Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, better known by her stage name Adele, is an English singer and songwriter. Without showing off her hot body or being controversial, it is her wonderful voice and passionate lyrics that have helped Adele conquer the most difficult ears.

In terms of musical style, Adele is considered the third generation representing the wave of British music invading America (British Musical Invasion) after The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Coldplay.

A childhood full of musical inspiration

Adele was born in Tottenham, a district in North London in 1988 in a not-so-happy family. Her father was a heavy drinker and left the family when Adele was only two years old, leaving her young mother to raise her alone.
Adele had a rough childhood

Adele’s singing talent began to show at the age of four, influenced by great voices. The Spice Girls were Adele’s biggest inspiration, so much so that she would dress up as one of them at dinner parties as a child.

At the age of fourteen, Adele stumbled upon Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald when she walked past the jazz section of a local record store. Listening to Etta James for an hour every night helped her discover her own voice and the timeless appeal of music.

The singer makes no secret of her admiration for Etta James

One of the defining moments of Adele’s life was when she saw Pink perform. The young girl was so overwhelmed that she exclaimed:

“I’ve never heard anyone sing so well live, especially indoors. I remember feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice was urging me on. It was amazing.”

In addition, the singer was also inspired by Céline Dion, Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys through her mother’s suggestion. Growing up, Adele spent more time singing than reading and stopped reading at the age of six.

A reluctant start-up via MySpace

Adele began appearing on the music scene in late 2006 and was likened to a strange wind blowing away the gloomy days of the British music industry. However, for insiders, this fame came too quickly and unexpectedly.

Perhaps the young singer herself could not have imagined such a quick success

In 2006, Adele graduated from the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology, where her musical talent was nurtured, although Adele had intended to study management and talent discovery with the hope of building a musical career for others.

Four months after graduating, Adele completed a three-track demo for a class project and played it to a friend. The friend decided to post it on the social network MySpace, and by chance, it caught the attention of the manager of XL Recordings.

Adele wanted to be an artist manager instead of pursuing a singing career

Before her official debut, another special opportunity came to the young singer. Thanks to contributing vocals to Jack Penate in the song My Yvonne, she met producer Jim Abbiss, who “tailored” most of the songs on Adele’s first two albums.

Adele and the important milestone called 19

Exactly one year after signing with XL Recordings, Adele released her debut album titled 19. The name 19 corresponds to Adele’s age when she wrote the songs on the album, belonging to the Soul genre with lyrics filled with sadness in love.

Image from the album written by the British Nightingale at the age of nineteen

Less than a month after its release, the album dominated the UK market, selling over two million copies across Europe and continuing to penetrate the North American market.

Not only did it dominate the UK charts from the moment it was released, 19 also won the hearts of critics for its impressive vocals and songwriting ability.

Adele became the first recipient of the Critics’ Choice award at the 2008 BRIT Awards and won the BBC’s Sound of 2008. In addition, 19 was certified four times platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US.

For many years, Adele was a familiar face at prestigious awards ceremonies

Her success came at a time when the British music market was full of Soul artists, leading the media to call her the new Amy Winehouse. AllMusic was full of praise:

“Adele is simply too magical to compare her to anyone else.”

The British nightingale continued to make strides to attack the US market through a North American tour. However, this tour fell through because the singer wanted to spend time with her ex-boyfriend.

This made her efforts to attack the US market almost a failure, only saved by her performance on the show Saturday Night Live in late 2008.

Adele performing on Saturday Night Live

Her career in the US took off after her appearance at the 2009 Grammy Awards, where she won Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Billboard magazine gave her plenty of praise:

“Adele has the potential to become one of the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation.”

After the release of 19, Kanye West and Beyoncé were among the artists who praised Adele’s music, while Madonna even went so far as to praise Adele’s brilliance and express her desire to collaborate with her.

The Laryngeal Surgery of a Lifetime

Following the success of her debut album, Adele continued to release her second studio album, 21, in early 2011. Inspired by her failed relationship with her ex-boyfriend, the album helped Adele express her inner turmoil at the age of twenty.

The album cover of 21 is nostalgic and melancholy

Compared to the pop jazz tones of the previous album, 21 has a strong Folk and Country sound with inspiration from Nashville music, giving Adele’s compositions emotional depth but still leaving room for sudden improvisations.

While her career was on the rise, she suddenly had to stop all activities to perform a surgery directly related to her throat, specifically a laryngeal hemorrhage.

This was considered a life-or-death moment for her because losing her voice meant losing everything. Without her voice, Adele could not have turned into a performing artist because she did not have three fiery curves or magnificent and sparkling stage props.

Adele bravely overcame the crisis and rose like a phoenix

This surgery was likened by the British and American media to a milestone in singer Adele’s life. Fortunately, the surgery went extremely smoothly and her vocal range even opened up four more octaves than before.

After the laryngeal surgery, Adele was like a tiger growing wings, creating an important turning point that helped her become more successful in her future career. After difficult moments, the singer has now returned stronger than ever.

The album 21 is a major turning point in Adele’s career

21 marked a major turning point in the career of the British Nightingale when it topped the charts in more than twenty countries including the UK and the US. In addition to many positive reviews from critics, this album also brought Adele many major awards.
The singer holds the prestigious Oscar in her hand

By the end of 2011, more than three million copies had been sold in the UK, making 21 the best-selling album of the 21st century, surpassing Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black. The resounding success of her second album exceeded Adele’s “wildest dreams”.

“It just got out of hand. It just grew and grew and grew and then it started to run away.”

21 marked Adele’s coronation as the number one in the UK, US and European markets, and made her the best-selling singer of 2011, surpassing heavyweights Lady Gaga and Rihanna.

Arms full of Grammy trophies

At the 54th Grammy Awards, Adele won awards in all six categories she was nominated for, becoming the second female artist in Grammy history after Beyoncé to win such a big victory in one night. It was a well-deserved achievement for the British singer after all the hardships and struggles she had to go through.

Not only that, just as the heat of 21 had not yet completely subsided, the talented singer’s debut album 19 quickly returned to the UK Albums Chart while two songs Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You entered the top five of the UK Singles Chart.

The song Someone Like You is full of the story of a young girl broken in love

This made Adele the first contemporary artist to have two records in the top five of the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart at the same time since The Beatles in 1964.

Hello and the emotional return of the British Nightingale

After four years of absence from the music scene to spend time with her family, Adele returned with her third studio album 25 with the lead single Hello in 2015.

In less than a week, this album broke many records set by other famous artists. Rarely does an artist take the trouble to “hide” for so long and yet be able to heat up their name when they return.
25 marks Adele’s musical maturity

Adele also had to admit that it would be crazy for her to try to repeat the “terrible” achievements that 21 had achieved. However, even the singer could not have expected that 25 was breaking a series of records that her “predecessor” could not achieve.

In terms of commerce, the MV Hello has surpassed Bad Blood (Taylor Swift) when it reached the most views within 24 hours on YouTube. This is also the MV that reached 100 million views in the fastest time in four days, two days faster than Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball.

In terms of revenue, 25 is the best-selling album of all time in the US with more than three million copies sold in the first five days, breaking the record set by NSYNC and Britney Spears fifteen years ago.

Ca khúc năm ấy chúng ta cùng mê mệt chính là Hello

At home, the singer’s third album continues to make the list of best-selling albums of all time. 25 is also in the Guinness Book of Records for being the album with the “biggest” first-week sales worldwide.

A series of artists such as Justin Bieber, Sam Smith and One Direction have had to postpone their album releases to temporarily avoid the “storm” named Adele. In 2015, Pharrell Williams praised her songwriting talent in an interview at the Cannes Lions festival:

“I think she’s a powerful songwriter, when you listen to her album, it’s alive and breathing.”

Although writing about love, Adele’s mood in 25 is completely different from the previous two albums. If 19 is about first love, 21 is about the feeling of first heartbreak, then 25 is about a woman’s perspective when writing about youth.
Adele and the magical ability to connect with audiences

Adele herself does not want 25 to be another version of 21 and she calls 21 a break-up album, while 25 is a make-up album. There are many moments when Adele leaves behind the sad and gloomy world to try to be happy and joyful for once.

