for "Rolling in the Deep") in recognition of the song being the most played on US television and radio in 2011.[373] In 2013, Adele won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall". This is the first James Bond song to win and the fifth to be nominated—after "For Your Eyes Only" (1981), "Nobody Does It Better" (1977), "Live and Let Die" (1973), and "The Look of Love" (1967).[374][375] "Skyfall" won the Brit Award for Best British Single at the 33rd Brit Awards.[376]

In June 2013, Adele was appointed a MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music, and she received the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on 19 December 2013.[377][378] In February 2013 she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[379]

Released in 2015, Adele's third album, 25, became the year's best-selling album and broke first week sales records in a number of markets, including the UK and the US.[380] 25 was her second album to be certified diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including her second Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards, including her second Brit Award for British Album.[155] Adele became the only artist in history to, on two separate occasions, win the three general categories Grammys in the same ceremony.[381] With 15 awards from 18 nominations, Adele won more Grammys than any other woman who was born outside the US.[382] Adele's seven weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her three albums, surpassing Madonna's previous record of most weeks at number one for a female act in the UK.[147] The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release.[132]

At the 2016 Ivor Novello Awards Adele was named Songwriter of the Year for the second time by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.[383] In April 2016 she appeared for the second time on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.[384] Adele was inducted into the Royal Albert Hall's Walk of Fame in 2018, making her one of the first eleven recipients of a star on the walk.[385] Despite releasing just two albums in the decade (21 and 25), at 36 weeks she had the second most weeks at number one in the UK Album Charts in the 2010s, five weeks behind Ed Sheeran (who released four albums).[386][387] Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s in the UK.[388] In December 2019, Israel's largest TV and radio stations named her singer of the 2010s.[389]

In 2021, Adele was named the UK's best-selling female album artist of the 21st century, based on Official Charts Company data.[390] In May 2022, Time magazine named her for the third time among the 100 most influential people in the world in the "icons" category.[391] As Adele has won Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar Awards, it makes her a Tony Award away from achieving EGOT status as of 2022.[392] In December 2023, Adele was listed in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Women in Entertainment Power 100, and received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award.[393]

Discography

Main articles: Adele discography and List of songs recorded by Adele

Filmography

Year Title Notes Ref.
2007 Later... with Jools Holland Episode: 8 June 2007 [394]
2008 Episode: 1 April 2008 [395]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks Episode: 4 October 2008 [396]
Saturday Night Live Episode: "Josh Brolin / Adele" [397]
BBC Electric Proms Episode: 22 October 2008 [398]
Sound Episode: 6 December 2008 [399]
Jools' Annual Hootenanny Episode: 31 December 2008 [400]
2009 Ugly Betty Episode: "In the Stars": Cameo appearance [401]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks Episode: 23 July 2009 [402]
2011 Later... with Jools Holland Episode: 6 May 2011 [403]
2012 Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall Features highlights of her concert at Royal Albert Hall in London on 21 September 2011 as part of her Adele Live tour [404]
2015 Adele at the BBC British television special featuring performances from the album 25 and an interview with Graham Norton [405]
Saturday Night Live Episode: "Matthew McConaughey / Adele" [406]
Adele Live in New York City American television special featuring performances from the album 25 and celebrity audience members; also executive producer [407]
2016 Glastonbury 2016 Features singer headlines the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival [408]
2020 Saturday Night Live Episode: "Adele / H.E.R." [409]
2021 Adele One Night Only American television special featuring performances from the album 30 and an interview with Oprah Winfrey; also executive producer [410]
An Audience with Adele British television special featuring performances from the album 30 and celebrity audience members [411]
2024 TBA It is expected the Weekends with Adele show will be recorded and released following her dates in June for those who cannot see the show live. [208]

Concert tours and residencies

Headlining concerts

Residency

See also

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adele, other, uses, disambiguation, laurie, blue, adkins, born, 1988, known, mononymously, english, singer, songwriter, known, mezzo, soprano, vocals, sentimental, songwriting, received, numerous, accolades, including, grammy, awards, brit, awards, including, . For other uses see Adele disambiguation Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE e ˈ d ɛ l 3 born 5 May 1988 known mononymously as Adele is an English singer songwriter She is known for her mezzo soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting Adele has received numerous accolades including 16 Grammy Awards 12 Brit Awards including three for British Album of the Year an Academy Award a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award AdeleMBEAdele in 2021BornAdele Laurie Blue Adkins 1988 05 05 5 May 1988 age 35 London EnglandAlma materBRIT School for Performing Arts and TechnologyOccupationSinger songwriterYears active2006 presentWorksDiscographysongs recordedSpousesSimon Konecki m 2018 div 2021 wbr Children1AwardsFull listMusical careerGenresPop 1 soul 2 Instrument s VocalsLabelsXLColumbiaMelted StoneWebsiteadele wbr comSignatureAfter graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006 4 Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings Her debut album 19 was released in 2008 and included the UK top five singles Chasing Pavements and Make You Feel My Love 19 has sold over 2 5 million copies in the UK and was named in the top 20 best selling debut albums of all time in the UK 5 6 She was honoured with the Grammy Award for Best New Artist Adele released her second studio album 21 in 2011 It became the world s best selling album of the 21st century with sales of over 31 million 21 holds the record for the top performing album in US chart history topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks with the singles Rolling in the Deep Someone like You and Set Fire to the Rain heading charts worldwide becoming her signature songs The album received a record tying six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year In 2012 Adele released Skyfall a soundtrack single for the James Bond film Skyfall which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Song Adele s third studio album 25 was released in 2015 breaking first week sales records in the UK and US In the US it remains the only album to sell over three million copies in a week 25 earned her five Grammy Awards including the Album of the Year The lead single Hello achieved huge success worldwide Her fourth studio album 30 released in 2021 contains the chart topping and Grammy winning single Easy on Me 25 and 30 became the best selling albums worldwide including the US and the UK in 2015 and 2021 respectively As of 2023 update all of her studio albums except 19 have topped the yearly best selling albums chart worldwide in the 21st century Adele is one of the world s best selling music artists with sales of over 120 million records worldwide The best selling female artist of the 21st century in the UK 7 she was named the best selling artist of the 2010s decade in the US and worldwide 8 Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two best selling albums of the 2010s in the UK and both are listed among the best selling albums in UK chart history while in the US both are certified Diamond the most of any artist who debuted in the 21st century Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 2006 2010 Career beginnings and 19 2 2 2011 2014 21 worldwide