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. ! @; p: q S* A7 y ?- V8 V, O K$ H) Y4 N" V# n
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.- o/ L0 ]$ x1 ~6 E) b
2 O: z1 K" n _7 P4 eHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 4 L% f- M. M6 m$ B; I( r% L; a' I9 z3 e" P' e9 H& w
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. " T8 S+ n7 f" d7 K+ ?3 m! L9 j; t9 X 3 z1 u R3 _/ e+ [ E4 ~2 `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.1 e2 u$ x" p( T) W, D" T9 C
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. % q( x* o% \8 A& J/ Y1 e( N) \9 E9 e$ d% W7 ^* ?, [
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 9 R- O5 p9 h' E7 d+ }" r & I1 N1 y6 Y. g& W- JShe 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.2 w8 p# Y' S+ g/ S! D* E3 k9 x
$ {4 O6 g w( b; r6 t: ]3 JSinger-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.+ j0 ^$ o* K7 e' p3 r& p
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