And like that, she was firmly established as a powerful force in the industry.Ĭareer in jeopardy: After the massive success of her debut album, Adele was primed for a sophomore slump. She won two of those come February 2009, among them best new artist. Coincidentally, that was also when Grammy voting wrapped up, and by December, Adele had her first Grammy noms. The Washington Post reported that within 24 hours of the SNL episode’s airing, Adele’s debut album hit No. She played on Saturday Night Live in October alongside host Sarah Palin, an episode that saw the show’s highest ratings in 14 years.
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In the fall of 2008, a series of serendipitous events helped Adele secure four Grammy nominations. “In fact, I STILL don’t know exactly what kind of artist I want to be! You know, for me the album was just about making a record of songs to get a boy off my chest and include all the different kinds of music that I love.” “I had no specific plans for my album,” the self-deprecating singer told Blues & Soul in 2008. But it wasn’t until Adele signed a deal with American label Columbia, in summer 2008, that the album gained real momentum in the states. 1 and helping its single, “Chasing Pavements,” reach No. 19 saw nearly instant success in the U.K., debuting at No. Instant fame: In January 2008, Adele released her debut album, 19, and shortly thereafter, she won the prestigious Brit Critic’s Choice Award. At 18 years old, and just six months after her graduation, Adele signed to XL and began her career. During her time at the BRIT, Adele uploaded three demos to her MySpace page - among them her first song, “Hometown Glory” - that caught the attention of London record label, XL. The idea that people might look back to my music in 50 years’ time was a real spur to doing this.”Īdele left public school at 14 to attend the BRIT performing arts school, where musicians like Leona Lewis and Amy Winehouse also honed their crafts. I was so inspired that as a 15-year-old I was listening to music that had been made in the Forties.
I was like, oh, right, some people have proper longevity and are legends. So when I listened to the Ettas and the Ellas, it sounds so cheesy, but it was like an awakening. “There was no musical heritage in our family,” Adele told the Telegraph. But her real musical “awakening” came when she discovered Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald records at a thrift store.
From four years old, Adele had been obsessed with emotive voices, especially those of singers like Mary J. It was her young mother, who was only 18 when Adele was born, who encouraged the soul singer to test her limits and explore her creative side.
In honor of this announcement, we look back at how Adele got her start, as well as the big ups and big downs that we have come to associate with the young musician’s already legendary career.ĭestined from birth: Adele was born Adele Adkins in 1988 in north London to a working-class mother and an estranged father. only has a population of 64 million - meaning that enough copies were sold that nearly 15% of the entire country could own the album.
That’s especially amazing when you consider that the U.K. 1 and to date has sold 4,751,000 copies in the U.K. That the record has earned such a distinct honor is not entirely surprising after all, 21 spent an astonishing 23 weeks at No. On June 9, the United Kingdom’s Official Charts Company announced a major milestone for their resident soul singer, Adele: Her sophomore album, 21, is the best-selling U.K.
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