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.6 s# D0 r# `9 f7 y# B. r6 a/ p
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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.# w/ N9 ]7 @5 ~% c
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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 Empire5 x& b" K+ A Z6 [' A0 z- Y+ Z% o, p
/ X+ o- N7 V, a8 {( ?: a' {. P' I' u/ x3 qThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 7 M* Z- k- f$ Z5 @0 O7 S H' L1 C' c* ~& e
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.+ K/ o2 _# H) x+ a# I/ R
3 N& ^0 g4 |+ R* h2 }! J6 A3 V* HIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 1 }& u. a0 A7 G( C; C) ?+ f " j' e1 P- w. L/ x6 [) C; J3 VAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 0 d/ Y! u! ]- D) U2 U5 s+ S3 M( W# }" q8 p M9 ^1 c) p8 ?0 f6 d
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. E8 f q! h1 m 6 f0 [# L: B1 b* c: v+ f fSinger-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.1 ~ n1 U# [* B; y