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 G% v& Z4 Q, l6 W+ z) M6 _4 J |. I% R6 c
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.2 m( }9 Q2 h- c$ v8 }
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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' V0 k9 x3 J% l1 i' n3 A
/ K& R" h& f1 ] YThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.: g$ B: _: @; `! N5 y. Y3 i
5 l6 c' T8 y- _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' X% h5 f% p0 h3 D( L
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.) D6 `; j( S. ]) n2 J& D% Y
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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 _1 G5 H. R$ G o0 \0 B" B: |
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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.8 x0 ~. c' n" e; u, k# `: B
( g; L7 W% h7 |, M2 ESinger-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. 7 o. g/ L0 [2 q" d# t9 u/ a + u2 q2 e. _$ @4 v8 f# [+ S* j1 X( F: z. X' k( o- l
From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm