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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.: _  i; H1 |7 |* l+ I9 t5 c
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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./ h( ?: Q! x/ X7 T4 H2 h( z
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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
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The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.1 k5 k: c$ V0 O2 V* J6 D# _
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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.
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; w* u% r5 X) C- N0 r2 r% pAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.) c: |/ p/ ]4 P9 c2 [
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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$ U4 S$ g) r0 b! s! x
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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.  f  }5 q' {  v# S
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm




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