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Rolling In The Deep,
was born after the break-up.
The second single from the album was
Someone
Like You,
a song about the end of her relationship
that cut straight to our deepest soul.
21
earned the
singer numerous awards in 2012: six Grammy Awards,
including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, includ-
ing British Album of the Year, and three American
Music Awards. The album went on to sell 30 million
copies worldwide.
for Best NewArtist and Best Female
Pop Vocal Performance. By this
point, Adele had become the poster
girl of fuller-figured woman whose
talents were not overshadowed by
other superficial aspects that were
dictating what a singing superstar
was supposed to look like.
21
It was, however, the collection of
breakup anthems from her album
21
that really cemented her status as
a global singing phenomenon. The
2011 album, initially written while
Adele was still in a relationship, had
a more upbeat and contemporary
sound. She abandoned the project
due to a lack of inspiration, only to
resume it upon the breakdown of
the relationship. The lead single,
25
After the phenomenal success of 21, Adele found
love and decided to take time off from the limelight
to have her first baby. She even toyed with the idea
of quitting music altogether and wanted “to go out
on a high”, but her passion for music ran deeper. The
birth of her son inspired her to start writing again
and to get back in the studio to record
25
. Adele
cited Madonna’s maternal 1997 album
Ray of Light
as one of her source of inspirations for
25
. Deciding
not to write another album about heartbreak, Adele
described the new album as her “make-up album”.
Songs like
Water Under The Bridge
and
Remedy
are
clearly about letting go of the past and moving on.
The lead single
Hello
broke a lot of records upon its
release in October. The video was one of the fastest to
reach 100 million views on YouTube and debuted at
number one in UK and US consecutively.
25
also broke
first-week sales record in the US with 3.38 million
copies sold, surpassing the record set by ‘NSYNC
with their album
No Strings Attached
back in 2000.
Hello
has not only become an instant hit but also
a cultural phenomenon with the first line of the song
being used in TV shows, parodies, advertisements
and even in casual exchanges of email and messages.
Adele is definitely on top of the game at the moment.
There is no other female singer has made such a
huge impact in the music industry for the past few
years. Is Adele the voice of our generation? Who are
we to say no.