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. * c% \( k7 v$ L1 n. H3 F 3 s- S3 H; d6 a0 {4 C& l4 X6 `2 QThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. ; g1 d% N s% _ N) t5 N, A) G0 ]" N+ q4 o0 _1 ~: p9 b1 x; u7 w
Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire& x8 E% f& V6 s: q
" H/ k( I, ^) @3 x1 @* m" O8 V7 |The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. " }$ ?5 E+ r8 ^' g( D# k Y 9 I, t5 H! f! h5 i/ DThe 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. . J0 {% m; ]' Q5 Q! G4 L8 ]- J% d$ ? J# i. g, S) x# g6 x/ }9 BIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. ! U) `1 v1 _, \7 B) A( R; f ; `2 J0 o8 t9 a( zAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. ' m" P% z4 x z, v2 n! a6 o4 V. x# r4 h8 `3 Q7 T
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. 2 Z$ a- \3 X1 B/ S: }$ T& G a8 n, C" l+ y8 u; ]; 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. - \& S* c. K8 t1 x6 R0 ^* F) K% c0 m" W+ V, r( A* m
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