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.5 n2 i- X+ s6 N3 M$ x. _# R! D
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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. 7 K: o( ?" Z& h: I4 ?, Y! k. f0 i6 B/ j+ p: m
Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire & P+ r; ]9 p: Y) ^3 y0 Z9 d" e ! Z% u5 ]) I+ _- O- ~2 RThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.* {" }6 h( G9 Z U+ q
. P2 ?+ x/ D8 G* v$ f4 }/ K$ ]" c! pThe 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.+ r& K _4 w- M; B# j
3 U! {6 [' f' \2 y* Q0 W' lIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. % A& R1 z1 a/ l& W0 w( @5 L" ?7 z6 m
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 6 F: [9 M1 w7 H/ H ]/ c4 g8 q; J; ^% ]% p O5 ^
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." z' j. E. m5 g* @
+ @5 e/ D" a# o0 S5 K% q# W6 zSinger-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.0 f2 Q8 s% r/ \$ j
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm