May you always dance through your life like a sassy queen that you are ππΌπΈπΌ I feel so honoured to have been so close to you and will never ever forget itπ Happy birthday legend. I love you π #HappybirthdayAdele@Adele
Happy 37th birthday to the gorgeous, mega talented, chart-topping, record-breaking, history-making, top-selling Singer, Songwriter, Global Icon & living Legend, the One & Only Adele! ππππππβ€οΈ
#Adele is especially famous for her mezzo-soprano vocals and for having one of the Best Voices of All time! She has sold over 170 million records worldwide with 70 million in album sales and over 100 million in single sales, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists in history! She is the best-selling Female artist of All Time in the UK, and the World's best-selling Artist of the 2010s! Her studio album '21' is the best-selling and fastest-selling album of the 21st century, and her album '25' is the 2nd best-selling album of the 2010s after '21'! 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 for, over 10M sales units, the most for any artist who debuted in the 21st century!
Adele has received numerous awards including 16 Grammy Awards, the most for any female born outside the US, 18 Guinness World Records, 18 Billboard Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including 3 for British Album of the Year), 5 American Music Awards, 5 iHeartRadio Music Awards, 3 MTV video Music Awards, 3 NRJ Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award!
Adele became world famous almost immediately after graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006 and signing a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, '19' was released in 2008 and spawned the smash hits "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love". '19' sold over 8.5 copies globally and 2.5 million copies in the UK, becoming one of the top 20 best-selling debut albums in UK history! In February 2009, Adele won the Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements", which was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year!
Adele released her record-breaking 2nd studio album, '21', in 2011 and it became the world's best-selling album of the 21st century, with sales of over 31 million! '21' is 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". The album won a record-tying 6 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year!
In 2013, Adele won her first Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Skyfall", a soundtrack single for the James Bond film 'Skyfall'!
Adele's 3rd studio album, '25' (2015) broke first-week sales records in the UK and US! In the US, it is still the only album to sell over 3 million copies in a week and has sold over 23 Million units globally in pure album sales! '25' won 5 Grammy Awards, including 'Album of the Year'! It's lead single, "Hello", was a massive success worldwide and went straight to #1 in a record-breaking 36 countries. "Hello" reigned on the US Hot 100 for ten consecutive weeks, her 4th #1 single, breaking several records and becoming the 1st song to sell over a million digital copies in a week! It has sold 12.3 million units globally and is one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time!
Adele's 4th studio album, '30', released in 2021, spawned the hugely successful single "Easy on Me" which went to #1 in 28 countries, winning Song Of The Year at the Brits 2022 and Best Pop Solo Performance at the Grammys! '30' was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and won British Album of the Year at the 2022 Brit Awards, making Adele the first solo artist in history to win the award 3 times, following '21' and '25'. '30' hit #1 in 24 countries and the UK, it achieved the highest first-week sales for any album by a female artist since '25' and spent 5 weeks at #1 in the UK and 6 in the US. '30' was the best-selling album of 2021 in the US and worldwide, selling over 5.5 million copies! As of 2023, all of Adele's studio albums, except '19', have topped the yearly best-selling albums chart worldwide!
Adele is an active philanthropist and has performed in numerous charity concerts throughout her career, and has been a major contributor to MusiCares, a charity founded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for musicians in need. In 2017, Adele was most active in supporting the families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and the firefighters!
Adele has been named the "Queen of Soul" for her soulful singing and amazing songwriting. The New Yorker called her "the most popular living soul singer in the world!" Billboard has credited Adele for reviving the music industry and the sale of physical albums with the release of each of her albums! The Times named her as the 2nd best singer of the 21st century in their list of 20 best solo singers! In 2022, Time Magazine named Adele for the third time among the 100 most influential people in the world in the "icons" category! Adele has won an Emmy, a Grammy, and an Oscar and is a Tony Award away from achieving EGOT status as of 2022. In December 2023, Adele was listed in The Hollywood Reporterβs 2023 Women in Entertainment Power 100, and received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award!
Adele is a British cultural icon, and was praised by Richard Russell, the founder of record label XL Recordings, for changing the way women were seen in the music industry by focusing on music rather than sexuality! In June 2013, Adele was appointed a MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music!
To commemorate the ending of my residency in Las Vegas, I'm making a limited edition vinyl box set featuring the entire live setlist, a photo book, and even confetti from the show.
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