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. - ^1 W0 _$ ]$ S/ c# D0 W, v/ S0 t: W/ `; H
The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.$ @- M- l' j4 X" T, C
9 U9 J5 X o8 \: g# S4 nHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire0 K+ N3 s- T' `1 c9 t
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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'.% b& C( j7 L3 U4 k
& n6 u( T6 h' jThe 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./ J8 j. N. O4 ]& S# U- X
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It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US. 7 y7 i* N- v. g( ?5 q 6 u; d6 |" X0 ^& b# v! C5 |Adele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.! }% W* z1 e) A$ h7 f* x1 _# u
- @# j( X+ n$ ]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.. O1 }- d' q* _6 b6 v
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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., Y) j* i0 a9 a5 [9 b6 K9 J% X
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From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm