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. 3 H- S5 @: V9 G+ A3 U( O * s, t/ n8 E1 {The 'Someone Like You' singer was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her services to the music industry.7 W' e% R+ N+ ]: |
0 M* H* ], X& v; F& |Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire # {% a( E: z( A9 v% b8 A ! K0 j e' p0 l, ~* O P3 jThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'. 3 x7 Z7 j W3 J2 a5 G& R/ W; z+ k, @; u, z
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. % s6 m- r( r3 E2 X7 G+ }" }* `( {. Z* `: {
It was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.* m+ _4 s: W: W
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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'.# l$ V7 }, Y _7 {, y0 c/ [' M
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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.6 M6 ]5 E+ I1 r! ]4 K, b/ B
7 K% u" p* d y: @, u. x7 qSinger-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 t( R0 I' F$ h