music · 05 May 1988 · 36 years ago
birth Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (Adele), English soul and jazz singer, (2008 UK No.1 album 19, 2008 UK No.2 single Chasing Pavements). In 2011 Adele became the first artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the singles chart and the albums chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK, and Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time.
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