ADELE'S

BIOGRAPHY
 EARLY YEARS
• Adele was born on May 5, 1988 in Tottenham, London, England. Her mother was
Penny Adkins, an Englishwoman who had to face the responsibility of raising her
alone, since her father, the Welshman Mark Evans, was an alcoholic and
abandoned them when he was two years old. The singer received a great maternal
musical influence, since it was Penny who encouraged her to sing at friends'
meetings and took her to concerts.
• At the age of four, she already adored singing and especially imitated the Spice
Girls, the most important British girl group at the time and who became her
greatest influence.
• At the age of nine he moved with his mother to Brighton and when he turned
twelve they returned to London, to move again later to West Norwood. He
would refer to this place in the song Hometown Glory, which he composed
at the age of sixteen in 2004. Two years later he entered the famous Brit
School of Performing Arts in Croydon, where he met other musicians who
would be recognized as well, such as Kate Nash and Leona Lewis.

• But his own foray into music was just about to begin.
 MUSICAL CAREER
• On one occasion, a friend of his uploaded to the social network My Space, a small
production with three songs sung by Adele, which immediately attracted the
attention of the recording industry, thanks to the nuances in his voice that have
earned him comparisons with great personalities. of the soul as Ella Fitzgerald.
• Thanks to this, he was able to release his first single, Chasing Pavements, with
which he established himself as one of the most outstanding musical promises of his
generation and also became a best seller. A year later, he received an invitation to
the Jools Holland program, a very popular program on television, where he sang on
the same stage as Paul McCartney and Björk. That would be just the beginning of a
major music career and the rise of a new star.
• In 2008, she signed a contract with XL Recordings to release the album, 19, a
title that alludes to her age at the time and compiled songs written by her. The
album turned out to be a great commercial success, both in England and in the
United States and later in different parts of the world.
• It also earned him two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Pop
Vocal Performance by a Singer.
• Her second record production went on sale in 2011 and was called 21. Soon, it
became the fourth best-selling music album of all time and ended up
consolidating her as one of the most popular singers internationally.
• Today Adele is still a singer who has accumulated many achievements over a
short career but continues to grow. She has become an inspiration to many
women, not just for her voice, but for being a curvy girl who achieved success
without obsessing over her weight.
 GOT MARRIED
• Adele, 30, began her relationship with Konecki, 45, in 2011. The couple
always handled an image of a happy and loving couple before the press and
their fans. It was in 2012 that Angelo Adkins' parents left. Information
indicates that Adele and * Simon Konecki * were married in a private
ceremony in 2016.
• however, on April 14, 2019, “Adele and her partner separated. They are both
committed to raising their child together in a loving way, "said the couple's
representative.
 SOME OF THEIR SONGS

• Someone like you

• Rolling in the Deep
• Set fire to the rain
• Hello
• Send my love
Yo no hago música para los ojos
yo hago música para los oídos
• Well, I chose Adele to do my job since I see in her a fighting woman who
does not give up in the face of the obstacles she has had in her life and who is
a great example for people who should not be overshadowed by our physique
and who should doing things with love and every day fighting to make our
dreams come true is my great example to follow
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María Camila Reyes Arias

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