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.2 X- E3 _9 q* J( S( G
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The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. 8 A2 F: ?, U3 _/ j+ h0 K ! P) J$ {; m. E- VHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire( N/ c# l2 b* Y; [* h6 x
7 }+ k& B+ L$ h2 R5 vThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.: K6 K% I1 T: o# B- o/ k- B
! v5 O* @9 `3 [7 L. L# m) D7 QThe 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.+ G; a2 I( V; ?2 o1 |- A
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. % Z% P: p1 }" I c& J' n+ G/ t' ]. P% j/ B, V
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.' X$ B* u# b5 {( ^/ b+ N: I# A
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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.7 i3 T+ z8 O$ `7 v% _
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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., e; f6 S0 [3 k U: o( U
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm