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. 9 V) `# `% Q6 \; W! @' M }# ?* C7 [: J) H
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.& M3 L/ I7 t, Q& I; I
7 s+ [% `/ W" K: [9 N. eHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire$ G. u1 C" g% s4 d% q4 g. y- T
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The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 0 N9 a) \ _& }- L @) t ( E& V2 ^; P- Q: T& q6 FThe 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.$ g$ @2 [; b, n2 u4 Q( A9 V
5 Y# P! i) ]4 `0 H! \It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. : y& k7 o& Q8 l8 ?2 x% z% b8 m7 F% o* d( k9 h3 n* b5 c
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 5 T0 P2 b+ ~% v' o$ ]" O1 _& r* Q 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. I9 u4 O' i% R0 r; K; `; f% L, D9 s0 u$ N
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. # b: E* u& M) A; {! ~# e % I" }. f Z1 p" {/ `0 a7 g' b+ ~6 v( a8 P% K
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