's daily newsletter . Full name Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, she was born in Tottenham, London. [171] At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2017, Adele won all five of her nominations, bringing her number of awards to fifteen. She was born in Islington, North London in 1968. [200], On 20 January 2022, she announced the Las Vegas residency was postponed due to "delivery delays and COVID". [66] By December 2011, 21 sold over 3.4million copies in the UK, and became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse's Back to Black,[67][68] with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million albums in the UK in one calendar year. [48], At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2009, Adele won the award for Best New Artist, in addition to the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements", which was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. She said, "I use the NHS, I can't use public transport any more, doing what I do, I went to state school, I'm mortified to have to pay 50 percent! After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. By registering to HELLO! In 2011 and 2012, Adele donated autographed items for auctions to support MusiCares. Her father also revealed his alcohol problems, admitting to drinking "two littles of vodka and seven or eight pints of Stella every day". Something went wrong, please try again later. Plus, she dropped around $2 million on a home for her mom, Penny Adkins . Penny was the inspiration for Adele's songs such as 'Hometown Glory,' 'Million Years Ago'. They lived in the flat up until the singer turned 18, when she graduated from the BRIT School and signed a deal with record company XL Recordings. [79] At the 2011 American Music Awards on 20 November, Adele won three awards; Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for 21. ", The singer's old flat in West Norwood where she lived with her mum Penny, Adele recently opened up about her father in a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey. By the way, Adele has a brother called Cameron Evans. The singer filed for divorce in September 2019. [133] By the end of 2015, it had sold 12.3million units globally and was the year's 7th-best-selling single despite being released in late October. Penny Susan Adkins was just 18 when she knew that she was pregnant from her boyfriend Mark. As always they ask for privacy. So that was a very natural way. The net worth of her daughter is as follows: For Amazing Articles Of Your Favorite Celebrities, Updated On Tue Jul 12 2022 Published On Mon Sep 07 2020 By. [152] Her North American Tour began on 5 July in St. Paul, Minnesota. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Now, Adele's the One With the Buzz", "adele interview: world exclusive first interview in three years", "Adele Clears Up that Beyonc Duet Rumor", "Adele: Inside Her Private Life and Triumphant Return", "Adele Talks 'When We Were Young,' Jeff Buckley Influence in New Interview", "Adele praises Britney Spears: 'She is the queen! The wedding, held in January 2018, took place in the garden of her house in Los Angeles, California. [134] 25 has since sold 20 million copies globally. Adelehas had quite a year fromannouncing her relationshipwithRich Paultoannouncing her newest album. Penny Susan Adkins is a Londoner just like her daughter. [194] Jim King, CEO of the European Festivals division at AEG stated that Adele "could have sold several million tickets to the shows, such is the demand for her". The CBS special will also feature an exclusive interview withOprah Winfreyin which the singer opens up about the songs,life after her divorce,weight lossandraising her son. She is described by her daughter as a Hippie Mum. [72], To promote the album, Adele embarked upon the "Adele Live" tour, which sold out its North American leg. [42] But then she was booked as the musical guest on 18 October 2008 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. [27] In June 2007, Adele made her television debut, performing "Daydreamer" on the BBC's Later with Jools Holland. Penny Adkins, the mother of Adele, is a single mother. "Yeah, he's just hilarious. [296] In 2017, she earned $11.2million in royalties from record sales, after taxes, according to official documents from her companies, without any new album release at the time, and whilst spending her time off. [355], Adele's second album, 21, earned her a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year. The star's relationship with her father had been strained since 2011, when Mark gave an interview in which he said Adele struggled to find love because she had "abandonment issues". Celeb obsessed? [374] In 2013, Adele won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall". Then she was an art student, and had lots of plans for her future career, but had to put . [363], In May 2011, "Team Adele" was ranked number one on The Guardian's "Music Power 100" list: "the 100 most influential people in the music industry". When Adele was nine-months-old, Penny and Mark separated from each other. 's newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted hellomagazine.com's privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the website terms of use, and that you consent to hellomagazine.com using your data according to the established laws. [329] Time journalist Sam Lansky described her as "a voice for every generation" and further stated that "Adele bridges pop music's past and its future". Penny reportedly met Adele's dad, Mark Evans, at the King's Head pub in North London. [173] As announced on 31 July 2017, Adele switched performance rights management in the US from BMI to SESAC. [78] Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number-one album (21), number-one single ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number-one music video (Live at the Royal Albert Hall). She has received 136 awards, including 15 Grammy awards, 9 British awards, 5 American music awards, an Academy Award, and 18 Billboard music awards. I will try to remember it.". [11] This was described as a third British Musical Invasion of the US. [262][263], In early 2017, tabloids started speculating that Adele and Konecki had secretly married when they were spotted wearing matching rings on their ring fingers. Soon afterwards, she fell pregnant with Adele and things eventually broke down with her daughter's father, Mark Evans. "I didn't really tell many of my friends at the beginning because I wanted to keep it to myself," she told Rolling Stone. The Sun reports Adele as saying: "She fell pregnant with me when she would have been applying for uni, but chose to have me instead. Her fourth studio album 30, which contains the chart-topping single "Easy on Me", was released in 2021 and became the year's best-selling album worldwide including US and UK. I had a purpose, where before I didn't". [195], 30 was released on 19 November 2021 and became a global success, reaching number one in 24 territories. [339] Adele and her work have influenced numerous recording artists, including Beyonc,[340] Lauren Daigle,[341] Billie Eilish,[342] Rebecca Ferguson,[343] Jess Glynne,[344] Conan Gray,[345] Freya Ridings,[346] Sigrid,[347] Sam Smith,[348] Tom Walker[349] and Lizzo. Penny has been on the news ever since Adele talked about her and her father in an interview. Adele has some new back tattoos she wants you to see.. Over the weekend, the "Hello" musician was spotted hanging out in the Caribbean with friends James Corden and Harry Styles, the latter of whom Adele is rumored to be potentially collaborating on new music.It was also during that getaway that the 31-year-old showed off her strikingly slimmer frame, as well as some beautiful body art on . She said: It was amazing for me and him. In the wake of his separation from Penny Adkins, Adele's mother, when Adele was only three, and his own father's death, Evans resorted to alcoholism and distanced himself from his daughter, permanently damaging their relationship. Adele remained estranged from her dad Mark, 57, and the pair were embroiled in various public feuds over the years, with her dad giving exclusive interviews against the singer's wishes. [29] She became the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. It was six years later, in 2018, that the couple tied the knot, but they split just 11 months after their wedding. [312] In 2011, Adele gave a free concert for Pride London, a registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London. [327] The New Yorker called her "the most popular living soul singer in the world" at 27-years-old. Simon is so invested and so interested. I think it is a really incredible thing, marriage. Adele explained to Oprah that her father's absence when she was a child had influenced how she dealt with relationships as a grown-up, and she ended up hurting her partners as a defence mechanism to avoid being hurt herself. [382] With 15 awards from 18 nominations, Adele won more Grammys than any other female who was born outside the US. And then it was just the first time we'd hung out only on our own, and not with other friends and stuff like that. [209] She says she was "heartbroken" when her favourite Spice Girls member, Geri Halliwell aka "Ginger Spice", departed from the group. Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos. Adele has cited the Spice Girls as a major influence in regard to her love and passion for music, stating that "they made me what I am today". During this time Penny had hopes of going to University and was in the process of applying for it. [337] In 2019, Insider listed her among the top artists of the decade, and wrote: "Her artistry and style broke through in a time of ultra club-happy pop music, and paved the way for other artists to break the mold". When Adele was nine months old, Penny and Mark separated. [201] On 8 February 2022, 30 won British Album of the Year at the 42nd Brit Awards, making Adele the first solo artist in history to win the honour three times. Adelehas had quite a year fromannouncing her relationshipwithRich Paultoannouncing her newest album. Described by her daughter as a "hippie mum," [2] [3] Penny was a former art student who dropped out of college to raise Adele after becoming unexpectedly pregnant with her at the age of 18. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006. Unfortunately, their father left when she was two, leaving Penny to raise the children on her own. I will try to remember it.". She worked as a furniture maker, sometimes as a masseuse while other times as an adult learning activities organizer - all to stay afloat. The special is scheduled to air on Sunday, November 14, 2021, at 8.30pm EST. Yes, The Rolling in the Deep singer did buy her mother a house. [369], In the week ending 3 March 2012, Adele became the first solo female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time with "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain" as well as the first female artist to have two albums in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. Adele was raised by mom Penny Adkins in London after her dad left the family.