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 `& t, o2 a; s& Y; j
. |+ D+ ]0 A4 M" N; KThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry./ h7 G6 ^0 m: ^! \
/ _' l% G' E4 UHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire + m0 `' t! i6 Y1 R \7 p* `- [; f ( N- v, j/ J6 R. [0 f# PThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 3 E4 F3 C1 N4 ~7 v8 ], Z9 ]* I, }! ]5 f4 H) W2 V8 {
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.& b; J& l+ B9 K2 ^! F s
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. . v: s: _7 l/ p* `) z0 q4 ]# ?7 w/ x4 n; Q+ K U$ J3 i$ Z. |$ Z; b
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.: Z8 }2 \) ^: k2 Y) R
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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.! p1 t. S4 d% ?) W. k
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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. " a3 T3 c X5 X& Y* P7 y4 d k& H , Y9 q( A4 F1 D/ M P U* G5 L + c3 w) }$ m% {. B' P |! eFrom:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm