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. % u0 r' B# w. @! C" p- i4 `& p , r z# c- R+ s5 _The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. # W7 N. O# b9 R( l- d6 p% F6 O( S2 ^+ i, B
Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire1 W# R$ }' ~4 b' I# F" l7 ^0 J
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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'. $ G) z% k, q6 h9 j: a: w# s6 U+ A ; N* @% M2 f5 F, E" \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.8 \1 n+ U5 W$ _4 o; F& T
- d% q$ F. C W! G) I' }It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.6 }* `6 U5 H, K4 r# S! _2 w) ?1 [, o
5 H4 a. b( O ] c$ m2 J5 E7 wAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.$ l7 O+ z! ?7 g3 i
: d5 H7 m; c7 T/ _$ q% }! JShe 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.* l% G9 }/ K- T8 O, G
$ z' F$ \# v+ rSinger-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.( l; y5 o; r { Z0 H
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