Adele Biography

Fast Facts

• Her parents split when she was 3 years old
• Her influences include the Spice Girls, Destiny's Child, Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald
• Leona Lewis was one of her classmates at a British performing-arts school
• Was signed by the independent label XL Recordings after some of her music was posted online
• Her first album, 19, debuted at No
• 1 on the British charts
• Made her U
• S
• TV debut on The Today Show
• Significantly raised her profile in the U
• S
• when she performed on Saturday Night Live the same night that approximately 17 million viewers tuned in to see Sarah Palin meet her impersonator, Tina Fey, on the show
• Her album 21 and song "Rolling in the Deep" were the top-selling album and song in the U
• S
• in 2011
• In February 2012, she became the first female artist to have three singles in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time
• Awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2013
• Her 2015 album 25 broke *NSYNC's long-standing record for biggest debut week album sales in the U
• S