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Adele Biography

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer and 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. 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 to commercial and critical success. It is certified seven times platinum in the UK, and three times 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 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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I get shitty scared. One show in Amsterdam, I was so nervous I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile-vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don't like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot.

Anxiety, Couple, Exit, Fire, Scared, Touring

I let it fall, my heart And as it fell, you rose to claim it, It was dark, and I was sober, Until you kissed my lips and you saved me.

Break Up, Fall, Fell, Heart, Rose, Saved

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy. And then I don't know what I'll do. Get married. Have some kids. Plant a nice vegetable patch.

Happy, Kids, Know, Nice, Write, Writing

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

Artist, Brand, Names, Sell, Think, Thinking

My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.

Days, Kids, Recently, School, Self Esteem, Silence

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

Child, Children, Prioritize, Stress

I won't let you close enough to hurt me.

Hurt, Enough, Hurt Me, Close, Let

Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy.

Love, Nothing, Pretentious, Sometimes, Soul, Sparse

I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them.

Birthday, Card, Cards, Collect, Know, Knows

There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready.

Enough, Good, Good Enough, Ready

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

Nervous, Perform, Whenever

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.

Cold, Paris, Pulled, Singing, Voice

For people to link my music to their lives, it's incredible, there's no other feeling like it.

Feeling, Feelings, Incredible, Links, Lives, People

It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.

Dressing, Happiness, Happy, Issue, Issues, Stupid

People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.

Mother, Pavements, People, Popped, Singing, Thinking

I've never been more normal than I am now.

Normal, Self Esteem

I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

Insecure, Look, Looks, Mum, Want

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.

Day, Filling, Filling Up, Hatred, Magazines

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

Believe, Brain, Grandma, Self Esteem, Sending, Talk

I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.

Conform, Like, People, Think, Thinking

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