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.$ h9 _/ {. m% s5 S1 C8 I. i6 `
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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. 0 g! `. x+ `0 T) o& t9 {' Y/ E& q4 x M1 g) h" f7 s: b* H$ {Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Z, B0 U. V7 q l( X1 T
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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'.! I4 @8 U6 `7 }% [$ [; C
. X+ s3 Q. B' N6 ?0 e) cThe 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 u/ @0 R: \$ a3 N& } 2 O' B0 O# b/ r1 h. KIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.! J9 y1 s9 @# A2 G. e) E( D
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Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. + n y" |6 i- f) Q9 Y- c " Z' K, L% e. Y) R. gShe 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.) p6 ^6 d/ { e0 @' {% U6 ?" n& j: j
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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.6 w6 Z, ^. A1 P0 N$ O0 i/ h4 P) d