recognition and hiatus 2 3 2015 2017 25 and Adele Live 2016 2 4 2018 present 30 and Las Vegas residency 3 Artistry 3 1 Influences and favourite musicians 3 2 Musical style 3 3 Voice 4 Personal life 5 Politics 6 Wealth 7 Philanthropy 8 Legacy and Influence 9 Accolades and achievements 10 Discography 11 Filmography 12 Concert tours and residencies 12 1 Headlining concerts 12 2 Residency 13 See also 14 References 15 Sources and bibliography 16 External linksEarly life and educationAdele Laurie Blue Adkins 9 was born on 5 May 1988 in the Tottenham district of London to an English mother Penny Adkins and a Welsh father Marc Evans 10 After Evans left when Adele was 2 she was brought up by her mother 11 12 She began singing at age 4 and asserts that she became obsessed with voices 13 14 In 1997 9 year old Adele and her mother who by then had found work as a furniture maker and an adult learning activities organiser relocated to Brighton on the south coast of England 15 In 1999 Adele and her mother moved back to London first to Brixton then to the neighbouring district of West Norwood in south London which is the subject of her first song Hometown Glory 16 Adele spent much of her youth in Brockwell Park where she would play the guitar and sing to friends which she recalled in her 2015 song Million Years Ago She stated It has quite monumental moments of my life that I ve spent there and I drove past it in 2015 and I just literally burst into tears I really missed it 17 Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts amp Technology in Croydon in May 2006 18 where she was a classmate of Leona Lewis and Jessie J 9 19 Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent 20 even though at the time she was more interested in going into artists and repertoire A amp R and hoped to launch other people s careers 9 Career2006 2010 Career beginnings and 19 nbsp Adele performing in 2007 4 Four months after graduation Adele published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine com 21 She had recorded a three song demo for a class project and given it to a friend 9 The friend posted the demo on Myspace where it became very successful and led to a phone call from Richard Russell director of the music label XL Recordings She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records and she took a friend with her to the meeting 19 22 Around this time Adele collaborated with Ricsta on Be Divine a song described as an electronic club ready track 23 Nick Huggett at XL recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management and in June 2006 Dickins became her official representative 24 September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major draw for Adele a big fan of the British singer songwriter Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006 24 Adele provided vocals for Jack Penate s song My Yvonne for his debut album and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album 19 and tracks on 21 25 In June 2007 Adele made her television debut performing Daydreamer on the BBC s Later with Jools Holland 26 Adele s breakthrough song Hometown Glory written when she was 16 was released in October 2007 24 By 2008 Adele had become the headliner and performed an acoustic set in which she was supported by Damien Rice 27 She became the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics Choice and was named the number one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics Sound of 2008 28 29 She released her second single Chasing Pavements on 14 January 2008 two weeks ahead of her debut album The song reached number two on the UK Chart and stayed there for four weeks 30 The album 19 named for her age at the time she wrote and composed many of its songs entered the British charts at number one The Times Encyclopedia of Modern Music named 19 an essential blue eyed soul recording 31 Adele was nominated for a 2008 Mercury Prize award for 19 32 She also won an Urban Music Award for Best Jazz Act 33 and a Music of Black Origin MOBO nomination in the category of Best UK Female 34 In March 2008 Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the United States 35 She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month 35 and 19 was released in the US in June 20 Billboard magazine stated of it Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation 36 The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2008 and ended in June 2009 37 nbsp Adele performing live in January 2009Adele later cancelled the 2008 US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend 38 She said in Nylon magazine in June 2009 I m like I can t believe I did that It seems so ungrateful I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy I couldn t bear to be without him so I was like Well I ll just cancel my stuff then 38 She referred to this period as her early life crisis 38 She is also known for her dislike of flying and bouts of homesickness when away from her native London 39 By the middle of October 2008 Adele s attempt to break in America appeared to have failed 40 But then she was booked as the musical guest on 18 October 2008 episode of NBC s Saturday Night Live The episode which included an expected appearance by then US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers Adele performed Chasing Pavements and Cold Shoulder 41 and the following day 19 topped the iTunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon com while Chasing Pavements rose into the top 25 42 The album reached number 11 on the Billboard 200 as a result a jump of 35 places over the previous week 43 In November 2008 Adele moved to Notting Hill London after leaving her mother s house a move that prompted her to give up drinking 44 The album was certified gold in early 2009 by the RIAA 45 By July 2009 the album had sold 2 2 million copies worldwide 46 At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2009 Adele won the award for Best New Artist in addition to the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Chasing Pavements which was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year 47 Adele performed Chasing Pavements at the ceremony in a duet with Jennifer Nettles In 2010 Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Hometown Glory 48 In April her song My Same entered the German Singles Chart after it had been performed by Lena Meyer Landrut in the talent show contest Unser Star fur Oslo or Our Star for Oslo in which the German entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was determined 49 50 In late September after being featured on The X Factor Adele s version of Bob Dylan s Make You Feel My Love re entered the UK singles chart at number 4 51 During the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year special Adele performed a widely publicised duet of Lady Antebellum s Need You Now with Darius Rucker 52 This performance was later nominated for a CMT Music Award 53 2011 2014 21 worldwide recognition and hiatus nbsp Adele performing in Seattle Washington on 12 August 2011Adele released her second studio album 21 on 24 January 2011 in the UK and 22 February in the US 54 55 She said the album was inspired by the breakup with her former partner 12 The album s sound is described as classic and contemporary country and roots music The change in sound from her debut album was the result of her bus driver playing contemporary music from Nashville when she was touring the American South and the title reflected the growth she had experienced in the prior two years 55 Adele told Spin Magazine It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around that music 56 21 topped the charts in 30 countries including the UK and the US 57 58 59 In a 2011 Rolling Stone cover story Adele said she dealt with onstage anxiety by creating the alter ego Sasha Carter derived from Beyonce s Sasha Fierce and June Carter During one episode after she met Beyonce Adele said she asked What would Sasha Fierce do and that helped 60 61 Adele s emotional performance of Someone like You at the 31st Brit Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK 62 Her first album 19 re entered the UK album chart alongside 21 while first and second singles Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart making Adele the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964 63 Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke numerous sales performance records Following her performance of Someone Like You at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards it became Adele s