Adele Biography

Fast Facts

• First artist since The Beatles to have two top-five hits in both the Billboard Official Singles Chart and Official Albums Chart at the same time
• Awarded M․B․E․ qualifications by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013
• In 2011, she designated that all complimentary ticketholders donate to the Sands organization, which supports parents who have lost children
• Attended The BRIT School for Performing Arts where she was classmates with fellow singers, Leona Lewis and Jessie J
• Began singing at age four and often credits the Spice Girls as being one of her first musical inspirations
• Was discovered by XL Recordings when a high school classmate posted some of her class work on MySpace
• Quote: "On one level, we want our heroines to be unhinged and vulnerable․ It's more believable when a woman sings a torch song because in society she is the one who has historically been oppressed and divested of her power․ When a man sings a torch song we can sympathise, but he doesn't have the same vulnerability as a woman․"
• Quote: "When it comes to staying myself -- my career isn't my life, it doesn't come home with me․․․The same things I've always liked still satisfy me․"
• After signing with her first recording studio in late 2006, she would begin working on her debut album, with her first single released in October of 2007
• Is known for writing melancholy songs about love
• Despite having already hit worldwide fame, she accepted a job at a record store in the late 2000s to learn more about the industry and the history of music
• Before becoming a singer, she aspired to become a doctor
• Was pregnant with her first son when she recorded her Oscar-winning track, Skyfall, for James Bond film number 23