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. $ O2 p3 v$ |: e' f+ `" \9 M& |% |/ y) w& D( k" O5 `8 B
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. : T7 ^$ l2 _7 z6 ]9 l J A 8 P* b8 L7 ^: a( E1 iHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire6 [6 l. G4 s5 h" b& s
1 U. L2 M% l- AThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.) n e/ w; |; f
/ f; u# K; A" d6 Q# k$ V8 nThe 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. 5 v! }& ?1 s9 f ' h' W! F' B" J' LIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.6 m. |5 N8 a! N! P
; y& q1 Z$ f t$ y0 GAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 2 H* D& g' u5 N' z+ m. o3 |1 M. ^, d, r% E- g+ x1 a! [' S
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.3 ~ r; W- I* k' l$ ?, ^! D
6 ^) O7 V2 R. ^4 }2 N; CSinger-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.+ u; f% p, Z8 k