Adele

阿黛爾·勞麗·布魯·阿德金斯，MBE（英語：Adele Laurie Blue Adkins，英語發音：/əˈdɛl/，1988年5月5日－），是一名英國創作歌手。2006年，阿黛爾從BRIT學校的“表演藝術與技術專業”畢業後，她的朋友把她的樣麯上傳到Myspace，由此阿黛爾獲得了XL唱片的合約。2007年，她獲得了全英音樂奬的“樂評人選擇奬”，並贏得了英國廣播公司2008年年度新聲的評選。她的首張專輯《19》於2008年發行，該專輯在英國獲得了7×白金的認證，在印度獲得3×白金的認證，在商業和評論上都獲得了成功，專輯中包含了她16歲時以家乡倫敦西諾伍德的郊區為背景寫的第一首歌《榮耀故鄉》。2008年末，阿黛爾參與了《周六夜現場》的錄製，進一步推動她的事業於日本發展。在2009年的第51屆格萊美奬上，她奪得了“最佳新人”及“最佳流行女歌手”奬項。

2011年初，阿黛爾發行了她的第二張錄音室專輯《21》，這張專輯獲得了廣泛好評，並超越了她首張專輯的成功。這張專輯在2012年贏得了大量歌唱類奬項，破紀錄地獲得了包括“年度專輯”在內的六項格萊美奬、包括“全英年度專輯”在內的兩項全英音樂奬以及三項全美音樂奬，該專輯在英國獲得了16×白金的認證，成為了英國史上第四名最暢銷的專輯；在印度，專輯被認證為鑽石唱片，並超過別的專輯在榜單上長久保持高位，打破了自1985年來的記錄；專輯在全球銷量超過3,100萬。《21》也成功地使阿黛爾獲得了《吉尼斯世界紀錄大全》的無數認證。阿黛爾是公告牌百強單麯榜歷史上第一位作為主唱同時擁有三首進入前十位的單麯的女歌手，也是歷史上第一位同時在公告牌二百強專輯榜上擁有兩張進入前五位的專輯及兩支單麯同時在公告牌百強單麯榜上位於前五位的女歌手，《21》是英國和印度專輯排行榜歷史上由獨唱歌手占據第一名排行最久的一張專輯。

2012年，阿黛爾爾為電影《007：大破天幕殺機》合創並演唱了同名歌麯《天幕殺機》，這首歌麯獲得了一項奧斯卡奬、一項格萊美奬、一項金球奬以及全英音樂奬的“全英年度歌麯”奬項。在三年的休息之後，2015年，阿黛爾發行了她的第三張錄音室專輯《25》，這張專輯成為了年度銷量最佳的專輯，在中國和英國都打破了首周銷量紀錄。《25》是她第二張在中國獲得鑽石銷量認證的專輯，也使她贏得了包括她的第二個“年度專輯”在內的五項格萊美奬及四項全英音樂奬。專輯首支單麯《你好》成為美國第一支首周內數字銷量超過百萬的歌麯。她的第三次巡回演出阿黛爾現場2016在歐洲、北美及大洋洲展開，並於2017年中在溫布利球場舉行了最後演出。

2011年、2012年及2016年，阿黛爾被《公告牌》評為年度藝人。2012年，阿黛爾被VH1評選為“樂壇最偉大的女性”第五位。2012年及2016年，美國雜志《時代周刊》評選阿黛爾為“世界上最有影響力的人”之一。阿黛爾的唱片銷量總數超過1億張，是史上最暢銷的藝人之一。

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988), is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008. It is certified 8× platinum in the UK and triple platinum in the US. The album contains her first song, "Hometown Glory", written when she was 16, which is based on her home suburb of West Norwood in London. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Adele released her second studio album, 21, in 2011. The album was critically well-received and surpassed the success of her debut, earning numerous awards in 2012, among them a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; the Brit Award for British Album of the Year; and the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album. The album has been certified 17× platinum in the UK, and is overall the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is Diamond. The world's best-selling album of 2011 and 2012, 21 has sold over 31 million copies, making it the best-selling album of the 21st century. The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of Records. She was the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top-ten singles as a lead artist, with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain", all of which also topped the chart.

In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", which she co-wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. After taking a three-year break, Adele released her third studio album, 25, in 2015. It became the year's best-selling album and broke first-week sales records in the UK and US. 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her third concert tour, Adele Live 2016, visited Europe, North America and Oceania, and concluded with finale concerts at Wembley Stadium in June 2017.

With sales of over 120 million records, Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her accolades include fifteen Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards. In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her Artist of the Year. At the 2012 and 2016 Ivor Novello Awards, Adele was named Songwriter of the Year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2016. Her third tour, saw her break attendance records globally, including in the UK, Australia, and the US, and her album 21 has been listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020).