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. s* e) h/ _+ A8 O# R! s" T" A l( S+ B6 v' h! `" U9 FThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry./ Y9 V2 ?/ a- N% ]
/ _( s! P' U' T6 m8 cHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire' `, I1 b2 n* y O4 K7 }% P" `
3 R+ \ a* V" W+ HThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.% h: d- w5 f9 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. : q( q( G$ E. d7 ^1 V; n, M1 d 0 r0 D. C3 h' b+ _( g2 u% ?/ PIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.& p/ s9 s0 k5 w% y$ M; h
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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'. 2 V0 c M- d# p, }. a4 T5 r+ w; O9 j/ _; M/ X- z9 L: e0 n6 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. 9 X8 f, l$ ?7 T6 s- q 9 j+ C# P& U0 s7 b3 ^; {( r- Q" LSinger-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.# `; T8 L/ \; V( y2 i, O