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.7 A# L4 r C4 [* b. e! c5 S
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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.) y( k7 ?! ?/ A# d2 D7 {. B* k
- @4 ?) W0 _0 z. IHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ! o- Z0 d6 @8 l; n , m) X1 u' V1 P; F+ R6 \' a: |: z' xThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. \0 |8 N- G; ~% [
& A- @, }, d* W9 X& IThe 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. : h& }2 \; t& z5 S& _/ ~ }% M% C* S3 j: j2 Q
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. , t! U& V0 p0 j( X; O& ?9 ?. g, v- Z9 {+ o2 \* j/ P! i5 X5 {4 r k5 M
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'. 1 W* t% y/ L( j4 z9 x& f ! |3 w% f+ w+ r! x: Y% c0 ^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.6 x' C6 J/ e, Y, q' \
( `' v; L) L' S: H2 j7 NSinger-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 ]4 I2 w( b8 K/ Y x" w9 M0 ~5 Q