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.3 K1 z4 F- X$ I% p% f; K/ h
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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. 2 M, Q% p: h: c' [6 a , Z. K, v- o" C) M( l; ]0 wHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire $ k# F4 G6 l8 \, u3 s& O2 M. @# \4 ^% E2 j2 O) Z9 c$ H
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.) I; e/ d l( c
, y1 b) n) C$ ]) JThe 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. & T4 b2 ?& x$ G. d) j. ~ I" I9 j' i! M1 i" w, GIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 1 D3 }/ Y! J" C2 e0 F3 W. Y 8 V' B. w* Y8 V/ p' o" y6 _Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. + Z+ ?5 W5 u' m4 E, t; X6 a/ M! f* @ 8 a7 u( D- }1 B( G$ G- cShe 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.5 E) H/ o0 g+ }9 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.: S2 _* d$ p/ ~: R7 W