Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Tottenham, London, May 5, 1988), known simply as Adele, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.[3] She is one of the world's best-selling musical artists, with over 120 million records and singles sold.[4] From a young age, she showed an interest in music and in 2006 graduated from the BRIT School, the same year she signed a contract with XL Recordings after being discovered through demos posted by a friend on the social networking site MySpace.[5] In 2008, she released her debut studio album, 19, which reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified eight times platinum in the UK and triple platinum in the US.[6][7] At the 2008 Brit Awards, she received the Critics' Choice award and also won the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll.[8] A year later, at the 51st Grammy Awards, she won Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements." [9] According to Rolling Stone magazine, she is the greatest singer of the 21st century and the 22nd greatest of all time. She is one of only four people to have won all four major Grammy Awards, known as "The Big Four": Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. She is the only person in history to have won all three major awards in a single night twice: in 2012 and 2017. In early 2011, she released her second studio album, 21, which was a worldwide commercial success, selling over 30 million copies.[10] It has been certified 18 times platinum in the UK and diamond in the US.[6][11] The album also received critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout 2011 and 2012, including a record six Grammy Awards at a single ceremony.[12] Adele is the first woman in history to have three singles

In mid-2011, Adele began dating British businessman Simon Konecki. After nearly a year of dating, they had their son Angelo on October 19, 2012. Regarding becoming a mother, Adele said, "I felt like I was really living. I had a purpose, which I didn't have before." [183] ​​In 2013, Adele and Konecki sued a UK-based photo agency for publishing a picture of their son during a family outing. The image was published worldwide without parental consent. The agency offered to pay all damages and cover the legal costs.

In early 2017, the press began speculating that Adele and Konecki had secretly married when they were seen wearing rings on their ring fingers.[185] Later that year, in her acceptance speech when she won the award for album of the year at the 59th Grammy Awards, Adele confirmed these marriage rumors when she referred to Konecki as "my husband."

In April 2019, Adele's representatives announced that the singer and Konecki had separated after more than seven years together. However, they would continue to co-parent their son. On March 4, 2021, they officially ended their marriage after signing divorce papers.