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Adele will be awarded an MBE at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
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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.
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: N0 W# x+ H+ t9 N3 `4 l& nHer new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire5 R$ x: ?* x1 E& U. |2 \
0 g" S$ U8 k: F* g5 H# y1 nThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.+ E4 b: n/ U! f
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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.* {- w" E3 `3 V: q! U
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+ s7 ]$ j/ u, K4 Z" u0 S+ `5 k' qAdele is now a global pop superstar and also won an Academy Award in February for her James Bond theme song 'Skyfall'.
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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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