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Adele: The Voice
Of Our Generation
Record-breaking singer Adele shows herwisdomand
maturitywith her latest album25.
W o r d s :
H a n n e f E s q u a n d e r
A
retha
F r a n k l i n ,
Whitney Houston and
Mariah Carey all have
one thing in common.
They are the voices
of their generations.
They mesmerised us
with their singing ability and touched
our hearts with their songs. For the
current generation, we have Adele with
her angelic voice and songs written
based on her life experiences, music that
sucks us onboard the rollercoaster ride
of emotions.
19
Adele burst into the music scene with
the release of her debut album
19
, which
contained her first international hit,
Chas-
ing Pavements
. This song was written
after a fight with her then boyfriend led
her to punching him in the face. Music
fans felt her and instantly identified with
her honesty, leading the song to become a
worldwide hit. Her cover of Bob Dylan’s
Make You Feel My Love,
another single
from the album, was hailed as one of the
best covers of that song ever recorded.
19
won Adele two awards at the Grammy’s