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 Y) {8 j2 J% e) _1 u2 O1 B# L$ J% L9 q/ z0 j( S
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.+ m5 L, z, O; u1 f8 r$ N! v
- e5 c9 `% I4 N6 G( n" y" Y( WHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire4 }/ s" I& ]# e+ l
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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'.5 [$ C! V' r( B' ?5 ^' H6 N D; b
6 `" F! N, G1 M: V$ T3 ? p: @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. . c8 Y$ \; R U6 D# C % [( q9 x/ [1 r# O6 C) a! ?It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.6 J3 P6 G" r1 k
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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'. & ?' Z) i; |* J4 `" l% U. f0 |- i- H' `! f# S# R, S4 K0 I
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. 8 r7 {8 X1 G' w# H * c3 h8 h/ r; `, q4 H( U' wSinger-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 |; ?" W0 A/ _" }& b7 V; E
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm