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./ o+ W, `+ U; A1 H9 _! [& }; v
0 [; X3 B, E& K5 V3 o1 LThe 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.1 t' f" P2 J0 U7 L
1 N5 B C/ `. b; R' l$ THer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire( B, s; d8 y& D9 m& s7 M. v
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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'. 3 g# j+ v5 V' z # d$ G3 E" z4 y+ k3 bThe 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." `6 H# R3 s, r9 j. e! U* L
# Z. `* x2 q; w6 r& U$ V, zIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.- r3 k* L: J4 z' ]3 T
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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'. $ S! a2 x$ `+ | $ V2 |& o: ~5 X' AShe 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.$ i# x1 X' c8 U r+ m) c* o
# h- S4 H5 Z) Z8 `* [5 s/ y" } _) {Singer-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. 4 J' g3 Z6 n, [' y8 H; b$ J. ] ( ]+ @. r2 _/ g) X3 P/ ]8 t, L1 H+ U/ ^
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