not just the song, it is the soul in the song. Despite her success however, this
storm, fi rst with her debut album 19, named for the age when she started recording the album, and now with her chart topping 21, which will put her in 2012’s Guinness Book of World Records for the fi rst album in the UK to surpass three million in sales in one calendar year. Her single “Rolling in the Deep” is currently the bestselling download of 2011 with digital sales of 5.3 million, and “Someone Like You” the haunting love song which has spawned thousands of cover versions by aspiring singers on YouTube has surpassed the 2 million in the US alone.
Her awards are too numerous to mention, but this year alone saw her dominate the Music Awards scene with a clean sweep of the VMA Video of the Year, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video. She also leads
the nominations
with 4 nominations for the 2011 American Music Awards, beating candypop queen Katy Perry and the unstoppable Lady Gaga. Adele is a rare talent, and
although her early work drew comparisons to today’s other female
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ADELE T
oday, if there is one singer to watch, it is Adele, the girl from Tottenham, London who has taken the world by
Dragon lady is currently going through a spate of hiccups. She has had to cancel all her tour dates in America due to laryngitis. “I apologize from the bottom of my heart, sincerely I do,” she told her fans. “But please have faith in me that this is the only thing I can do to make sure I can always sing and always make music for you to the best of my ability.” She also dismisses smoking as the reason for her vocal problems, instead saying she “talks too much”. But she’s given up the habit, even though “smoking is my favourite thing to do in the world.”
While waiting for her voice to recover,
Dragon lady heading for more success in the coming Dragon Year
soul singers, critics now acknowledge there is no one quite like Adele. T is DRAGON lady has created a genre that is uniquely her own. She is no manufactured act, unlike so many of today’s hit singers and pop groups.
Adele writes her own songs that get under the skin of anyone who has ever been in a love relationship, or who has been let down or had their heart broken.
She’s brutally honest about her songwriting, and when she sings, it is
we look forward to 2012, which is the year of her birth sign, the mighty DRAGON. Adele was born in May 1988 – a year of the Dragon and with the coming year belonging to the Water Dragon, bountiful opportunities await her. And for that matter, everyone will benefi t from the Dragon next year, especially if you create the presence of the Water Dragon in your home. For Adele, we predict she will defi nitely continue to bring us more beautiful songs. Rumour has it that movie bosses have asked her write a track for the new Bond movie, which will again star Daniel Craig. A Bond theme song by Adele would have us anticipating the song as much as the fi lm and sources say she has already started writing the song. Well at least she is putting her downtime to good use. T ere is surely more to come from this amazing vocalist and songwriter.
IN HER VIDEO SPECIAL where she sings “Someone Like You” live in her home, accompanied only by a solo piano, we get a glimpse of the real person behind her famous persona. The video close-ups of all the horse figurines and collectibles hint at her love of horses; but from a feng shui viewpoint, the horse is also the ultimate symbol of fame, fortune and recognition. These no doubt help her in her profession as a singer. She also has a trophy wall that takes pride of place in her London home to display her wins from the Grammys and other music awards – super feng shui indeed for someone working to making it huge in the world of music.
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