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. 8 b& _* c8 @7 x+ i3 ]) T, D2 F! A 8 p0 P! d3 s9 J6 dThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.* R3 G6 @; q) I& w3 b
$ x/ f& X5 \( ]7 a" m+ SHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire % x+ u3 q* T) v; b" M3 s7 b! f: `
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.. h2 V$ U( ~8 \9 \% I
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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.% L/ ~: ?; e. _) j B
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.% I# A, B) H* }' o5 W S2 a: ^& v
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Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'., B( @3 V8 s6 R0 g. i
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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. 0 O% h- j3 @* `, s1 C# O8 `0 G0 c/ L+ k6 G) j4 v3 [) u# \' z; B3 T
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.1 d" a3 u5 M6 k- [& M" z- e