Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, MBE (English: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, /əˈdɛl/; May 5, 1988 -), British singer-songwriter. After graduating from BRIT School of Art in 2006, he signed a recording contract with XL Records. Her debut album "19" was released in 2008, which included the top five hit singles in the UK, including "Chasing the Way Out" and "Make You Feel My Love". The album was certified eight platinum in the UK and triple platinum in the United States. Adele won the BRIT Rising Star Award and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele released her second studio album "21" in 2011. The album later became the best-selling album in the world in the 21st century, selling more than 31 million copies. It was certified 17 platinum records in the United Kingdom (the highest-selling solo artist ever certified in the country) and received diamond certification in the United States. According to "Billboard" data, "21" is the best-performing album in the history of the US chart, occupying the top spot on the "Billboard 200" album chart for 24 weeks (the most weeks at the top of the list for a female singer in history). She became the first female singer in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three top ten singles as a lead singer with her No. 1 singles "Falling in the Abyss", "Like You" and "Set the Rain on Fire". The album won a record number of awards, including six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, and a BRIT Award for Album of the Year. The success of "21" led to Adele breaking multiple records in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2012, Adele sang the theme song "Skyfall" for the movie "Skyfall", for which she won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Her third studio album, 25, was released in 2015 and immediately became the best-selling album of the year, breaking first-week sales records in the UK and US. 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the United States, and it won her five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards, including Album of the Year. The title song "Hello" became the first digital single in the United States to sell over one million copies within one week of release. Her fourth studio album "30" was released in 2021, which contains the chart-topping single "Be Kind to Me". The album was the best-selling album of the year in the UK, the US and worldwide.