ADELE FANSITE
Welcome to this independent and unofficial fansite. To see more about Adele visit her official website here.
In February 2011, 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.
5 FACTS ABOUT ADELE
- The singer stumbled on her influences Etta James and Dusty Springfield when she was looking for a new hairstyle in the Classics section of HMV.
- Adele's first taste of the limelight was when she performed Gabrielle's song 'Rise' at her school. Reportedly her mum made her a sparkly eye patch to look more like the singer.
- She had throat microsurgery in 2011, and was advised to give up smoking. But she is quoted as saying: "Smoking is my favourite thing to do in the world."
- Adele has claimed that she is at her most creative when drunk. "A drunk tongue is an honest one in my opinion and the next morning I would read it through with an awful hangover and, in the cold light of day, had to absorb my feelings about myself. I was a bit scared that I wouldn't be articulate enough." She has a miniature dachshund called Louis Armstrong.
Adele performs "Someone Like You"
live at the BRIT Awards 2011.
This pop ballad was inspired by a broken relationship, and lyrically it speaks of Adele coming to terms with it. Accompanied only by a piano in the song, Adele sings about the end of the relationship with her ex-boyfriend.
The song received positive reviews from music critics who chose the song as a highlight of the album and praised the lyrics, its simple sound and Adele's vocal performance.