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.9 |) l+ ]1 j0 w' x& h/ c/ c; g3 q
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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.% W3 S$ y: [) q
2 a3 }; u$ S) G( _Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire * P( b4 D6 N) V 6 i% t+ C2 e8 gThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.1 G: \2 {. [" d! M& q5 B
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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.% a+ q* P* D! l5 G: d
) _9 L+ @1 T& H/ ]1 |It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 2 F* \7 h( p0 R/ O# o' h5 N+ J% K5 q3 {- V
Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.0 L5 h8 c$ I# S% o) Q* Y/ v
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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.& ]# Z) ~, c* I0 `0 `
( U% i4 L% W. z7 Q% mSinger-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. # r+ u, p, P3 R- m% A9 b l2 m6 F9 F9 Y0 p! S% F