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    Adele: The Journey of Her Life
    Adele: The Journey of Her Life
    Adele: The Journey of Her Life
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    Adele: The Journey of Her Life

    By Danny Nolan

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    Adele is an extremely popular and successful British singer/songwriter. Adele is one of the highest paid musicians in the world today thanks to smash hits such as "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain". In 2012 alone Adele earned more than $32 million. A singer-songwriter known for her blues and jazz-influenced style, Adele burst onto the music scene at the age of 19, and has since gone on to win numerous Grammy and Brit Awards. As of December 2012, Adele has been nominated for nearly 140 major awards and has won 78, including four AMAs, 12 Billboard awards and eight Grammys. Both of her albums have achieved Gold or Platinum status in multiple countries and she has had six Top 20 hits.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateJun 6, 2014
    ISBN9781304940445
    Adele: The Journey of Her Life

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      Early Years

      Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born 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 Lauryn 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 clearly bright, Adele wasn't a match for regular classroom work. Instead, her mother enrolled her in the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, which counts Amy Winehouse as alum.

      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

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