I love Adele not only because she makes incredible music, but because she's also a total loon. Just watch her carpool karaoke and you'll see. She became obsessed with music at a young age, and ended up going to an arts school (BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology) where she was classmates with some other now pretty famous people. The kicker though, is she wanted to be in the industry behind the scenes, not singing herself. She was noticed when a friend put her song project up on MySpace, and she ended up signing with a label. She released her first song in 2007, but became widely noticed in 2008 and was names the breakthrough act of the year according to British polls. Her first album started at number one and won her lots of awards. She did have a slight drinking problem and was a little skewed in what she deemed important around that time, but honestly she was nineteen and most people have a bit of that phase at that age, famous or not. By the time 21 came out, she had given up drinking and was getting into other types of music, a little more contemporary than her previous work. This album also got her a lot of recognition, and she broke a lot of records including one that was previously held by the Beatles. She had to cancel her tour when she got a vocal cord hemorrhage. It was necessary to avoid permanent damage and was definitely the right decision. She came back from the injury in 2012, dominating the Grammy's, and smashing even more records. She held off for a few years on her next album, but did some singles in the interim that top charts as usual. She released her third album in 2015, ending the trilogy of naming her albums by her age and kind of wrapping up that chapter of her life. It of course was well received, became top of the charts, broke records... not new for her career. Success seems synonymous with anything she does. And I'm patiently waiting for her next chapter to start because I'm sure it'll be incredible. In the meantime, enjoy this.
Peace.
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