Adele Biography

Birth Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

Birth Place: Tottenham, London, England

Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/05/1988, Taurus

Profession: Singer-songwriter; musician

Background

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born May 21, 1988 in Tottenham, North London, England. She began singing at the age of four and credits the Spice Girls for what she is today. Growing up, the girl group was a huge influence on her passion for music. Adele graduated from BRIT School in Croydon in May of 2006. Leona Lewis was a classmate of hers. Originally, Adele was interested in a career in A&R. After recording a three song demo, Adele gave the recordings to a friend who then posted her work on MySpace. Her music received much positive attention and led to a phone call from music label XL Recordings. Doubting the legitimacy of the offer, Adele brought her friend with her to the meeting. The offer proved to be legit and Adele was signed to the label in September 2006.

Adele's first record, "Hometown Glory", in which she sings the praises of Tottenham, was released on 22 October 2007 as a limited edition 7" vinyl on Jamie T's label Pacemaker Recordings, with B side "Best For Last". "Hometown Glory" was featured as the single of the week on iTunes. Since launching her MySpace page on Christmas Eve 2004, Adele became popular on the site which she used as a media focus and test point for songs. She then signed to independent music label XL Recordings.which in January 2008 released her second single "Chasing Pavements", hitting #2 for 4 weeks in the UK Chart and still in the Top 40 14 weeks after release. [7] Adele then released her debut album 19, which went straight to #1 in the UK charts and was certified platinum within a month of its release.

In March 2008 Adele signed to Columbia Records in America, and embarked on her first live shows in North America and Canada, playing two sold out shows at Joe's Pub in New York, a sold out show at LA's Hotel Cafe, as well as two sold out shows at Cabaret in Montreal and Rivoli in Toronto.

Adele performed Daydreamer on BBC Two's Later With Jools Holland, alongside Paul McCartney and Björk;[2] and then on BBC1's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 7 December 2007, singing Chasing Pavements.

In February 2008, Adele announced a new nine date UK tour, calling at Cardiff, Newcastle, Edinburgh, York, Manchester, Cambridge, Southampton, Birmingham, and London. The tour also includes overseas performances in Japan and the United States.[8]

On 13th April 2008, Hometown Glory re-entered the UK Singles Charts at number 38 after featuring in an episode of the E4 show Skins.

On 11th May Adele performed a selection of songs from 19 at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent. She sang Cold Shoulder, Melt My Heart To Stone, Right As Rain, Hometown Glory, Tired and Chasing Pavements.

On 16 June 2008, Adele performed an exclusive set for Billboard Magazine. The set can be viewed here.

On 16 June 2008 Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" from 19 on The Late Show With David Letterman.On 10 December 2007, Adele was awarded with the first Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award.

Adele released her second album 21 in 2011. The album's sound is described as contemporary roots and country music. She has said that this is because her bus driver would play contemporary Nashville music while touring in the American South. She told Spin Magazine He listened to all this amazing country music and we'd rock out late at night, chain smoking and listening to Rascal Flatts. It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around [that music]." The album hit #1 in Ireland, Germany, Holland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. In March 2011, it debuted #1 in the US. After her BRIT awards performance in February 2011, her single "Someone Like You" went straight to number one on the UK Singles Chart. To promote her album Adele will perform in Europe and North America on her Adele Live tour. As of April 2011, she has sold the most albums of all artists in 2011 in the US, with sales totaling over 1,070,000.