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. $ D8 n1 l5 ^, c ~: ?+ p0 |5 T 6 O6 i2 r8 u& G/ {- |! J; ^The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry. ( X$ g ~3 J2 }1 l2 P7 e2 g) v + B1 r! w+ H+ K0 W; u) N! g4 ?Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire . {+ @4 M; S. i5 A- D) K w: l3 i2 k+ X
The 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.# Y2 a: H3 q& ]5 U- {! I+ c
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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. 9 @* `! |8 e/ h. X, V/ ] # L4 B# N& C3 Q2 zIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.7 V& i& O( h' D
0 D* b, H+ ^- ~! T2 YAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'./ L3 ~. c2 X- U$ F" `9 ?2 n
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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. 7 E% y/ u) Q3 W$ B% G9 v s. B5 S9 o* u) 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.0 O( j: V- I2 p, r
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