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My Take
What strikes me most about Adele is her refusal to chase trends. While pop reinvents itself every few months, she keeps releasing what amounts to deeply personal diary entries set to that astonishing mezzo-soprano, and somehow the whole world listens. Coming out of Tottenham, she never adopted a manufactured persona, and I think that ordinary, self-deprecating warmth is exactly why her heartbreak ballads land so hard. The Grammys, the Oscar, the Brits all matter, but to me her real achievement is making vulnerability feel like strength. She is one of the few artists who can empty an arena of phones and fill it with genuine emotion.
Overview
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins ( ə-DEL; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adele
- Name (Japanese)
- アデル
- Reading
- あでる
- Born
- May 5, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Tottenham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / musician / recording artist / composer / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Member of the Order of the British Empire
- 2009 Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- 2012 Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
- 2012 Grammy Award for Record of the Year
- 2013 Academy Award for Best Original Song
- 2013 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
- 2017 Grammy Award for Album of the Year
- 2016 Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.adele.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/adele/
- Xhttps://x.com/Adele
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%20(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.