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. - T1 X* P* \9 [ T) E" ?; q' m- K1 }0 D( h$ h8 f
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry., Z# G+ S2 d+ p) w' P1 P
) Z% _2 L8 z, B- R4 G, u% a, EHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 3 z, Q4 g$ D7 V5 c5 \ ?+ D3 y( V& B, f0 f' p$ O
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. ! a) T1 }' Y J% @5 ^ ^ C1 S7 q/ G! S+ cThe 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.3 v! s$ Y8 W- A* F# F8 ~
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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'. ; D$ Z* j! Z# {; K& o, h8 I* z 4 A0 o# X) x% X0 x5 r' \7 }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. ( j% d- l. I) F' S ( v* _3 S0 [) O* f2 MSinger-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/ f, h: M( {- B. ^7 X4 y, V- i5 j. g9 A& H( I, ]% ?& U7 w
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