Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins əˈdɛl born 5 May 1988 is an English singersongwriter Regarded as a British icon she is known for her mezzosoprano vocals and sentimental songwriting Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards 12 Brit Awards including three for British Album of the Year an Academy Award a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006 Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings Her debut album 19 2008 included the UK topfive singles Chasing Pavements and Make You Feel My Love becoming one of the bestselling debut albums ever in the UK She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist Adeles second studio album 21 2011 became the bestselling album of the 21st century 21 holds the record for the topperforming 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 heading charts worldwide becoming her signature songs The album received a recordtying six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year In 2012 Adele released Skyfall a soundtrack single for the James Bond film Skyfall which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Song Adeles third studio album 25 2015 broke firstweek sales records in both the UK and the US In the US it became the first album to sell over three million copies in a week 25 earned her five Grammy Awards including the Album of the Year The lead single Hello achieved worldwide success Her fourth studio album 30 2021 contains Easy on Me which won her a Grammy Award in 2023 25 and 30 became the bestselling albums worldwide including the US and the UK in 2015 and 2021 respectively As of 2024 all of her studio albums except 19 have topped the yearly bestselling albums chart worldwide in the 21st century Adele is one of the worlds bestselling music artists with sales of over 120 million records worldwide The bestselling female artist of the 21st century in the UK she was named the bestselling artist of the 2010s in the US Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two bestselling albums of the 2010s in the UK Both are listed among the bestselling albums in UK chart history while in the US both are certified Diamond the most of any artist who debuted in the 21st century Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia