Making up for everything I ever did and never did. She posted 25's cover on Instagram, and said of her first full-length studio project in several years: "My last record was a break-up record, and if I had to label this one, I would call it a make-up record. On October 22, 2015, Adele announced that she would release her third album, 25, in November. 21 went on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide. 1 for 11 weeks, Adele also broke the solo female artist record previously held by Madonna's Immaculate Collection for consecutive weeks atop the album charts. In February 2011, she found herself with two Top 5 singles and a pair of Top 5 albums in the same week, becoming the only artist besides the Beatles and 50 Cent to achieve that milestone. Tapping even deeper into Adele's appreciation for classic American R&B and jazz, the record was a monster hit, selling 352,000 copies within its first week.Īdele Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty ImagesĪnchored by hits like "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You," 21 placed Adele in rarified air. ‘21’ (2011)Īdele’s much-anticipated follow-up album, 21, again named for her age at the time of recording, did not disappoint upon its release in early 2011. At the taping of the show, the album was ranked No. Adele cemented her commercial success with an appearance in October 2008 on Saturday Night Live. Released in the United States through Columbia Records, 19 resonated with American audiences, much as it had with British music fans. Led by two popular lead singles, "Hometown Glory" and "Chasing Pavements," the record rocketed Adele to fame. Adele’s Albums ‘19’ (2008)Īdele's debut album, 19, which is named for the singer's age when she began recording the project, went on sale in early 2008. When executives at XL Recordings heard the tracks, they contacted the singer and, in November 2006, just four months after Adele had graduated school, signed her to a record deal. While at school, Adele cut a three-track demo for a class project that was eventually posted on her MySpace page. Instead, her mother enrolled her in the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, which counts Amy Winehouse as an alum. While clearly bright, Adele wasn't oriented towards traditional classroom settings. I was so inspired that as a 15-year-old I was listening to music that had been made in the '40s." I was like, oh, right, some people have proper longevity and are legends. So when I listened to the Ettas and the Ellas, it sounds so cheesy, but it was like an awakening. “There was no musical heritage in our family,” Adele told The Telegraph in a 2008 interview. But her true, eye-opening moment came when she was 15 and she happened upon a collection of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald records at a local shop. She gravitated toward the songs of Lauryn Hill, Mary J. By contrast, Adele grew close to her mom, who encouraged her young daughter "to explore, and not to stick with one thing."Įarly on, Adele developed a passion for music. Adele was the only child of Penny Adkins, an "arty mom" who was just 18 at the time of her birth, and a Welsh father, Mark Evans, who left the family when Adele was only four years old.Įvans remained in contact with his daughter up until her teen years, when his problems with alcohol and increasing estrangement from his daughter caused their relationship to deteriorate. Early Life, Education and InfluencesĪdele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5, 1988, in North London, England. In 2017, she won five Grammys for her work on 25, including album, record and song of the year. After becoming a mom in 2012, Adele returned to the charts with the ballad "Hello" in 2015, the lead single from what was dubbed her comeback album 25.
Adele’s first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.Adele is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar.
The drawback with year-end charts is that songs charting from the end of one year through beginning of the next will have their chart performance split between the two years.
The Canadian charts are an accurate reflection of Canadian tastes in music, and the Top 100 songs were determined both from radio airplay and nationwide sales data. The top song with a Canadian artist was “Hello” by Dragonette and Martin Solveig at #11. Twenty-one songs from the year-end top 100 chart below involve Canadian artists which have been bolded in red. The biggest song of 2011 in Canada was Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”.
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