Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Guessed Right - Adele

Guess the Artist was a give away with her name stamped on the YouTube audio video.

In detailed research, Adele's early background and professional history to date is extensive and impressive for only being in her mid 30s (b. May 5, 1988).  Read more on Wikipedia.    

Adele's current discography -

19 (2008)

21 (2011)

25 (2015)

30 (2021)             

Honors -

Over 120 million records sold worldwide

2 Grammy Awards/2 Grammy Nominations (2009)

3 Brit Award Nominations

21 - 6 Grammy Awards, 2 Brit Awards, longest No. 1 on Billboard since 1985, best selling record by a female in UK chart history, second best selling album in the UK of all time, first album by Adele to certify Diamond in the U.S., second longest running No. 1 on Australian ARIA Chart ever

No. 5 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music (2/2012)       

One of the 100 Most Influential People in the World (Time, 4/2012 & 4/2016 & 5/2022 - "Icon" Category)     

First solo female artist with 3 Top 10 singles in Billboard Hot 100 at the same time ... First to have 2 Top 5 singles in Billboard Hot 100 at the same time                    

First female artist to have 2 albums in the top 5 of Billboard 200               

Ivor Novello Award (2012 & 2016)

Academy Award ("Skyfall" 2013) ... First Bond song to win/5th to be nominated ... Brit Award (2013)

Honored an MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace (2013)

25 - Best selling album upon release (2015) ... Second album to be certified Diamond by the RIAA ... 5 Grammy Awards ... 4 Brit Awards

Adele has won more Grammy Awards than any other female artist not from the U.S.                                   

Inducted into the Royal Albert Hall Walk of Fame (2018)                                                                                                                                                                                Follow the Wikipedia link above as the source for the esteemed honors background.

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