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.6 Z3 X5 Z0 K9 Z8 c2 J
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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.+ ]) E7 X# p" ?0 A
8 @5 y* H# q/ n4 L7 mHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire / }- x" p2 B+ g- j4 }" T' y3 W, k& \) L. E, h- z: k
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 6 N% i' X' \. P, [3 V- s' H* M1 j$ f, m: _: k
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. 2 v1 _: w& H9 H! k I ) w+ @$ L4 a6 t/ iIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. * f* m: |! r. h; _& E F+ A/ ]) j- ]' W: X
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.5 C2 M+ V2 j0 ~. F% ~! L6 |
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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. ! j7 _) J& }- \+ d; i9 I3 w) s5 U+ R8 Y$ t+ ?/ S- [5 { h9 H, k! s; C
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. * m0 e' o% @) z: ?! n 6 N+ V2 ~' _7 a9 F M ! x3 ?/ L6 T c: KFrom:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm