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.# l9 F3 ^2 V# A$ l4 k+ e+ N
( c' F1 Y+ I1 }( y5 N6 Q8 P {The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.5 o2 }2 c# o" e: p5 I$ q
$ ^/ h0 }) M! j! k4 \Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 2 K: r7 W5 e$ I6 c a/ l( F$ y
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. # D8 B5 X8 K1 L+ r G- j' V6 _$ Z( h3 J
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.. q, `3 M; [" x; D, D
2 B- n/ P4 P3 {7 WIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.6 n# J0 a# j: b4 o3 o; [% K
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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'. 4 P2 j+ N. `2 g6 N2 c8 X" N' E5 x B
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.7 a( x9 _) a) m1 e
9 ^( L4 t/ K' \; u( ?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. 1 j( ^4 N" t$ M0 r. D1 c5 Z+ r7 n* s. y' @- {( i
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm