BY M A R K DAY

ADELE

IN THE BEGINNING• Adele was Born on May 5,

1988• Inspirations: Spice Girls,

Slipknot, Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James

• Her parents Divorced in the 90’s

• She struggled through the first part of her secondary school

• The struggles came mostly from her not being able to pursue her passion of music.

CONTINUED GROWTH• Adele left school when told

she couldn’t sing unless she played the clarinet.

• She was accepted into the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2002.

• In her second year at BRIT, she became neighbors with a vocalist of The Noisettes.

• She decided to start writing her own music and singing them solo without a band.

2006

• Adele recorded her first three songs for a class project.• She decided to uploaded her songs to MySpace• This landed her a record label and she signed with XL

Records• She then went on tour as the opening act for Jack Penate

NEW BEGINNINGS

• She graduated to headlining status by the end of 2007• In 2008 she was at the top of the

BBC’s new music talent list

19

• At 19 years old she released her debut album “19” in January of 2008.

• Chasing pavements released on the 14th of January, reached number two on the UK charts and remained there for a total of four weeks.

• Winning several awards in the UK, she decided to go on a North American tour.

AN EVENING WITH ADELE

• Signed with Columbia records in March 2008 then began the tour in May.• She struggled with drinking and was dependent

on her then boyfriend which caused her to cancel her US tour dates.• Her attempt to break into America failed.

COMING BACK

• Proving to be a success, the next day, “19” topped the iTunes charts. Moving “Chasing Pavements into the top 25”

• Disappointed in herself, she gave up drinking and attempted to reach American hearts once more.

• She performed “Chasing Pavements” and “Cold Shoulder” on Saturday Night Live.

2009

• In February of 2009 when she took home two Grammy’s. For best female pop vocal performance of "Chasing Pavements“, and the best new artist trophy.• By July 2009, her

album sold 2.2 million copies.

21• “21”, Adele’s second

album was released January 24th 2011 in the UK and February 22nd 2011 in the US.

• The title, once again reflects the age of the artist while recording.

• It became one of the longest running number one albums in history, spending over 18 weeks at the top spot.

2011

• Damaging her vocal chords, she was forced to cancel the remainder of her tour.

• After a successful surgery, things began to fall back into place

• She started dating Simon Konecki and took home six Grammy’s

ROLLING IN THE DIAPERS

• Adele announced she was having a baby with Simon and took home a baby boy named Angelo in October.

AWARDS SEASON

• She made her first post-baby appearance at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards, taking home the best song statuette for “Skyfall” the James Bond theme song.

• She performed “Skyfall” at the Oscars as well as taking home an Oscar for Best Original Song

• Also winning a Grammy that year for Best Solo Pop Performance of “Set Fire to the Rain”

RUMOUR HAS IT

• Adele is rumored to be working on a new album and a tour to go with it.• Due to her history of

being unable to complete a full tour, a source says she’s vowed that she will do everything to make sure it goes well.

LOOKING FORWARD• Adele is considered one of the best vocal artists of our age.• There is still much more to come from her and only time will

tell on where her place in history will be alongside the greats.