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.% T& u/ I5 c7 g, u7 B
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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. ' d9 F& s/ o$ w1 \/ F 8 O E6 M, g, Y W3 l2 ^Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire , K& I6 P2 _' F ; @/ C! ~' B5 _7 V& ?; j, t% {The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.( G+ p ]- g) s3 j0 s" g' ]9 ^
2 C( W ^- w$ n/ YThe 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. & O1 y! l7 {- v9 ? \+ o& ^( N8 d0 k( w! ]8 G, `4 c k
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US." M$ [# K! ]8 l' o( o" o
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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'. ! X6 W% J& q* T1 V M/ }4 l; ~& b+ ?$ r* s/ c9 w
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.8 j. y* z, z3 h1 P
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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.3 c) H d. d6 G2 c
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