I first learned about Adele one early morning while watching VH1, which is usually where I hear my “other than R& B” music selections. Her voice is magnetic, bold, and soothing. She was born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in Tottenham, London, to a single teenage mother on 5 May 1988.
She recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend who posted it on Myspace where it became very successful and led to a phone call from music label XL Recordings.
She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a friend with her to the meeting.
Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2006. Adele’s breakthrough song, “Hometown Glory”, was released in October 2007
Adele became the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics’ Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008.
She released her second single “Chasing Pavements” on 14 January 2008, two weeks ahead of her debut album, 19.
Take a listen. Thank me later….