second number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 64 By December 2011 21 sold over 3 4 million copies in the UK and became the biggest selling album of the 21st century overtaking Amy Winehouse s Back to Black 65 66 with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year 67 68 Set Fire to the Rain became Adele s third number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 as Adele became the first artist ever to have an album 21 hold the number one position on the Billboard 200 concurrently with three number one singles 69 Moreover 21 had the most weeks on the Billboard 200 chart of any album by a female artist 70 To promote the album Adele embarked upon the Adele Live tour which sold out its North American leg 71 In October 2011 Adele was forced to cancel two tours because of a vocal cord haemorrhage She released a statement saying she needed an extended period of rest to avoid permanent damage to her voice 72 In the first week of November 2011 Steven M Zeitels director of the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed laser microsurgery on Adele s vocal cords to remove a benign polyp 73 74 75 A recording of her tour Live at the Royal Albert Hall was released in November 2011 debuting at number one in the US with 96 000 copies sold the highest one week tally for a music DVD in four years becoming the best selling music DVD of 2011 76 Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year s number one album 21 number one single Rolling in the Deep and number one music video Live at the Royal Albert Hall 77 At the 2011 American Music Awards on 20 November Adele won three awards Favorite Pop Rock Female Artist Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist and Favorite Pop Rock Album for 21 78 On 9 December Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year Billboard 200 Album of the Year 21 and the Billboard Hot 100 Song of the Year Rolling in the Deep becoming the first woman ever to top all three categories 79 80 nbsp Adele at the 2013 Golden Globe AwardsFollowing the throat microsurgery Adele made her live comeback at the 2012 Grammy Awards in February 81 She won in all six categories for which she was nominated including Album of the Year Record of the Year and Song of the Year making her the second female artist in Grammy history after Beyonce to win that many awards in a single night 82 Following that success 21 achieved the biggest weekly sales increase following a Grammy win since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991 83 84 Adele received the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist and British Album of the Year presented to her by George Michael 85 86 Following the Brit Awards 21 reached number one for the 21st non consecutive week in the UK 87 The album has sold over 4 5 million copies in the UK where it is the fourth best selling album 88 In October the album s sales surpassed 4 5 million in the UK and in November it surpassed 10 million sales in the US 89 90 91 The best selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012 as of 2016 update the album has sold over 31 million copies 92 93 94 By the end of 2014 she had sold an estimated 40 million albums and 50 million singles worldwide 95 Adele is the only artist or band in the last decade in the US to earn an RIAA diamond certification for a one disc album in less than two years 90 In October 2012 Adele confirmed that she had been writing composing and recording the theme song for Skyfall the twenty third James Bond film 96 97 The song Skyfall written and composed in collaboration with producer Paul Epworth was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features orchestrations by J A C Redford 98 Adele stated recording Skyfall was one of the proudest moments of my life On 14 October Skyfall rose to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 92 000 copies bringing its overall sales to 176 000 and Skyfall entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 8 selling 261 000 copies in the US in its first three days 99 This tied Skyfall with Duran Duran s A View to a Kill as the highest charting James Bond theme song on the UK Singles Chart 100 a record surpassed in 2015 by Sam Smith s Writing s on the Wall 101 Skyfall has sold more than five million copies worldwide 102 and earned Adele the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 103 and the Academy Award for Best Original Song 104 In December 2012 Adele was named Billboard Artist of the Year and 21 was named Album of the Year making her the first artist to receive both accolades two years in a row 105 106 Adele was also named top female artist 106 The Associated Press named Adele Entertainer of the Year for 2012 107 The 2013 Grammy Awards saw Adele s live version of Set Fire to the Rain win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance bringing her total wins to nine 108 On 3 April 2012 Adele confirmed that her third album would likely be at least two years away stating I have to take time and live a little bit There were a good two years between my first and second albums so it ll be the same this time She stated that she would continue writing and composing her own material 109 At the 2013 Grammy Awards she confirmed that she was in the very early stages of her third album 110 111 She also stated that she will most likely work with Paul Epworth again 110 In September 2013 Wiz Khalifa confirmed that he and Adele had collaborated on a song for his fifth studio album Blacc Hollywood though the collaboration did not make the final track listing 112 In January 2014 Adele received her tenth Grammy Award with Skyfall winning Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards 113 2015 2017 25 and Adele Live 2016 On the eve of her 26th birthday in May 2014 Adele posted a cryptic message via her Twitter account which prompted media discussion about her next album The message Bye bye 25 See you again later in the year was interpreted by some in the media including Capital FM as meaning that her next album would be titled 25 and released later in the year 114 In 2014 Adele was nominated for nine World Music Awards In early August Paul Moss suggested that an album would be released in 2014 or 2015 115 However in the October 2014 accounts filed with Companies House by XL Recordings they ruled out a 2014 release 116 117 nbsp Adele singing in St Paul Minnesota during her first North American tour in five years in July 2016 Ten million people attempted to purchase tickets for the North American leg of Adele s world tour Only 750 000 tickets were available 118 119 On 27 August 2015 Billboard reported that Adele s label XL Recordings had intentions of releasing her third studio album sometime in November 2015 120 Danger Mouse was revealed to have contributed a song while Tobias Jesso Jr had written a track and Ryan Tedder was back in the mix after producing and co writing Rumour Has It on 21 120 At the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in early September 2015 Sia announced that her new single Alive was co written by Adele and had originally been intended for Adele s third album 121 On 18 October a 30 second clip of new material from Adele was shown on UK television during a commercial break on The X Factor The commercial teases a snippet from a new song from her third album with viewers hearing a voice singing accompanied by lyrics on a black screen 122 In a statement released three days later Adele confirmed the album s title to be 25 with her stating My last record was a break up record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make up record Making up for lost time Making up for everything I ever did and never did 25 is about getting to know who I ve become without realising And I m sorry it took so long but you know life happened 123 At the time Adele said 25 would be her last album titled after her age believing it would be the end to a trilogy 124 On 22 October Adele confirmed that 25 would be released on 20 November while the lead single from the album Hello would be released on 23 October 125 The song was first played on Nick Grimshaw s Radio 1 Breakfast Show on the BBC on the morning of 23 October with Adele interviewed live 126 The video of Hello released on 22 October was viewed over 27 7 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours breaking the Vevo record for the most views in a day surpassing the 20 1 million views for Bad Blood by Taylor Swift 127 On 28 October BBC News reported that Hello was being viewed on YouTube an