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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.+ {" n2 `, |& ]0 J4 {) U0 \ C: i
0 V0 Q# e! y; Q2 E9 {$ ]Her new title will be Miss Adele Adkins MBE, which stands for member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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2 E- D, [* C/ W2 A' zThe 25-year-old singer has achieved huge success over the past two years with the release of her second album '21'.; ~) K$ U G5 w
3 m* w8 m/ y7 ^( c# a+ pThe 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." n2 O+ A0 T1 [0 q& y% Z
& z6 [' i, P% z/ {$ u5 A9 JIt was certified diamond after 24 weeks at the top spot in the US.
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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'. [1 j8 Q6 n* a) b1 C% _
- q6 r" \# }7 v7 ?9 l) DShe 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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) z' _8 g0 ]/ S/ i6 o8 P7 ]From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cul ... ontent_17181929.htm |
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