标题: 【Daily Reading】 Adele to receive her MBE [打印本页] 作者: vivian 时间: 2013-12-18 22:50 标题: 【Daily Reading】 Adele to receive her MBE Adele will be awarded an MBE at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.4 w6 C. n4 W# E& v; ~3 t# B
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The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. s2 u" f! V( ?; Z+ ]: D9 S; n
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Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire # a( k4 G- {6 g" v1 J1 ~' w, k$ L, j' r, {9 i2 Q; j i
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. $ j( d9 w0 I8 a% S . C0 z2 {* t6 p+ P5 {$ x N. OThe record topped the charts in more than 30 countries and was number one in the UK for 23 weeks, selling more than seven million copies in the country. : v+ O7 r, B1 ^7 O ) p. V! t& K, ^# G8 y! Y/ p$ KIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 4 v3 o: u7 A( p' g, N; \6 V0 o0 `9 v6 M
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.* T5 a9 O+ s' D
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She is rumoured to be planning the release of her third studio album sometime next year but has been busy being a mum after giving birth to her son Angelo with partner Simon Konecki in October last year., b7 z8 T! I" X+ V3 ]
. J- U2 P6 R0 o8 s/ CSinger-songwriter PJ Harvey, broadcaster Aled Jones and author Joanne Harris were also on the list for MBEs, while broadcaster Claire Balding was honoured with an OBE.& T/ Q- E: ~% n, }& ]6 Y