average one million times an hour 128 Hello went on to become the fastest video to hit one billion views on YouTube which it achieved after 88 days 129 The video for Hello captured iconic British elements such as a red telephone box and a cup of tea 130 The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 30 October with first week sales of 330 000 copies making it the biggest selling number one single in three years 131 Hello also debuted at number one in many countries around the world including Australia France Canada New Zealand Ireland and Germany and on 2 November the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the first song in the US to sell at least one million downloads in a week setting the record at 1 11 million 132 By the end of 2015 it had sold 12 3 million units globally and was the year s 7th best selling single despite being released in late October 133 On 27 October BBC One announced plans for Adele at the BBC a one hour special presented by Graham Norton in which Adele talks about her new album and performs new songs 134 This was her first television appearance since performing at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony and the show was recorded before a live audience on 2 November for broadcast on 20 November coinciding with the release of 25 135 On 27 October it was also announced that Adele would appear on the US entertainment series Saturday Night Live on 21 November 134 136 On 30 October Adele confirmed that she would be performing a one night only concert titled Adele Live in New York City at the Radio City Music Hall on 17 November Subsequently NBC aired the concert special on 14 December 137 138 On 27 November 25 debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and became the fastest selling album in UK chart history with over 800 000 copies sold in its first week 139 The album debuted at number one in the US where it sold a record breaking 3 38 million copies in its first week the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began monitoring sales in 1991 140 25 also broke first week sales records in Canada and New Zealand 141 142 25 became the best selling album of 2015 in a number of countries including Australia the UK and the US spending seven consecutive weeks at number one in each country before being displaced by David Bowie s Blackstar 143 144 145 It was the best selling album worldwide of 2015 with 17 4 million copies sold 133 25 has since sold 20 million copies globally 146 117 Adele s seven weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her three albums surpassing Madonna s previous record of most weeks at number one for a female act 147 As the best selling artist worldwide for 2015 the IFPI named Adele the Global Recording Artist of the Year 148 nbsp Adele on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2016 Having been going to the festival since she was a child an emotional Adele cried before she went on stage to 150 000 people 149 In November 2015 Adele s 2016 tour was announced her first tour since 2011 150 Beginning in Europe Adele Live 2016 included four dates at the Manchester Arena in March 2016 six dates at the O2 Arena London with further dates in Ireland Spain Germany Italy and the Netherlands among others 151 Her North American Tour began on 5 July in St Paul Minnesota 152 The leg included six nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City eight nights at Staples Center in Los Angeles and four nights at Air Canada Centre in Toronto 153 Adele broke Taylor Swift s five show record for most consecutive sold out shows at the Staples Center 154 At the 36th Brit Awards in London on 24 February Adele received the awards for British Female Solo Artist British Album of the Year for 25 British Single of the Year for Hello and British Global Success bringing her Brit Award wins to eight 155 She closed the ceremony by performing When We Were Young the second single from 25 155 Two more singles from 25 were released in 2016 Send My Love To Your New Lover and Water Under the Bridge While on stage at London s O2 Arena on 17 March Adele announced that she would be headlining on the Pyramid Stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival which was later confirmed by the festival s organisers 156 She appeared for a 90 minute 15 song set at the festival on 25 June in front of 150 000 people and described the experience as by far the best moment of my life so far 157 158 In an interview with Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 around 30 minutes before going on stage Adele had said she had been going to Glastonbury since she was a child and that the festival had meant a lot to her before she broke down Whiley recalls She was really scared really really scared We were doing the interview and at one point she had to stop as she was in tears It was amazing to see somebody like that then to witness her walking out on stage and doing the most incredible set To know that half an hour before she d been in tears at the thought of walking out there 149 In 2016 Vanity Fair magazine published a cover story which referred to Adele as the Queen of Hearts 159 nbsp Adele performing at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide Australia March 2017As part of her world tour in February and March 2017 Adele performed in Australia for the first time playing outdoor stadiums around the country 160 Her first two shows in New Zealand sold out in a record breaking 23 minutes and a third show was announced with all tickets sold in under 30 minutes 161 Adele sold over 600 000 tickets for her record breaking eight date Australian tour setting stadium records throughout the country her Sydney show at ANZ Stadium on 10 March was seen by 95 000 people the biggest single concert in Australian history a record she broke the following night with more than 100 000 fans 162 Adele completed her world tour with two concerts dubbed The Finale at Wembley Stadium London on 28 and 29 June 163 She announced the shows at the home of football by singing the England football team s Three Lions anthem and also the theme song to the BBC s weekly Premier League football show Match of the Day 163 Adele had added another two concerts at Wembley after the first two dates sold out 164 however she cancelled the last two dates of the tour after damaging her vocal cords 165 As a show of support fans instead gathered outside Wembley Stadium to perform renditions of her songs in an event titled Sing for Adele 166 At the end of 2016 Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year for the third time 167 and also received the Top Billboard 200 album 168 25 was the best selling album for a second consecutive year in the US 169 With 235 million views Adele s Carpool Karaoke through the streets of London with James Corden a sketch which featured on Corden s talk show The Late Late Show with James Corden in January 2016 was the biggest YouTube viral video of 2016 170 At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2017 Adele won all five of her nominations bringing her number of awards to fifteen She won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 25 and Record of the Year Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for Hello 171 She also performed a tribute to the late George Michael by singing a rendition of his song Fastlove due to technical difficulties which occurred during the performance Adele decided to stop and restart explaining I can t mess this up for him 172 As announced on 31 July 2017 Adele switched performance rights management in the US from BMI to SESAC 173 2018 present 30 and Las Vegas residency Adele was reportedly working on her fourth studio album by 2018 174 On 5 May 2019 her 31st birthday Adele posted several black and white pictures of herself on her Instagram account celebrating the occasion along with a message reflecting on the preceding year The message ended with 30 will be a drum n bass record to spite you Media outlets took the post as an indication that a new album was on the way 175 176 On 15 February 2020 Adele announced at a friend s wedding that her fourth studio album would be out by September 2020 177 However she later confirmed that the album s production and release had been delayed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 178 Adele made her first television appearance in almost four years by hosting the 24 October 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live with musical guest H E R 179 On 1 October 2021 projections and billboards of the number 