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Adele

Adele

Known for: Acting

Born 05/05/1988
Place of birth Tottenham, London, England, UK

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, 19 (2008), included the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love", becoming one of the best-selling debut albums ever in the UK. She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele's second studio album, 21 (2011), became the best-selling album of the 21st century. 21 holds the record for the top-performing album in US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks, with the singles "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain" heading charts worldwide, becoming her signature songs. The album received a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", a soundtrack single for the James Bond film Skyfall, which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Adele's third studio album, 25 (2015), broke first-week sales records in both the UK and the US. In the US, it became the first album to sell over three million copies in a week. 25 earned her five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year. The lead single, "Hello", achieved worldwide success. Her fourth studio album, 30 (2021), contains "Easy on Me", which won her a Grammy Award in 2023. 25 and 30 became the best-selling albums worldwide, including the US and the UK, in 2015 and 2021, respectively. As of 2024, all of her studio albums, except 19, have topped the yearly best-selling albums chart worldwide in the 21st century. Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 120 million records worldwide. The best-selling female artist of the 21st century in the UK, she was named the best-selling artist of the 2010s in the US. Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s in the UK. Both are listed among the best-selling albums in UK chart history, while in the US, both are certified Diamond, the most of any artist who debuted in the 21st century. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Graham Norton Show Series ★ 7,2

The Graham Norton Show

Self

2007

The Graham Norton Show Series ★ 7,2

The Graham Norton Show

Self - Guest

2007

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

1975

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

1975

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Series ★ 5,6

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

2003

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Series ★ 7,0

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

Self

2008

MTV Video Music Awards Series ★ 7,8

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

1984

Ugly Betty Series ★ 6,4

Ugly Betty

Adele

2006

Never Mind the Buzzcocks Series ★ 7,0

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self

1996

ZDF-Fernsehgarten Series ★ 2,8

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

Self

1986

The Jonathan Ross Show Series ★ 5,3

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self

2011

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Series ★ 6,0

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Self

2009

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Series

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

Self

2010

Entertainment Tonight Series ★ 4,3

Entertainment Tonight

Self

1981

Series

ECHO-Verleihung

Self

1992

The True Story of... Series ★ 8,3

The True Story of...

Self (archive footage)

2017

Live from the Artists Den Series ★ 6,0

Live from the Artists Den

Self

2009

Lily Allen and Friends Series

Lily Allen and Friends

Self - Guest

2008

Katy Perry: Part of Me Film ★ 7,2

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Self

2012

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Film ★ 8,2

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

2022

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Film ★ 7,8

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self (archive footage)

2025

Cry to Heaven Film

Cry to Heaven

Adele One Night Only Film ★ 7,8

Adele One Night Only

Self

2021

P!NK: Staying True Film ★ 6,0

P!NK: Staying True

Self

2013

PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri Series

PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri

Self - Winner

2007

Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Film ★ 8,0

Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Self

2011

An Audience with Adele Film ★ 8,4

An Audience with Adele

Self

2021

The Grammys Series ★ 8,6

The Grammys

Self

1959

Adele: Live in New York City 2015 Film ★ 8,4

Adele: Live in New York City 2015

Self

2015

VH1 Divas 2009 Film

VH1 Divas 2009

Self

2009

The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall Film ★ 5,8

The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Self

2022

The BRITs at 40 Film

The BRITs at 40

Self (archive footage)

2020

Series

Busje Komt Zo!

2021

Adele at the BBC Film ★ 6,8

Adele at the BBC

2015

Burt Bacharach at the BBC Film

Burt Bacharach at the BBC

Self

2023

... Sings Dylan II Film ★ 7,8

... Sings Dylan II

Self (archive footage)

2015

Adèle - Live from the artists den Film ★ 8,0

Adèle - Live from the artists den

Self

2012

Adele: From 19 to 30 - In Her Own Words Film ★ 6,0

Adele: From 19 to 30 - In Her Own Words

Self

2021

Adele: Live at iTunes Festival London Film ★ 8,5

Adele: Live at iTunes Festival London

Self

2011

Adele: 30 Greatest Moments Film ★ 6,5

Adele: 30 Greatest Moments

Self

2022

Adele - Live in London Film ★ 7,0

Adele - Live in London

Self

2012

Adele The Only Way Is Up Film

Adele The Only Way Is Up

Self

2012

Adele: Someone Like Me Film

Adele: Someone Like Me

Self

2016

Adele: VH1 Unplugged Film

Adele: VH1 Unplugged

Self

2012

Film ★ 9,5

Adele: The BBC Sessions

Self

2021

Film

Royal Variety Performance 2010

Singer

2010

Adele: Homecoming Film

Adele: Homecoming

Self

2017

Adele: A New Chapter Film ★ 10,0

Adele: A New Chapter

Self

2021

Film

Still On Strings

Music

2026