However, if 21 surprises listeners by fully exploring every corner of Adele’s powerful voice, on the contrary, 25 does not have too many new things. The huge success of 21 and her long absence from the music industry became a pressure during the process of making the album.

Instead of focusing too much on creativity, the elements in the album tend to balance the new and the old as well as fit the singer’s voice. That creates a sense of safety, even too familiar and old.

The MV style is minimalist but no less beautiful

Overall, although this Adele product has not really made a breakthrough, it has satisfied the public with the most authentic sounds.

Adele and her love-infused musical style

In the third generation, Adele is often compared to Amy Winehouse and Duffy in the Blue Eyed Soul movement because of the raspy breath. Her voice belongs to the contralto range, the breath is not exactly deep and full but very expressive in the low notes.

This voice really develops with a natural singing style, with a very elegant pronunciation, full of Jazz improvisation, the raspy breath has a Blue Grass music direction combined with Gospel singing.

Adele is a singer with a very special voice

Adele’s singing style is of the sad and mournful type but not too exaggerated thanks to her ability to restrain and suppress. It is the scream of the inner self, smoldering like a fire burning silently under the rain, without words but still resounding.

Each emotion through music seems to penetrate the cell layers, in harmony with the longing and wounds of many people in the world. Like many other artists, the story of her life and private life is the bridge that brings the image of female singer Adele closer to the public.

Love is Adele’s musical material

Love is Adele’s musical material, her inspiration and what she pursues all her life. That’s why, no matter how many times she has been broken up, she still honestly admits that she longs to be loved no matter how much her heart bleeds:

“I feel so empty without a guy in my life, even if it’s just a sudden feeling or a crush. I don’t need to feel loved to be happy.”

Most of Adele’s compositions from albums 19 to 21, talk about the confusion of the age of knowing love, but further, the inferiority complex of those who have been betrayed and abandoned.

Queen of Broken Hearts

Mixed with sadness and melancholy, Adele’s songs also contain a sad echo of childhood memories. The betrayal of a lover is even more painful because it evokes old emotional wounds.

When talking about Adele, people call her “Queen of Broken Hearts” because her songs are like past love stories. They are not necessarily sad love stories, nor are they just painful, they are also the most beautiful memories of a past love.

However, Adele’s songs become a support for many broken hearts, trembling with love, to find a place to lean on. They listen to Adele’s music, they are sad and shed tears but are not alone and feel sympathetic.

Adele sews her heart back together with music and looks toward a positive future

Going through the trauma, Adele sews her heart back together with music and pours out all her sadness and feelings into her songs. The sadness is expressed with a very calm attitude as if through the singer’s lens, it is a catalyst for a positive future.

Adele’s worth-learning lifestyle

Adele is loved by the public thanks to her extremely open-minded personality, she is very enthusiastic and comfortable when meeting friends and fans without any star disease. Besides, the love and admiration that the public has for Adele also comes from her clean lifestyle, saying no to gossip.

Adele was voted as the most influential woman

Adele’s thoughts on fame will probably surprise many people because of the sincerity, simplicity and realness in her thoughts. Seeing her lover and son as priceless gifts, Adele cherishes every moment in her simple life and values ​​them more than fame and career.

When she has the halo, she always knows how to balance everything without losing herself. Adele always believes that true talent always wins over the flashy outer shell, just as hot choreography must eventually give way to true music.

Adele always balances between personal life and fame

Despite receiving many negative comments about her weight and body, Adele is always happy with her measurements. In response to rude comments about her not-so-slim appearance, she said a legendary line in the music industry:

“I don’t make music for the eyes. I make music for the ears.”

For singer Adele, luck only makes up a small part of her career, while the majority is her efforts, her progress, her serious artistic spirit, her care and respect for each artistic product.

Adele captures the hearts of millions of audiences with her soulful voice and sincere personality

Without needing perfect body measurements or showing off her curves under the spotlight, Adele still captures the hearts of millions of audiences around the world with her soulful voice and her sincere, humorous personality