Adele is just an ordinary girl with an immense fan base and an enormously popular residency in Las Vegas. But she’s no ordinary face – she has won Grammy awards and established herself as an international celebrity.
Adele, an 18-year-old north London teenager, appeared in the green room of BBC television show Later with Jools Holland during summer 2007.
The Biography
Adele wasn’t always considered an obvious candidate for stardom; her curvier, petite frame was out of step with modern celebrity culture and she experienced severe pre-performance nerves.
Adele became one of the best-selling artists of this century with the release of her debut album 19 in 2008. Millions have taken notice, as her heartbreaking tracks resonated across borders and she won multiple awards.
Behind her success is an arduous private life, multiple tragedies and an undying determination to do things her way. Chas Newkey-Burden explores all aspects of the story behind a woman who has cemented her place at the pinnacle of modern music.
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Adele followed up her debut album 19, with 21. It hit #1 on British charts and received critical acclaim, winning her numerous awards along the way.
Adele has had great success, building her own A-Team of top producers and managers who oversee her megastar status while remaining humble people themselves.
Adele has a remarkable way of using music to articulate her experiences. Many of her albums depict relationships in her life and heartbreaks she has endured – yet never allow their pain to close their hearts off from finding love once again.
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Adele first released her debut album 19 in 2008 and immediately earned comparisons to Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen due to the way she translated personal emotional experiences into songs with wide appeal. It proved a commercial success and created an upsurge of attention around her as an emerging new star.
Adele’s follow up album 21 was an immediate worldwide success and earned her numerous billboard successes as well as Grammy awards including Album of the Year. Inspired by their own relationship and her vocal chord haemorrhage, 21 boasts an engaging narrative throughout its two records which has resulted in multiple major billboard successes and several Grammy wins for Adele including Album of the Year.
Adele has spent decades cultivating her A-Team: an impressive roster of world class producers that work to help make Adele unflappable as an artist.
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Adele has assembled an elite team of talent that she leads as her hands-on chief executive of her multimillion pound international brand and takes its business aspects very seriously.
She boasts an immense fanbase – her album 25, sold over 20 million copies within its first week – the fastest-selling record in history. She can sing across three octaves with an expressive contralto voice that ranges between soprano and mezzo-soprano registers; making her one of the bestselling solo artists of this century as well as being an influential advocate for women – showing that even female-fronted records about love lives can sell in today’s streaming and freeness-centric world.
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Adele has an incredible three octave vocal range as a mezzo-soprano; reaching from B2 to D6. Her velvety tone has propelled her into one of the top selling artists of the decade and earned multiple Grammy awards.
She has assembled her own A-Team of world-class producers and managers that keep her show moving smoothly, having worked alongside her since the very start of her career.
Adele stands as proof that there is still money to be made within an industry whose value has roughly been cut in half over time. She stands as an exception, beacon of hope and true superstar – someone we all can learn much from.