30 appeared on significant landmarks and buildings in different cities around the world fuelling speculation that Adele was responsible and that 30 would be the title of her fourth album 180 Soon after Adele s website and social media accounts matched the aesthetic of the projections and billboards hinting that her new album would be titled 30 181 which was subsequently confirmed 182 On 5 October 2021 Adele announced her single Easy on Me for release on 15 October 183 A release date of 19 November 2021 was announced for the album shortly thereafter 184 On 7 October Adele was announced to be the November cover star on both Vogue and British Vogue the first person to simultaneously cover both publications at the same time 185 186 On 15 October Adele released Easy on Me to a positive reception breaking Spotify and Amazon Music records for most streams for a song in a day 187 The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart Adele s third UK number one and had the highest first week sales for a single since January 2017 188 Reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 it is her fifth US number one single 189 On 28 October 2021 pre sale tickets for her two concerts in Hyde Park London scheduled for 1 and 2 July 2022 sold out in less than an hour 190 191 The total number of tickets sold were 130 000 without prior promotion 192 More than 1 3 million people attempted to buy tickets for these two concerts 193 Jim King CEO of the European Festivals division at AEG stated that Adele could have sold several million tickets to the shows such is the demand for her 194 30 was released on 19 November 2021 and became a global success reaching number one in 24 territories 195 In the UK the album debuted at number one on the Official Albums Chart with 261 000 copies sold garnering the largest opening week for an album since Ed Sheeran s Divide in 2017 and also has the highest first week sales for an album by a female artist since Adele s own 25 196 becoming the best selling album of 2021 in the country In the US it was Adele s third consecutive Billboard 200 number one album and the year s best seller as well 30 was the best selling album of 2021 worldwide topping the Global Album All Format Chart Global Album Sales Chart and the newly created Global Vinyl Album Chart The album sold over 5 5 million pure copies within two months of its release 197 It was her first album to be marketed globally by Columbia Records instead of being split between XL Recordings and Beggars Group s regional distribution partners in most of the world and Columbia in North America 198 nbsp Adele performing during her Weekends with Adele February 2023On 30 November 2021 Adele announced a Las Vegas residency Weekends with Adele to run from 21 January 2022 until 16 April 2022 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace 199 On 20 January 2022 Adele announced the residency was postponed due to delivery delays and the COVID 19 pandemic 200 On 8 February 30 won British Album of the Year at the 42nd Brit Awards making Adele the first solo artist in history to win the honour three times 201 On 25 July it was announced her Las Vegas residency would run from 18 November 2022 to 25 March 2023 with eight more dates than initially planned for a total of 32 concerts 202 On 3 September Adele received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special Pre Recorded for her Grammy nominated television special Adele One Night Only 203 Weekends with Adele received widespread critical acclaim In their review Billboard called the performance utterly and breathlessly spectacular adding It was remarkable to see a performer at her level be so present and take in all she had accomplished in arriving at this moment 204 The New York Times explained how Adele cried several times throughout the show and described the setup Adele s stage is breathtaking full of drama and elegance befitting her voice 205 In their four star review of the show The Times said the performances were spectacular intimate and worth the wait 206 In November during the residency s second weekend Adele announced two additional dates on New Year s Eve weekend bringing the total amount of shows to 34 207 Adele attended the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2023 having received seven nominations She took home the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance for Easy on Me extending her record as the artist with the most wins in the category On what was supposed to be the last concert of her residency 25 March Adele announced that she would be extending her residency for another 34 shows with an intent to record a film to make sure that anyone who wants to see the show can see it 208 In October Adele extended her shows one last time stylizing the extension as Weekends with Adele The Final Shows This extension added 32 shows starting in January 2024 and wrapping up in June 209 ArtistryInfluences and favourite musicians nbsp Adele credits the Spice Girls as a major influence on her love of music Adele has cited the Spice Girls as a major influence in regard to her love and passion for music stating that they made me what I am today 210 During childhood she impersonated the Spice Girls at dinner parties 211 She says she was heartbroken when her favourite Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice departed from the group 212 213 Lauryn Hill is also one of her major influences 214 215 In a 2011 interview Adele deemed Hill s record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as her favourite album while also stating I was analyzing the record for about a month at the age of 8 I was constantly wondering when I would be that passionate about something to write a record about it even though I didn t know I was going to make a record when I was older 216 while also thanking Hill for existing in a penned letter that she dedicated in honour of the 20th anniversary of Hill s album 217 218 Growing up she also listened to Sinead O Connor 219 the Cranberries 220 Bob Marley 221 the Cure 222 Dusty Springfield 223 Whitney Houston 224 Aretha Franklin 225 Celine Dion 226 Jeff Buckley 227 and Annie Lennox 228 Gabrielle was an early influence whom Adele has admired since age five During Adele s school years her mother made her an eye patch with sequins which she used to perform as the Hackney born star in a school talent contest 229 After moving to south London she became interested in R amp B acts such as Aaliyah 230 Destiny s Child Mary J Blige 231 and Alicia Keys 219 232 Adele has stated that one of the most defining moments in her life was when she saw Pink perform at Brixton Academy in London She says It was the Missundaztood record so I was about 13 or 14 I had never heard being in the room someone sing like that live I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel her voice just hitting me It was incredible 233 227 nbsp In her teens Adele would listen to Etta James while developing and practicing her singing abilities In 2002 14 year old Adele discovered Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald as she stumbled on the artists CDs in the jazz section of her local music store She was struck by their appearance on the album covers 234 Adele states she then started listening to Etta James every night for an hour and in the process was getting to know my own voice 234 She has credited Amy Winehouse and her 2003 album Frank with inspiring her to take up the guitar saying If it wasn t for Amy and Frank one hundred per cent I wouldn t have picked up a guitar I wouldn t have written Daydreamer or Hometown Glory and I wrote Someone like You on the guitar too 235 Adele has also expressed admiration for Lana Del Rey Grimes Chvrches FKA Twigs Alabama Shakes Kanye West Rihanna Britney Spears Frank Ocean Queen and Stevie Nicks 236 237 In 2017 she described Beyonce as a particular inspiration calling her the artist of my life and added the other artists who mean that much to me are all dead 238 Adele cited Madonna s 1998 album Ray of Light as a chief inspiration for her album 25 239 She stated that the release of 25 and her own comeback was inspired by the enigmatic Kate Bush who in 2014 made a comeback to the stage 35 years after her last live shows from her only tour in 1979 240 Adele mentioned that Max Martin s work on Taylor Swift s I Knew You Were Trouble was the inspiration behind her song Send My Love To Your New Lover saying I was like Who did this I knew it was Taylor and I ve always loved her but this is a totally other side like I want to know who brought that out in her I was unaware that I knew who Max Martin was I Googled him and I was like He s literally written every massive soundtrack of my life So I got my management to reach out They came to London and I took my guitar along and was like I ve got this riff and then Send My Love happened really quickly 241 Musical style Adele s genres include soul jazz and R amp B Her song topics often address heartbreak and relationship 20 Her success occurred simultaneously with several other British female soul singers with the British press dubbing her a new Amy Winehouse 9 however Adele called the comparisons between her and other female soul singers lazy noting we re a gender not a genre 20 242 243 AllMusic wrote that Adele is simply too magical to compare her to anyone 234 Adele s second album 21 shares the folk and soul influences of her debut album but was further inspired by American country and Southern blues music to which she had been exposed during her 2008 09 tour An Evening with Adele in North America 244 245 Conceived in the aftermath of Adele s breakup with a partner the album typifies the near dormant tradition of the confessional singer songwriter in its exploration of heartbreak self examination and forgiveness Having referred to 21 as a break up record Adele labelled her third studio album 25 a make up record adding it is about Making up for lost time Making up for everything I ever did and never did 123 30 is a collection of pop soul and jazz songs Journalists have described it as Adele s most creative work sonically expanding on her past works by incorporating dance pop gospel and R amp B elements Voice Clutching a Brits Critics Choice Award before she d even released her debut album Adele had what seems like pre ordained success but it never would have happened without her extraordinary voice Appropriately her big smoky pipes enter tonight before she does singing from the wings before she suddenly emerges cackling Awright Leeds These first few seconds encapsulate her special connection with the public A peculiar mixture of the sublime and the mundane One minute she s adding an eerie tremor to the lyric Of my world the next she s explaining to the people pondering aloud just how one might Set Fire to the Rain that the song was inspired when mah lightah stopped workin in the wet Dave Simpson of The Guardian on Adele s voice and down to earth persona 246 Adele is a mezzo soprano with a range spanning from B2 to C6 However Classic FM states she is often mistaken for a contralto due to the application of a tense chest mix to reach the lower notes while also noting that her voice becomes its clearest as she ascends the register particularly from C4 to C5 247 248 249 250 Rolling Stone reported that following throat surgery her voice had become palpably bigger and purer toned and that she had added a further four notes to the top of her range 251 Initially critics suggested that her vocals were more developed and intriguing than her songwriting a sentiment with which Adele agreed 252 She has stated I taught myself how to sing by listening to Ella Fitzgerald for acrobatics and scales Etta James for passion and Roberta Flack for control 253 Adele s singing has received acclaim from music critics In a review of 19 The Observer stated The way she stretched the vowels her wonderful soulful phrasing the sheer unadulterated pleasure of her voice stood out all the more little doubt that she s a rare singer 254 BBC Music wrote Her melodies exude warmth her singing is occasionally stunning and she has tracks that make Lily Allen and Kate Nash sound every bit as ordinary as they are 255 Also in 2008 Sylvia Patterson of The Guardian wrote Of all the gobby new girls only Adele s bewitching singing voice has the enigmatic quality which causes tears of involuntary emotion to splash down your face in the way Eva Cassidy s did before her 256 For their reviews of 21 The New York Times chief music critic Jon Pareles commended Adele s emotive timbre likening her to Dusty Springfield Petula Clark and Annie Lennox Adele can seethe sob rasp swoop lilt and belt in ways that draw more attention to the song than to the singer 257 Ryan Reed of Paste magazine regarded her voice as a raspy aged beyond its years thing of full blooded beauty 258 while MSN Music s Tom Townshend called her the finest singer of our generation 259 Adele has also been dubbed a vocal goddess 260 Personal lifeIn 2011 Adele began a relationship with charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki 261 Their son was born in 2012 262 On the topic of becoming a parent Adele said she felt like I was truly living I had a purpose where before I didn t 263 Adele and Konecki brought a privacy case against a UK based photo agency that published intrusive paparazzi images of their son taken during family outings in 2013 264 Lawyers working on their behalf accepted damages from the company in July 2014 265 Adele has also opened up about suffering from postnatal depression anxiety and panic attacks 266 267 In early 2017 tabloids started speculating that Adele and Konecki had secretly married when they were spotted wearing matching rings on their ring fingers 268 During her acceptance speech at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year Adele seemed to have confirmed these reports by referring to Konecki as my husband when thanking him 269 She repeated this in March 2017 telling the audience at a concert in Brisbane Australia I m married now 270 However in a 2021 interview with British Vogue she revealed that they actually married in 2018 and separated the same year 271 During this time Adele became a stay at home mother 272 In April 2019 Adele s representatives confirmed the separation via Associated Press and affirmed that she and Konecki would continue to raise their son together 273 274 On 13 September 2019 Adele filed for divorce from Konecki with it being finalised on 4 March 2021 275 276 In 2021 Adele entered into a relationship with American sports agent Rich Paul 277 In 2015 Adele said I m a feminist I believe that everyone should be treated the same including race and sexuality 239 Supportive of the LGBT community on 12 June 2016 an emotional Adele dedicated her show in Antwerp Belgium to the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida United States earlier that day adding The LGBTQ community they re like my soul mates since I was really young so I m very moved by it 278 279 In April 2018 it was widely reported that Adele had become an ordained minister in order to officiate at close friend comedian Alan Carr s wedding to Paul Drayton something which Adele herself subsequently confirmed The wedding held in January 2018 took place in the garden of her house in Los Angeles California 280 On 14 October 2023 during a concert of her Weekends with Adele residency the singer revealed that she had suffered from borderline alcoholism since her 20s and that she had been sober for three months 281 PoliticsAdele is a supporter of the Labour Party saying in 2011 that she was a Labour girl through and through and in the same interview was critical of the Conservative Party 282 Despite this declared political alignment Adele received backlash for her comments on paying taxes during a 2011 interview with Q magazine She said I use the NHS I can t use public transport any more doing what I do I went to state school I m mortified to have to pay 50 percent Trains are always late most state schools are shit and I ve gotta give you like four million quid are you having a laugh When I got my tax bill in from 19 I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire 283 284 WealthIn 2012 Adele topped the List of Richest Young Musicians under 30 in the UK included on the Sunday Times Rich List 285 In July 2012 she was listed at number six in Forbes list of the world s highest paid celebrities under the age of 30 having earned 23 million between May 2011 and May 2012 286 For six consecutive years from 2013 to 2018 Adele topped the List of Richest Young Musicians under 30 in the UK and Ireland as part of the Sunday Times annual Rich List 287 In 2015 Adele said she declined all sorts of lucrative endorsement offers out of personal choice 288 In 2015 she reported paying 4 million tax in the UK 289 In July 2016 Adele was ranked number nine on the Forbes list of the 100 highest paid celebrities in the world 290 In November 2016 and November 2017 she was in second place on the Forbes list of the world s highest paid women in music