Adele
"Please wear the face, the one where you smile,
because you
lighten up my heart when I start to cry."
—
Adele, "First Love"
About Adele
Early Life, Education and Influences Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5, 1988, in North London, England. 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. She is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar.
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In 2009, Adele was largely ignored by photogs at the Grammy Awards, but she made a splash when she sang onstage — in bare feet!
Adele played the clarinet as a teen. She attended a performing arts school called the Brit School.
She writes all her lyrics in a notebook with her age in Sharpie on the cover.
Some of her favorite designers include Burberry, Armani, Valentino, and Chloé.
It takes Adele’s team about two and a half hours to get her stage-ready, with painstaking makeup and hair styling sessions.
Adele taught herself to cook when her mother went on holiday to Italy before 21 came out.
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