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.# b! ~# o% @# F- E) d' Y5 |6 Z9 }
% F$ r J) u5 XThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. Q6 q: |9 q6 X+ f4 _$ k
* a# [; u9 `: o7 H. t! iHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire+ L& a4 N, Z1 X! R; T
' t3 d6 P4 ^& V9 W8 S1 Y. _The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.* V8 I9 m2 E) g) a" X; t5 x: x
4 `) I I8 N( rThe 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. , z6 ^0 C- C5 D; u. p& K * r6 x; T6 a, e- d" k# ]It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.3 G9 Q- }, Z2 Y$ ~# c* {
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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'. : {/ v& J! _" W1 c: V4 r& x9 { _9 e$ O/ W
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.) x4 U1 _/ {& 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.& \2 S% Q* a7 h) Z
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