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.4 f- i4 y/ c5 p- z; L
X8 b3 ^" }5 |. Z$ I% fThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. 4 N" x8 K* p. ?$ G+ t . v) [5 z/ T+ [! k4 K' }6 A" xHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire/ A1 q# L1 h% [/ j( ~
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The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. - M; x2 n; p/ A0 j, _, m4 Q7 I3 t' u
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., G- f$ |0 ~2 [9 Y( D
, ?/ A0 K( j$ d9 W! v7 W X9 ]; mIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.! S8 ^8 h8 o# m
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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'.4 P7 v. f+ g- u" M) ?2 Z3 Y7 x) T
( d& i' h- o6 e# F2 lShe 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.+ `( m. v5 }9 b8 g1 N( t& T1 l
. {3 g/ E# E2 a& o3 VSinger-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. / l3 u: A; `1 i: X: G* a2 K( R0 v" j+ X5 \& E5 @
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