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.$ Y/ |+ o# Q9 Y- P5 C
" l1 b K5 ~* r1 X/ iThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.# l9 X5 W4 y6 {
3 g7 ~; E! b7 s3 KHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 9 t: b/ E/ H4 D' p5 h. Y, F$ ?; Z! }* V1 O3 D
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.( i8 u1 @1 B3 \5 `
1 T; l; `( O$ i' jThe 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.& p: }$ I5 B6 i: M2 I1 E$ m0 k
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. * F; Z' d" n! y( \3 z . r/ y) k( e0 w9 _Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 1 o$ T y' X" T }+ V , M Z+ @! c0 |4 h$ V" i# j. IShe 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.- q2 j0 h8 o; |: ^/ f
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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.- i9 p, h) ]2 m% u$ d
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