earning US 80 5 million and 69 million respectively 291 The Sunday Times Rich List valued her wealth at 125 million in 2017 and she was ranked the 19th UK s richest musician overall whilst being the only woman in the top 20 292 Adele owns and operates two companies Melted Stone Ltd and Melted Stone Publishing 293 In 2017 she earned 11 2 million in royalties from record sales after taxes according to official documents from her companies without any new album release at the time and whilst spending her time off 294 On the 2019 Sunday Times Rich List Adele was valued at 150 million US 180 5 million as the 22nd richest musician in the UK despite not having toured since 2017 295 In 2012 Adele and then partner Konecki purchased a 3 4 million Art Deco villa in Portslade on the outskirts of Brighton and Hove which she sold for 3 7 million in 2016 That same year she bought two houses built side by side in Kensington for 7 7 million and 7 3 million respectively with the intention of combining them Adele also bought a home for her mother in West London for around 817 000 296 In 2013 she temporarily rented Paul McCartney s 12 000 square foot 1 100 m2 former mansion for an undisclosed price In 2015 Adele purchased a 5 2 million Mediterranean style vacation mansion in Malibu California and sold it in 2017 for less than its original purchase price 4 8 million 296 She envisioned buying several properties on the same street in a Beverly Hills gated community beginning with the first home purchased for 9 5 million from Don Mischer in 2016 297 298 During her Madison Square Garden tour in September 2016 Adele rented NBA player Deron Williams Tribeca apartment for three weeks at a monthly rent of 60 000 299 296 In 2017 she and Konecki purchased a 5 3 million Tudor mansion called Ridge Hill Manor located in the English countryside on the outskirts of East Grinstead 296 In 2019 and 2021 Adele bought two more Beverly Hills mansions for 10 65 million and 10 million respectively the latter was purchased from Nicole Richie and her husband Joel Madden 300 301 In February 2022 it was reported she bought Sylvester Stallone s 21 000 square foot 2 000 m2 former mansion in Beverly Park Los Angeles for 58 million 302 303 PhilanthropyAdele has performed in numerous charity concerts throughout her career In 2007 and 2008 she performed at the Little Noise Sessions held at London s Union Chapel with proceeds from the concerts donated to Mencap which works with people with learning disabilities 39 In July and November 2008 Adele performed at the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball in London and New York City respectively 304 305 306 On 17 September 2009 she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the VH1 Divas event a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity 307 308 On 6 December Adele opened with a 40 minute set at John Mayer s 2nd Annual Holiday Charity Revue held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles 309 In 2011 Adele gave a free concert for Pride London a registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London 310 The same year Adele took part in the UK charity telethon Comic Relief for Red Nose Day 2011 performing Someone like You 311 Adele has been a major contributor to MusiCares a charity organisation founded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for musicians in need In February 2009 Adele performed at the 2009 MusiCares charity concert in Los Angeles In 2011 and 2012 Adele donated autographed items for auctions to support MusiCares 312 313 314 Adele required all backstage visitors to the North American leg of her Adele Live tour to donate a minimum charitable contribution of US 20 for the UK charity SANDS an organisation dedicated to supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies lives 315 On 15 June 2017 Adele attended a vigil in west London for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire where keeping a low profile she was only spotted by a handful of fans 316 Four days later she appeared at Chelsea fire station and brought cakes for the firefighters 317 Station manager Ben King stated She came in came up to the mess and had a cup of tea with the watch and then she joined us for the minute s silence 317 Paying tribute to the victims at her first Wembley show on 28 June Adele encouraged fans to donate money to help the victims of the blaze rather than waste the money on overpriced wine 318 Legacy and InfluenceThe Seattle Post Intelligencer has called Adele the Queen of Soul for her early success as a soul singer songwriter 319 while she was referred to as the Queen of Hearts by publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair 320 321 In 2014 Adele was already being regarded as a British cultural icon with young adults from abroad naming her among a group of people whom they most associated with UK culture which included William Shakespeare Queen Elizabeth II David Beckham J K Rowling The Beatles Charlie Chaplin and Elton John 322 323 nbsp Adele was frequently credited in the 2010s decade for reviving the lagging sales of the music industry in the streaming era 324 Richard Russell the founder of record label XL Recordings complimented Adele that she had the potential to change the way women were seen in the music industry by focusing on music rather than sexuality 325 The New Yorker called her the most popular living soul singer in the world at 27 years old 326 Writing for Vulture Jillian Mapes opined that Adele is among the first plus size female cultural icons to reach the highest echelons of commercial success without having to make herself the butt of fat jokes along the way 327 Time journalist Sam Lansky described her as a voice for every generation and further stated that Adele bridges pop music s past and its future Lansky wrote that Adele by choosing to sound like the past goes in an opposite direction in mainstream music when her contemporaries try to sound simultaneously like each other and follow trends 328 Billboard credited Adele for reviving the music industry in 2011 the year of 21 s release and wrote She was a unique presence not only in 2011 but in all of the 21st century pop a preternaturally gifted singer and songwriter with a leave it all on the floor approach to recording and performing and also an earthy relatable and strangely unassuming personality both on and off the stage 329 Junkee and Consequence of Sound credited her for revitalizing pop music and heralding a new era of relatable pop due to the critical and commercial success of 21 330 331 In an article about how music from 2011 defined pop music Junkee also credited Adele for reviving the breakup ballad music paving the way for young artists like Olivia Rodrigo to utilize some elements of pop ballads that she did into their own music 332 In a 2021 article from The Daily Telegraph James Hall wrote that a new Adele album isn t just a release it s a global cultural event 333 Rolling Stone writers observed that She has written more modern pop standards than anyone else in her generation each single becoming an instant classic 334 Rolling Stone listed Adele at 22nd in their 2023 list of 200 Greatest Singers of All Time 335 while The Times named her as 2nd best singer of the 21st century in their list of 20 best solo singers 336 Consequence of Sound ranked Adele at number 34 on its list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time describing her voice as athletic and authentic and an unapologetic powerhouse with a knack for tone and an ability to imbue her performances with genuine emotion 337 In 2019 Insider listed her among the top artists of the decade and wrote Her artistry and style broke through in a time of ultra club happy pop music and paved the way for other artists to break the mold 338 Adele and her work have influenced numerous recording artists including Beyonce 339 Lauren Daigle 340 Billie Eilish 341 Rebecca Ferguson 342 Jess Glynne 343 Conan Gray 344 Freya Ridings 345 Sigrid 346 Sam Smith 347 Tom Walker 348 and Lizzo 349 Accolades and achievementsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Adele nbsp Adele at Wembley Stadium in June 2017 Adele s concert on 28 June had 98 000 attendees a stadium record for a UK music event 165 Adele has sold more than 170 million records worldwide with 70 million in album sales and over 100 million in single sales as of 2022 making her one of the world s best selling music artists 350 She is one of the artists who bring the most revenue to the music industry per day 333 