13 Curiosities About Adele You Don't Know
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006, Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. (read more)
1. The number of bedrooms Adele’s mansion had, but she admitted only 9 out of 10 would ever be used. She’s subsequently sold the house and now lives in what’s described as “Hove’s Millionaire’s Row” in Brighton.
2. One tour she had to cancel because of a vocal cord haemorrhage. She’s also admitted that a lot of it was down to a turbulent relationship with a boyfriend.
3. Gratuating she was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year.
4. Adele came across two women who would become some of her largest musical inspiration, Etta James and Dusty Springfield, when she was looking for a new hairstyle in the Classics section of HMV.
5. Adele graduated from the famed BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006. Her classmates included future pop stars Jessie J and Leona Lewis.
6. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers.
7. In 2009, Adele was largely ignored by photogs at the Grammy Awards, but she made a splash when she sang onstage — in bare feet! (She even had gum in her mouth, LOL.)
8. The number of celebrities she's been on a date with. Well, this is going back to when she was a GLAMOUR cover star in 2011. She said: "I've been on a few dates with celebrities but I don't like it. You go out and everyone looks at you both. I'm not going to say who. We go to really established places that know how to keep their f**king mouths shut. But then, everyone wants to f**k a celebrity so I wouldn't trust them."
9. She holds 3 Guinness World Records. Firstly for being the first female to have two singles and two albums simultaneously in the UK Top 5, next for being the first female solo artist to hold the number one spot in the UK for the most consecutive weeks with her album ‘21’ (11), and finally 21 broke the record for the most cumulative weeks for a solo female artist at number one in the UK (18).
10. Eminem, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift and Elton John have each had the top-selling album in two separate years. Yet, only Adele has done it three times (2011, 2012 and 2015).
11. In July 2012, Adele was listed at number six in Forbes list of the world's highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30, having earned £23 million ($35 million) between May 2011 and May 2012.
12. She struggles with stage fright and nerves; on the night of the X Factor performance, she asked for a teleprompter just in case she forgot the lyrics to "Hello." Don’t worry, Adele; literally everyone in the audience was singing along with you!
13. 21 single "Someone Like You" was the first piano-and-vocal-only ballad to rise to the top of the Hot 100 chart since its founding in 1958.
13 Curiosities About Adele
1. The number of bedrooms Adele’s mansion had, but she admitted only 9 out of 10 would ever be used. She’s subsequently sold the house and now lives in what’s described as “Hove’s Millionaire’s Row” in Brighton.
2. One tour she had to cancel because of a vocal cord haemorrhage. She’s also admitted that a lot of it was down to a turbulent relationship with a boyfriend.
3. Gratuating she was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year.
4. Adele came across two women who would become some of her largest musical inspiration, Etta James and Dusty Springfield, when she was looking for a new hairstyle in the Classics section of HMV.
5. Adele graduated from the famed BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006. Her classmates included future pop stars Jessie J and Leona Lewis.
6. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 14 years with 17 million viewers.
7. In 2009, Adele was largely ignored by photogs at the Grammy Awards, but she made a splash when she sang onstage — in bare feet! (She even had gum in her mouth, LOL.)
8. The number of celebrities she's been on a date with. Well, this is going back to when she was a GLAMOUR cover star in 2011. She said: "I've been on a few dates with celebrities but I don't like it. You go out and everyone looks at you both. I'm not going to say who. We go to really established places that know how to keep their f**king mouths shut. But then, everyone wants to f**k a celebrity so I wouldn't trust them."
9. She holds 3 Guinness World Records. Firstly for being the first female to have two singles and two albums simultaneously in the UK Top 5, next for being the first female solo artist to hold the number one spot in the UK for the most consecutive weeks with her album ‘21’ (11), and finally 21 broke the record for the most cumulative weeks for a solo female artist at number one in the UK (18).
10. Eminem, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift and Elton John have each had the top-selling album in two separate years. Yet, only Adele has done it three times (2011, 2012 and 2015).
11. In July 2012, Adele was listed at number six in Forbes list of the world's highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30, having earned £23 million ($35 million) between May 2011 and May 2012.
12. She struggles with stage fright and nerves; on the night of the X Factor performance, she asked for a teleprompter just in case she forgot the lyrics to "Hello." Don’t worry, Adele; literally everyone in the audience was singing along with you!
13. 21 single "Someone Like You" was the first piano-and-vocal-only ballad to rise to the top of the Hot 100 chart since its founding in 1958.
13 Curiosities About Adele You Don't Know
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