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., o7 a( N- q8 r" O
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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. * ]$ b& U1 ^$ w2 ^6 ]4 V3 t: j ' R7 K1 K u: A+ V& k/ G9 \Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire + U" z% V2 ?+ [- d$ K/ v" y9 E! _- E
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. . B% A }8 q) d; v" Z # f( k% } w7 Z0 Z1 e5 M0 @8 _The 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.1 u% e3 `4 `3 K' J7 p& W# ?1 x
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3 I5 T+ V# R0 s! C, p( w2 kAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.. e/ b, K8 _6 Z7 N1 s" c4 N
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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. , H6 w2 ]- h: x! n1 t8 u. ^- @ & O t- I( E( X: p: c5 G# H6 HSinger-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., A1 z3 b/ B" Q, U