Native from Tottenham, this British celebrity is one of the best paid in the United Kingdom, and one of the richest in the history of her country of origin. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, or simply known as Adele, was born in May 5, 1988 in England and from a very young age, she showed interest in music.
At the age of 18, after graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology and being discovered by producer Richard Russell, from the record label XL Recordings, thanks to a friend of her who had published one of her demos on the social networking site MySpace, the singer-songwriter Adele, after several collaborations with other artists and other praises, such as award from the Brit Awards Critics Award (which enshrined it as a promise in the music industry), released her debut album, 19, referring to the age she was when she composed the songs released, which got the artist two Grammy Awards, as well as several other awards and honors. This album sold about four million copies and spread her popularity to the United States, where, after a participation in the famous Saturday Night Live television program, her popularity in that country shot up.
Two years later, she released her album 21, and shortly after that, she had already managed to sell more than 16 million copies, becoming the fourth best-seller album of all time. In addition to this, Adele broke some records by simultaneously having two albums and two singles in the “Top 5” list in the United Kingdom, standing in a close position or which equals her achievements to the achievements of the legendary Madonna in regard to the albums charts in this country.
This woman has been awarded nine Grammy Awards, the most recent being a recognition for her song “Set Fire to the Rain”; she has also been awarded a Golden Globe, in the best category Original Song, in the year 2013, for her single “Skyfall”, which she had composed in collaboration with Paul Epworth. In the same year, she was awarded Member of the Excellent Order of the British Empire by Prince Charles.
At the age of 27 years, Adele released her album 25 in an unexpected announcement after a long creative break, which, until the dates, has been a resounding success as her previous works.
Adele currently occupies position number 9 in the list of Best Paid celebrities according to Forbes, with an estimated of $ 80.5 million fortune, although, according to a ranking of the Sunday Times, her fortune approaches 85 million pounds, which would be about $ 121 million.