She was born as Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in London, England, UK. She began singing at the age of 4. Her father left when she was 2 years and she was brought up by her mother. Adele graduated from the BRIT School for performing Arts & Technology in 2006 where she was classmate with Jessie J and Leona Lewis. Shortly after her graduation she released songs on the online arts publication 'Platforms '. Also a friend posted a 3 song demo she gave to him on his MySpace account which led to a telephone call by a record label boss. After signing to that label she released her breakthrough song 'Hometown Glory' in October 2007. By 2008 critics had pegged her for being a top talent (number one predicted breakthrough act in the BBC poll Sound Of 2008 among others) and her 2nd single 'Chasing Pavements' reached #2 in the UK Single Charts. Her debut album '19' was released 2 weeks later and topped the UK album charts and reached Top 5 in charts across the globe. It ha
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