Who is Adele?
A: Adele is an English singer and songwriter.
After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006,
Adele signed what?
A: A record deal with XL Recordings.
When was her debut album, 19, released?
A: In 2008.
It spawned what UK top-five singles?
A: "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love".
The album was certified 8× platinum in the UK and what
in the US?
A: Triple platinum.
Adele was honored with the Brit Award for Rising Star
as well as what?
A: The Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
When did Adele release her second studio album, 21?
A: In 2011.
It became the world's best-selling album of the 21st
century, with sales of how many?
A: Over 31 million copies.
It was certified 17× platinum in the UK (the highest by
a solo artist of all time) and what in the US?
A: Triple platinum.
According to Billboard, 21 is the top-performing album
in what?
A: The US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks (the longest
for a female artist ever).
She was the first female artist in the history of the
Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous what?
A: Top-ten singles as a lead artist, with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone
Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain", all of which also topped the chart.
The album received a record-tying six what?
A: Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and the Brit Award for
British Album of the Year.
The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in
what?
A: The Guinness Book of Records.
In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", a soundtrack single
for what?
A: The James Bond film of the same name, which won the Academy Award and the
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
Her third studio album, 25, was released in
2015 and
became what?
A: The year's best-selling album and broke first-week sales records in the
UK and US.
25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the
US and earned her what?
A: Five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards,
including British Album of the Year.
The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the
US to do what?
A: To sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release.
Her fourth studio album 30, which contains the
chart-topping single "Easy on Me", was released in what year?
A: 2021 and became the year's best-selling album worldwide including US and
UK.
Her album 30 won the 2022 Brit Award for what?
A: British Album of the Year.
Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists,
with sales of how many records?
A: over 120 million.
Her accolades include fifteen Grammy Awards, twelve
Brit Awards, and a what?
A: A Primetime Emmy Award.
In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her what?
A: Artist of the Year.
At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello Awards, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.
In 2012, she was listed at number five on what?
A: VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Time magazine named her what?
A: One of the most influential people in the world in 2012, 2016, and 2022.
She was appointed a MBE at the 2013 Queen's Birthday
Honors for what?
A: Services to music.