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.: `9 a: g a" [ ?; W
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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. - o, [) C5 E/ H7 [ + Y6 W2 y8 u3 O2 H- jHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire * z7 h& q3 x3 }: B5 `' m# D/ M2 E9 T3 e7 ~/ M& k0 r
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.0 P. O5 u$ M' C2 i+ M
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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. # f* {5 \, c9 t3 J( L8 B ; w; w. d/ f6 w6 M, BIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.0 k; J6 z8 Y; ^' d$ p& D
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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'.1 Z7 F2 e) u, `( ]. w
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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.$ p: F. [2 x/ a D& ~. F
% q& a4 }- A8 Q% C3 N: uSinger-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. o1 z5 C/ |# E6 `5 W% @" l( ~8 W! x