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.% n. U! N! ^& P! j9 J
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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. * |; a5 i" q( I w H( z8 a * y+ H4 I# U) `9 B. x4 DHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire1 q* R9 x7 G) ]" z. J" ~* C. D
0 o4 I* c: w) u8 c! pThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. ; B0 b( l- U, `" }* ^ 1 X7 c) O3 P0 x" v0 Z( S: U# |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. . r- v. M/ r! F) O D4 Y) e7 o) s, T& D" FIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. - j+ [) J) _/ R! ~6 U+ v, i( W3 s: G0 Y
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 5 L2 R. j1 W3 V6 M9 X( ]3 q" g( u& Q
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. , C' l, \5 |$ _; S$ v$ ^* u3 f" `* l6 `0 X( P" F1 _
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.( Z* d" l* v- X" ]: \