Adele – 19

November 6th, 2008 |

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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins ,

(born 5 May 1988 in Enfield, North London), known professionally as Adele, is an English-Welsh singer. Adele has described her musical style as “heartbroken soul”. She is the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics’ Choice, which was given to artists who, at the time, had yet to release an album. She has noted American jazz and blues singers Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald as influences. She debuted at number one with her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album (19) on the UK album chart; the disc has since been certified platinum with sales of more than 500,000 copies. After the album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 chart on 8 July, 2008 (though it did reach #36 on the magazine’s “Top Heatseekers” chart). Adele performed before an estimated audience of 14 million television viewers on Saturday Night Live, leading to a very strong showing on a couple of notable download charts, and leading the album to leap from #46 to #11 on the official chart.

19 is Adele’s debut album. It was released on 28 January 2008, the week after the lead single, “Chasing Pavements”, was physically released. It debuted at number one on the UK charts on its first week. Included is a cover of the Bob Dylan song “Make You Feel My Love” from his 1997 album, Time Out Of Mind.

The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album. ….Read More