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. & R0 v e2 M8 d! e( t5 \! g& P" J , b" T7 f" _! ?The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.4 z5 p4 a. @. w
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Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire / K8 n6 L/ ?# f: {% L! B& o6 p1 I. C$ z: [2 [3 R9 G D* f2 P# C+ m' S
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. / h4 Z [/ P, p6 Q3 T $ P* I, n+ q. {/ J0 c" WThe 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.3 u! i* i& `2 s- S7 M5 L$ E1 v! s) a S0 [
0 v Q, r5 c# z% r z# ~It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. ' I) t. D- K7 W. q$ B1 T, k$ [# `& T. `) F* ?
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 8 |- `) f. M) K4 h * g1 \: J9 o1 {3 L+ RShe 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 `& C$ N* s4 L" H. ~( w6 u7 G9 F1 \2 g V6 g
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.6 a7 K2 C K& q$ U8 `