A talent

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born May 5, 1988 in Tottenham, North London, England. She began singing at the age of four and credits the Spice Girls for what she is today. Growing up, the girl group was a huge influence on her passion for music. Adele graduated from BRIT School in Croydon in May of 2006. After recording a three song demo, Adele gave the recordings to a friend who then posted her work on MySpace. Her music received much positive attention and led to a phone call from music label XL Recordings. Doubting the legitimacy of the offer, Adele brought her friend with her to the meeting. The offer proved to be legit and Adele was signed to the label in September 2006.

Her debut song "Hometown Glory" was released in October 2007. Adele wrote the song when she was just 16 years old. Her second single "Chasing Pavements" peaked at number 2 on the UK Charts and remained there for four weeks. Her album 19 was released in 2008 and entered the charts at number 1.

A Wrong Choice

In 2008, Adele cancelled a US tour in order to be with a former boyfriend. She stated in Nylon magazine that "I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, Well, OK, I'll just cancel my stuff then … I can't believe I did that … It seems so ungrateful". November of 2008 she moved out of her mother's house and gave up drinking. By the time October 2008 came around, it seemed Adele's US career had failed. She was then booked for an episode of Saturday Night Live. Because of guest Sarah Palin, the show drew in 17 million viewers and made her album 19 top the iTunes chart the next day.

《21》

Adele released her second album 21 in 2011. The album's sound is described as contemporary roots and country music. She has said that this is because her bus driver would play contemporary Nashville music while touring in the American South. She told Spin Magazine "He listened to all this amazing country music and we'd rock out late at night, chain smoking and listening to Rascal Flatts. It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around [that music]." The album hit No. 1 in Ireland, Germany, Holland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. To promote her album Adele will perform in Europe and North America on her Adele Live tour. As of April 2011, she has sold the most albums of all artists in 2011 in the US, with sales totaling over 1,070,000.