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Early
Years
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5, 1988 in
North London, England. She was the only child of Penny Adkins, an "arty
mom" who was just 18 at the time of her birth, and a Welsh father, Mark,
who left the family when Adele was only 4 years old.
Mark, who never married Penny, remained in contact
with his daughter up until her teen years, when his problems with alcohol, and
increasing estrangement from his daughter, caused their relationship to
deteriorate. By contrast, Adele grew close to her mom, who encouraged her young
daughter "to explore, and not to stick with one thing."
Early on, Adele developed a
passion for music. She gravitated toward the songs of Lauren Hill, Destiny's Child and Mary J. Blige. But her true,
eye-opening moment came when she was 15, and she happened upon a collection of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald records at a
local junk shop. "There was no musical heritage in our family," Adele
told The Telegraph in a 2008
interview. "Chart music was all I ever knew. So when I listened to the
Ettas and the Ellas, it sounds so cheesy, but it was like an awakening. I was like,
oh, right, some people have proper longevity and are legends. I was so inspired
that as a 15-year-old I was listening to music that had been made in the
40s."
While at school, Adele cut a three-track demo for a
class project, which was eventually posted on her MySpace page. When executives
at XL Recordings heard the tracks, they contacted the singer and, in November
2006, just four months after Adele had graduated school, signed her to a record
deal.
At the 2009 Grammy awards, Adele took home Best New
Artist. In addition, the album earned the singer the distinction of being named
the "Sound of 2008" by the BBC. That same year, she earned the
Critics' Choice prize at the BRIT Awards.
She found herself with two
top-five singles and a pair of top-five albums in the same week, the first
artist since the Beatles in 1964 to achieve that
milestone. Adele also broke the solo female artist record for staying at No. 1
for 11 weeks.
In 2012, Adele swept the Grammy Awards, taking home
six wins, including Album of the Year. In 2013, Adele won her seventh Grammy
(best pop solo performance) for her hit single "Set Fire to the
Rain." That same year, the singer won an Academy Award for best original
song for "Skyfall," the theme song for the 2013 James Bond film of
the same name. She also won a Golden Globe Award for the song.
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