She needs no introduction, Adele Laurie Adkins ( her full name ), but she is best known by her stage name - Adele. But incase you are still wondering who she might be, she is the lady With the popular hit song titled: Hello.
Born on the 5th of May, 1988 in Tottenham, England to Mr. Mark Evans and Mrs Penny Adkins.
Adele's love for music started from a very young age.
At 14, she discovered collections of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald at her local music shop and her thus her fascinating journey began.
Adele's Career
While growing up, she was influenced by the Spice Girls and also enjoyed the works of Lauryn Hill, Destiny’s Child and Mary J. Blige.
But her professional music career did not begin until 2008 when she released her debut album, ’19’. The album featured two popular lead singles “Hometown Glory” and “Chasing Pavements” which immediately shot her into limelight!!
And just as opening the first door to your dreams always leads to the opening of every other door, Adele that same year, signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her entry into the United States. ( Remember she's from Tottenham England ). And later that same year, her world tour captioned: ‘An Evening with Adele’ , began and and lasted tilll June 2009.
Haven gained popularity, confidence and Fame, it wasn't long before she again dropped her second much-anticipated album in 2009 titled: ‘21 named after her age. The album as expected was a massive success and she received much accolades for its classic American R&B plus jazz style. With monster hits tracks like “Rolling in the Deep” and ‘Someone Like You” it was epic. Also the single from the album “Set Fire to the Rain” became Adele’s third Number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2012, she did the theme song titled “Skyfall’ for the James Bond film. The song immediately after it's release, rose to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Adele's Net Worth
Some celebrities might be into cars and diamonds, but the Tottenham cmposer and singer seem to have a cravings for homes as she reportedly paid $4.9 million for an 18th-century manor house in Sussex. Also in 2012, she snapped up a $6.9 million house in Kensington, West London. Included also in her estates and properties, is a $6.1 million seaside house in Hove.
She is also a fan of designer labels and crafts as she is often seen in Linda Farrow sunglasses and Christian Louboutin heels. Her sunglasses cost anywhere up to $491 with her heels costing $614. She has her own make-up artist for special events with services costing up to $12,200 per annum.
It is also rumored that Adele owns a black range Rover worth $98,000.
The star is also very keen on her security, as she has a pofessional guard in her service that cost her $86,000 in a year. No kidding
As at the writing of this post, Adele’s net worth is estimated $190 million. Boy!
"It sures does pay to follow your dreams".
Below are some take home quotes from the English Born Tottenham Singer with No.1 & 2 Beng My Favorite.
1. “The bigger that your career gets, the smaller your life gets.” – Adele
2. “Life is so much easier when you don’t hoard your past.” – Adele
3. “I think I remind everyone of themselves. Not saying everyone is my size, but it’s relatable because I’m not perfect, and I think a lot of people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable.” – Adele
4. “I don’t think sadness is always devastating. It can be quite uplifting and joyful as well and sometimes, you have to let yourself be sad in order to move forward, so once I sort of started looking at it like that, I was quite happy to do it and also I felt like I didn’t need to let myself go this time in order to access my creativity, so that was good.” – Adele
Adele is currently aged 32 years, as at the writing of this post 2022.
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