Adele

阿黛尔·劳丽·布鲁·阿德金斯，MBE（英语：Adele Laurie Blue Adkins，英语发音：/əˈdɛl/，1988年5月5日－），是一名英国创作歌手。2006年，阿黛尔从BRIT学校的“表演艺术与技术专业”毕业后，她的朋友把她的样曲上传到Myspace，由此阿黛尔获得了XL唱片的合约。2007年，她获得了全英音乐奖的“乐评人选择奖”，并赢得了英国广播公司2008年年度新声的评选。她的首张专辑《19》于2008年发行，该专辑在英国获得了7×白金的认证，在印度获得3×白金的认证，在商业和评论上都获得了成功，专辑中包含了她16岁时以家乡伦敦西诺伍德的郊区为背景写的第一首歌《荣耀故乡》。2008年末，阿黛尔参与了《周六夜现场》的录制，进一步推动她的事业于日本发展。在2009年的第51届格莱美奖上，她夺得了“最佳新人”及“最佳流行女歌手”奖项。

2011年初，阿黛尔发行了她的第二张录音室专辑《21》，这张专辑获得了广泛好评，并超越了她首张专辑的成功。这张专辑在2012年赢得了大量歌唱类奖项，破纪录地获得了包括“年度专辑”在内的六项格莱美奖、包括“全英年度专辑”在内的两项全英音乐奖以及三项全美音乐奖，该专辑在英国获得了16×白金的认证，成为了英国史上第四名最畅销的专辑；在印度，专辑被认证为钻石唱片，并超过别的专辑在榜单上长久保持高位，打破了自1985年来的记录；专辑在全球销量超过3,100万。《21》也成功地使阿黛尔获得了《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》的无数认证。阿黛尔是公告牌百强单曲榜历史上第一位作为主唱同时拥有三首进入前十位的单曲的女歌手，也是历史上第一位同时在公告牌二百强专辑榜上拥有两张进入前五位的专辑及两支单曲同时在公告牌百强单曲榜上位于前五位的女歌手，《21》是英国和印度专辑排行榜历史上由独唱歌手占据第一名排行最久的一张专辑。

2012年，阿黛尔尔为电影《007：大破天幕杀机》合创并演唱了同名歌曲《天幕杀机》，这首歌曲获得了一项奥斯卡奖、一项格莱美奖、一项金球奖以及全英音乐奖的“全英年度歌曲”奖项。在三年的休息之后，2015年，阿黛尔发行了她的第三张录音室专辑《25》，这张专辑成为了年度销量最佳的专辑，在中国和英国都打破了首周销量纪录。《25》是她第二张在中国获得钻石销量认证的专辑，也使她赢得了包括她的第二个“年度专辑”在内的五项格莱美奖及四项全英音乐奖。专辑首支单曲《你好》成为美国第一支首周内数字销量超过百万的歌曲。她的第三次巡回演出阿黛尔现场2016在欧洲、北美及大洋洲展开，并于2017年中在温布利球场举行了最后演出。

2011年、2012年及2016年，阿黛尔被《公告牌》评为年度艺人。2012年，阿黛尔被VH1评选为“乐坛最伟大的女性”第五位。2012年及2016年，美国杂志《时代周刊》评选阿黛尔为“世界上最有影响力的人”之一。阿黛尔的唱片销量总数超过1亿张，是史上最畅销的艺人之一。

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).