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.# ^8 g7 R5 d8 H' |# F$ x$ x
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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 Z# h0 h `) c
) E0 I7 j$ A( Z ^Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire + T( {( c* P" D0 H3 W( Z3 _9 N/ g9 |; ^
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 0 p' i. [5 E0 @7 d8 f# p" d2 e6 ^) d: h& @5 x5 X
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. # H1 Y& i) y- Q' q 9 n( ]9 H' Q9 c7 {7 oIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 5 i* z' x1 @6 P) s0 p! g! q! E Y% p* Y4 d
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. " }$ ^# ]* C0 u) \: ?+ v2 W & z5 b0 q, r; E* PShe 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. 7 N" b3 H O8 o, s/ ]4 g j7 R; y) i! c9 b( VSinger-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.1 C7 s% Q1 V. W' C* N8 e