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.+ X. W C, y; D& y7 m* G1 s- |
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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. 8 C9 g* h' X8 E6 b# W 0 o5 C2 h! X4 ?. T/ f$ z6 J1 MHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 0 V4 A8 h' Q8 Y- M+ q* c& ]; y3 c; ]
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.4 L9 N: k2 @* z4 j: M/ _6 E ~/ |( s, D# X
3 E3 S2 L1 a3 @3 s2 EThe 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. ; O1 c! @: V# f. ?/ w3 z! h! j; }
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.) @$ ]9 g' ~. t, k$ Y
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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'. 0 ~; t }4 v) X6 q" X3 A+ l8 G2 j b2 D
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, R) {4 o% D' ^- Q1 X/ e n
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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.2 V% g+ Q5 }8 X z2 N. X: r2 q