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.* t2 p3 _5 w) F/ E3 q
( |7 K6 A- g/ h" c6 q* ~The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. $ T2 \$ Y1 x" i! q7 r ' E" r8 l" D& x2 P0 Q7 L3 mHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 3 c( Z- {! ~, t5 |' B # [3 U7 Q* E3 f/ R! t' U/ rThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.# L, i9 B! c' ?7 y
! ~. F4 U% z& T( M iThe 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. 4 k5 \1 d& Y5 @8 d% ^9 }/ H1 @ ) K) A( T9 l7 W; d$ |0 ?) @9 yIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.! u$ p; J/ U3 m; w5 O6 N, X: ~
- \( n( n1 {# J' I2 W& XAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. ' y& o2 O8 G( s7 \' e( d" |. o" g% q0 ]) B5 W0 ~5 C7 `" K/ R
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. ' ~. o9 O- B1 d" N( S& a # [( t! O) \0 j4 B$ G F5 o! tSinger-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.- g5 T) Y5 I: f