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Adele Adkins first performed on stage at school, where she performed «Rise» (Gabriel hit). By this time she was under the influence of his favorite singers, Etta James and Dusty Springfield, though, by his own admission, on their plate came across by accident. Adele went to the London School of Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon (where taught as EmiUaynhaus, Katie Melua, Leona Lewis and Kate Nash) and graduated in May 2006. Two months later, she published two of his compositions in the fourth edition of the online art magazine PlatformsMagazine.com.V his first British tour, Adele came in October 2007. By this time it appeared on the MySpace demo tape, recorded in his youth and later donated by a friend who posted it and there. It is thanks to the success of Adele's MySpace got its first contract. October 22, 2007 on the label Pacemaker Recordings (owned by Jamie T) released her debut single «Hometown Glory», a kind of tribute to Tottenham, which was found on the iTunes "Single of the Week", and in April 2008, the single hit back in the UK top 40 , after being used in the soundtrack of the series «Skins» [3]. In December 2007, Adele won Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award (awarded to the artist, not yet having the album). There was a new contract - with XL Recordings - and release the second single «Chasing Pavements», which is held monthly on the 2nd place UK charts. In January 2008 her debut album 19 was headed by the national charts in a week after the release last month, and got five hundred thousandth edition, received "platinum" status. In March 2008, Adele has signed an American deal with Columbia Records and had successful tours in the U.S. and Canada. June 20, 2008 her debut album was released in the U.S. [2], rising to # 10. [5] In 2010, Adele has been nominated for "Grammy Awards" ("Best Female Pop Performance") for the single «Hometown Glory» [6] . In September (after a performance on The X Factor) of her cover version of «Make You Feel My Love» Bob Dylan re-entered the British charts and climbed to 4th place [7] .24 in January 2011 in the UK released their second studio album by singer 21, the American release was February 22 [8] [9]. Critics have noted some changes in the sound of plates: the shift towards country music. [10] The first single from the album «Rolling in the Deep» for 7 weeks at top spot on Billboard Hot 100 that British artists are rare. The album peaked in the first place of the charts of Great Britain (led 6 weeks) [11], Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, and in March 2011 came in first place in the Billboard 200 [5].
The second single (the singer performed at the ceremony of Brit Awards), «Someone Like You», went to a place in the UK [3]. According to the Official Charts Company, Adel - with two singles and two albums in the first of the "fives" at the same time - was the second in history after The Beatles (1964), who managed to achieve this result [12] [13]. In early November 2011 was announced the cancellation of all shows Adele in connection with the operation on the ligaments.
In early 2012 the song Adele «Set Fire to the Rain» topped the national charts of the U.S. - a "hot hundred" magazine "Billboard".
By May 2012 album, Adele "21" has sold 4,274,300 copies in the UK. Thus, the disc hit the top five most successful releases of all time the British media market. [14].
In May 2012 Adele was triumphant Award Billboard Music Award, received 12 awards
