Adele Laurie Blue Adkins became the world’s highest-earning artist in 2016.

Breaking global listening records with the song Rolling in the Deep, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5, 1988, in Enfield, North London, England. When Adele was two years old, her father left the family. At the age of eleven, she moved with her mother to West Norwood in South London.

In 2006, a friend uploaded a demo recorded by Adele to Myspace, a moment that completely changed her life. Thanks to this demo, XL Recordings offered her a recording contract. The following year, she won the “Critics’ Choice” award at the BRIT Awards and was also named BBC's “Sound of 2008.” At the age of nineteen, she signed with XL Recordings for her debut album. With her first album 19, Adele achieved both commercial success and strong critical acclaim. In 2011, she released her second studio album 21.

The British soul-jazz artist made an impressive breakthrough by winning two Grammy Awards at the age of twenty-one, receiving the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance on November 26, 2011.

Influenced at a young age by the music of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald, the musician graduated from the prestigious arts school BRIT School, whose alumni list includes famous names such as Amy Winehouse, Katie Melua, Leona Lewis, and Kate Nash. After finishing school, she shared two songs online and then began performing in small clubs across England. Among the artists she toured with on a small scale were Jamie T, Raul Midon, Devendra Banhart, Amos Lee, and Keren Ann.

Adele’s first official recording, Hometown Glory, was released on October 22, 2007. Thanks to the Myspace page she had opened in 2004, she had already built a noticeable fan base and attracted the attention of record labels.

In early 2008, she gained widespread recognition with the album 19 and the single Chasing Pavements. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and sold a total of 500,000 copies.

Adele’s album 21, released in January 2011, stayed in the Top 5 of Billboard's charts for 39 weeks, breaking the record previously held by Michael Jackson’s album Bad. In Billboard’s 55-year Top 5 history, 21 set another record by climbing from number five to number three in its 39th week on the chart.

Michael Jackson’s album Bad, released in August 1987, had reached number one on Billboard’s Top 5 list on September 27, 1987, and remained on the chart for 38 weeks.

Adele has described her music as “heartbreak soul music” and has stated that there is a sense of sadness in her songs.

Although she released her debut album through the independent label XL Recordings, songs such as Chasing Pavements and Cold Shoulder achieved success in many European countries and helped Adele make her voice heard within the music industry. Although she was often compared to Amy Winehouse, who helped revive soul-jazz music with her 2006 album Back to Black, and to the Welsh singer Duffy due to similarities in style, Adele stated that she was not bothered by these comparisons and felt proud of them.

In 2014, the song Make You Feel My Love was named the most perfect love song by Spotify.

With her third album 25, Adele achieved further success, and it was officially confirmed as the best-selling album of 2015. The album’s lead single Hello was downloaded over one million times in its first week of release and became the fastest video to surpass one billion views on YouTube.

In 2016, Adele premiered the music video for Send My Love (to Your New Lover) at the Billboard Music Awards and left the ceremony with the award for Best Artist.

Adele has been living with Simon Konecki since 2011. She has a son named Angelo (born in 2012). In 2016, Adele married Simon Konecki.

Source: Biyografiler.com