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. 0 h) ]: N- S- ? ; Z; w' B' m2 C, N: y! u2 [The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. . f' L) u- c8 F1 Q7 l! c6 u& u1 ~ 9 ~" h- z" N' o; p1 l z+ z4 k0 LHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire % G" a* U/ f R% y5 ?" G8 @: U- t3 L/ @3 u' R, \' M
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.* Z! j B- n8 |) [, r7 l' w* q Z
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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. $ T5 e; F2 g3 e5 f% @+ ^9 d9 g" z: B: r
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 7 `; d0 C; g4 a7 [+ F% `6 ^* M+ d/ `# Q2 m, B9 K
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 6 Q% U% {7 G2 G2 U& C; a x* Q/ o3 w/ Z1 |5 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.( u7 \8 d; B" e
; J2 J- Z7 C- N9 B( `# nSinger-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.- J" b! x+ [0 T8 m4 g4 R
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