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.2 u# W: c$ E" ~# P- x, u, D- Y0 t/ h- N
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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. ; A+ ^- L) d7 f" C4 d$ f: h9 P6 D
Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire( A5 H& S" |6 n- o0 C+ i$ Y
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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 G' z Z7 ~9 t! n5 ?- a, m- @ : w# r) U) ^8 ?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. 3 K. I- K/ `! x$ M( h; b f# u8 D- Z E/ j+ Q- C& t1 F* h3 C
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.! I4 n4 z) s' S
1 Y* y# c+ |7 l. kAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. ) s) R- r0 r7 [' u5 f & L ^% M0 E, x' ]1 zShe 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. , u( D! b( F# r8 C7 |7 ?. P9 I! h4 w+ Y. R5 S
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. z0 K% M6 Q3 }# U% U. \- G3 E- F3 @& y$ s( k