Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on the 5thday of May 1988, well renowned and widely celebrated figure. Adele is an exceptional figure in the entertainment industry, particularly, the music industry. She is a British song writer as well as a singer. She is daughter to Welshman Mark Evans and English woman Penny Adkins. She was born in Tottenham, Greater London England. Her career dates back to a humble past. XL Recordings offered her a recording contract after her friend had posted her demo on Myspace. That was in the year 2006.
After the 2006 recording contract offer, Adele won the Brit Award “Critics’ choice” in 2007. In the following year, she proceeded to win the BBC Sound 2008. She released her debut album, 19 in 2008, an album that was both a critical and a commercial success. This piece was a four times platinum in the United Kingdom. It was also double platinum in the United States.
In late 2008, Adele’s career in the United States was boosted by her appearance in The Saturday Night Live. Adele has achieved quite a lot in the music industry. She was awarded the Best New Artist together with the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st annual Grammy Awards.
21 was her second studio album which she came up with in early 2011. This album did much better than her first both in reviews and commercially. 12 earned Adele numerous awards in the year 2012. It is from the album that she received a record-tying six Grammy Awards. These awards are: Album of the Year, three American Music Awards and two Brit Awards. In the United Kingdom, the album was certified 16 times platinum. Outside the British borders, in the United States, the album stayed at the top position for a pretty long time, longer than any other album since 1985. This led to the album being classified as Diamond. Throughout the world, the album has sold approximately 30 million copies.
On estimation, Adele has been able to sell 40 million albums as well as 50 million singles throughout the planet. Through the success of 21, Adele has won herself numerous mentions in the Guinness World Records. In the history of Billboard Hot 100, she holds the spot of the first female to have 3 co-occurring top ten singles as the lead artist. She is also the first female to have 2 albums featured in the top 200 together with 2 singles in the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard named her Artist of the Year in 2012. She has received several recognitions and mentions as one of the greatest female musicians.
Body Facts
Though not very commonly considered in music, Adele height, weight and other body information are frequently asked by fans.
Weight in Pounds: 178lbs
Weight in Kilograms: 77kg
Height in Centimeters: 182
Height in Meters: 1.82
Height in Feet: 5 Feet 11 ¾ Inches
Waist in Inches: 30 Inches
Chest in Inches: 42 Inches
Biceps in Inches: 15 Inches
Eye Color: Hazel
Age in 2022: 33