At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009 21 year old Adele won awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 351 She was also nominated in the categories of Record of the Year and Song of the Year 352 The success of her debut album 19 saw Adele nominated for three Brit Awards in the categories of British Female Solo Artist British Single of the Year and British Breakthrough Act 353 Then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a thank you letter to Adele that stated with the troubles that the country s in financially you re a light at the end of the tunnel 354 Adele s second album 21 earned her a record tying six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year two Brit Awards including British Album of the Year Adele was the second artist and first female preceded by Christopher Cross to have won all four of the general field awards throughout her career 355 The success of the album saw her receive numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records 356 With 21 non consecutive weeks at number 1 in the US Adele broke the record for the longest number 1 album by a female in Billboard history beating the record formerly held by Whitney Houston s soundtrack The Bodyguard 84 21 spent its 23rd week at number one in March 2012 making it the longest running album at number one since 1985 357 and it became the fourth best selling album of the past 10 years in the US 358 The best selling album in the UK of the 21st century and the best selling album by a woman in UK chart history 21 is also the second best selling album in the UK of all time 359 360 21 was her first album certified diamond in the US 361 On 6 March 21 reached 30 non consecutive weeks at number one on the Australian ARIA Chart making it the longest running number one album in Australia in the 21st century and the second longest running number one ever 362 In 2010 Adele s 21 or 19 albums were very popular in the UK and at one stage a copy was sold every 7 seconds 324 In May 2011 Team Adele was ranked number one on The Guardian s Music Power 100 list the 100 most influential people in the music industry 363 In February 2012 Adele was listed at number five on VH1 s 100 Greatest Women in Music 364 In April 2012 Time magazine named Adele one of the 100 most influential people in the world 365 366 People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age 367 On 30 April 2012 a tribute to Adele was held at New York City s Le Poisson Rouge called Broadway Sings Adele starring various Broadway actors such as Matt Doyle 368 In the week ending 3 March 2012 Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time with Rolling in the Deep Someone Like You and Set Fire to the Rain as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously 369 Adele topped the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List of musicians in the UK under 30 370 and made the Top 10 of Billboard magazine s Top 40 Money Makers 371 Billboard also announced the same day that Adele s Rolling in the Deep is the biggest crossover hit of the past 25 years topping pop adult pop and adult contemporary charts and that Adele is one of four female artists to have an album chart at number one for more than 13 weeks the other three artists being Judy Garland Carole King and Whitney Houston 371 At the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards in May Adele was named Songwriter of the Year and Rolling in the Deep won the award for Most Performed Work of 2011 372 At the 2012 BMI Awards held in London in October Adele won Song of the Year for Rolling in the Deep in recognition of the song being the most played on US television and radio in 2011 373 In 2013 Adele won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the James Bond theme Skyfall This is the first James Bond song to win and the fifth to be nominated after For Your Eyes Only 1981 Nobody Does It Better 1977 Live and Let Die 1973 and The Look of Love 1967 374 375 Skyfall won the Brit Award for Best British Single at the 33rd Brit Awards 376 In June 2013 Adele was appointed a MBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours list for services to music and she received the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on 19 December 2013 377 378 In February 2013 she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by Woman s Hour on BBC Radio 4 379 Released in 2015 Adele s third album 25 became the year s best selling album and broke first week sales records in a number of markets including the UK and the US 380 25 was her second album to be certified diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards including her second Grammy Award for Album of the Year and four Brit Awards including her second Brit Award for British Album 155 Adele became the only artist in history to on two separate occasions win the three general categories Grammys in the same ceremony 381 With 15 awards from 18 nominations Adele won more Grammys than any other woman who was born outside the US 382 Adele s seven weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart took her total to 31 weeks at number one in the UK with her three albums surpassing Madonna s previous record of most weeks at number one for a female act in the UK 147 The lead single Hello became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release 132 At the 2016 Ivor Novello Awards Adele was named Songwriter of the Year for the second time by the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors 383 In April 2016 she appeared for the second time on the Time 100 list of the world s most influential people 384 Adele was inducted into the Royal Albert Hall s Walk of Fame in 2018 making her one of the first eleven recipients of a star on the walk 385 Despite releasing just two albums in the decade 21 and 25 at 36 weeks she had the second most weeks at number one in the UK Album Charts in the 2010s five weeks behind Ed Sheeran who released four albums 386 387 Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two best selling albums of the 2010s in the UK 388 In December 2019 Israel s largest TV and radio stations named her singer of the 2010s 389 In 2021 Adele was named the UK s best selling female album artist of the 21st century based on Official Charts Company data 390 In May 2022 Time magazine named her for the third time among the 100 most influential people in the world in the icons category 391 As Adele has won Emmy Grammy and Oscar Awards it makes her a Tony Award away from achieving EGOT status as of 2022 392 In December 2023 Adele was listed in The Hollywood Reporter s 2023 Women in Entertainment Power 100 and received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award 393 DiscographyMain articles Adele discography and List of songs recorded by Adele 19 2008 21 2011 25 2015 30 2021 FilmographyYear Title Notes Ref 2007 Later with Jools Holland Episode 8 June 2007 394 2008 Episode 1 April 2008 395 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Episode 4 October 2008 396 Saturday Night Live Episode Josh Brolin Adele 397 BBC Electric Proms Episode 22 October 2008 398 Sound Episode 6 December 2008 399 Jools Annual Hootenanny Episode 31 December 2008 400 2009 Ugly Betty Episode In the Stars Cameo appearance 401 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Episode 23 July 2009 402 2011 Later with Jools Holland Episode 6 May 2011 403 2012 Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall Features highlights of her concert at Royal Albert Hall in London on 21 September 2011 as part of her Adele Live tour 404 2015 Adele at the BBC British television special featuring performances from the album 25 and an interview with Graham Norton 405 Saturday Night Live Episode Matthew McConaughey Adele 406 Adele Live in New York City American television special featuring performances from the album 25 and celebrity audience members also executive producer 407 2016 Glastonbury 2016 Features singer headlines the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 408 2020 Saturday Night Live Episode Adele H E R 409 2021 Adele One Night Only American television special featuring performances from the album 30 and an interview with Oprah Winfrey also executive producer 410 An Audience with Adele British television special featuring performances from the album 30 and celebrity audience members 411 2024 TBA It is expected the Weekends with Adele show will be recorded and released following her dates in June for those who cannot 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