HELLO ADELE by Aaike, Lisa and Linde

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins is an English singer-songwriter. In 2006 she graduated at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Her debut album 19 was released in 2008. The album was a very big success, it is certifed seven times platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artistand Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her second studio album, 21, in early 2011. The album received six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, British Album of the Year, three American Music Awards etcetera. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK and is the fourth-best selling album in the UK of all time. In the US it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985 and it certified Diamond. 30 million copies of this album were sold wordlwide.

In 2013, she received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her song “Skyfall”, which she wrote and composed for the James Bond film Skyfall. After taking a three-year break, Adele released her third studio album, 25, on 20 November 2015. The album debuted at number one in most major markets and broke first week sales records in the UK and US. The lead single, “Hello”, debuted at number one in many countries around the world, and became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release.

Discography

An overview of Adele’s studio albums:

Adele’s new album is expected to be the fastest-selling album in history, with 2.5 million sales in the first week. What makes Adele so special is talent, universal appeal and a refusal to adhere to emerging trends in pop.

A few examples of how popular Adele is, are the numerous mentions numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records after her album 21. She is the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist in the history of the UK and US Album Charts.

By the numbers

Live at Royal Albert Hall

In June 2016 Adele will perform three times at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp. Her first two concerts were sold out in less than half an hour, so Adele announced that she will be playing three times in Antwerp. Adele has not performed in Belgium since 2011.