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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.6 Z3 X5 Z0 K9 Z8 c2 J
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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.+ ]) E7 X# p" ?0 A

8 @5 y* H# q/ n4 L7 mHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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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'.
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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.
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) w+ @$ L4 a6 t/ iIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.
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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'.5 C2 M+ V2 j0 ~. F% ~! L6 |
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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.
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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.
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! x3 ?/ L6 T  c: KFrom:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm




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