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.& B. v9 ^9 m/ a7 y3 F
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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.$ Q2 p, V) }% n3 j/ x) H' k6 Q
, ]: v1 y5 h# ^3 k/ P3 H+ XHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ; c7 Q/ Z) Q$ d# C$ N( Y $ h/ h( _! Q/ f4 \9 EThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 0 h$ ]8 C- b. n7 N 7 \/ U2 I% r) ?8 K/ K3 tThe 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. # D! r, ^/ a' O z" ]+ p . t1 E4 l2 {5 F+ T) o2 FIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.$ g* S# w( y& o& M+ l
" E( l- p4 `: w6 r5 H: M" LAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 4 D H$ r' o' d1 I' s g" B, H2 Z1 K! S+ h6 Y$ N4 ~0 r' P
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. # g5 V. t5 l+ k; t( _ + s% ?. ^/ b( c, @9 O* XSinger-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. - N) }- m% q9 R, d4 q& t2 ~* g4 E8 x9 h" L
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