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. - J9 }6 P4 ~8 r. Y# p7 r4 _5 L& P u; H" g5 g
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.7 V! Q' T# I* y/ I' S
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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: q3 K' W5 t; u; C; ?
R; D- s# J% yThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'., ^ @& w( S4 K: N, _
- m+ F$ q* n& z: J! ~: s1 y8 IThe 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. 7 }: z# e: Z0 Y* M6 _# o% v, T( C- f9 D: T. j6 R
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.# W, [* n& z' P. f4 h+ Z
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Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.; [, }" y( r# S a6 w7 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. % b9 x# D/ {3 {' c! r) ^* l' }0 O0 f/ e* h: k3 z
Singer-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. ) n' R8 J# h% O. s* c5 o; w 4 u( p4 I, g9 N. ^' z' q . H, m( `) ]7 g2 E$ a2 bFrom:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm