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Adele Biography

Birth Name:

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

Birth Place:

Tottenham, London, England

Profession

Singer-songwriter, musician

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