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. 6 ?1 ^8 H, m6 k+ R: Y) U & Z0 W# | |$ K/ V/ AThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. , A! i) O& R5 @0 \. c3 B7 W6 \/ ?' p4 ^
Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire+ G* m+ @5 L `& m1 p# b
F4 k3 g4 p$ S" N7 fThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'." b0 ?5 x/ z) k9 `4 P
# x6 J l; F0 @% `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. f6 B/ u" ] a1 E, y8 ~/ t+ W
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US., D, ~4 J9 ^: p6 W* Y
4 ~ j/ j9 \" N R# E3 CAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.6 _$ f5 T* Y0 l ^
* }7 w" M) z9 C- y+ }0 zShe 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.' f2 K0 q$ y8 {1 l" X
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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. 3 E0 B; X. i2 i. v' ^. C- a1 d {" E2 r
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