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Adele - Wikipedia. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. MBE (; born 5 May 1. English singer- songwriter.

After graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2. Watch Get Carter Online (2017). Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. In 2. 00. 7, she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBCSound of 2. Her debut album, 1.

It is certified seven times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. The album contains her first song, "Hometown Glory", written when she was 1.

West Norwood in London. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2. US. At the 5. 1st Grammy Awards in 2. Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She released her second studio album, 2. The album was critically well received and surpassed the success of her debut, earning the singer numerous awards in 2. Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year, and three American Music Awards.

The album has been certified 1. UK, and is overall the fourth best- selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1. The album has sold over 3.

The success of 2. Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records. She was the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 1. Billboard 2. 00 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 1. UK and US Album Charts.

In 2. 01. 2, Adele released "Skyfall", which she co- wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Brit Award for British Single of the Year.

After taking a three- year break, Adele released her third studio album, 2. It became the year's best- selling album and broke first- week sales records in the UK and US. US and earned her five Grammy Awards, including her second Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and four Brit Awards.

The lead single, "Hello", became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her third concert tour, Adele Live 2. Europe, North America and Oceania, and concluded with finale concerts at Wembley Stadium in late June 2. In 2. 01. 1, 2. 01. Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2. 01. 2, she was listed at number five on VH1's 1.

Greatest Women in Music. Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2. With sales of more than 1. Adele is one of the best- selling music artists of all time.[4]Early life[edit]Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on 5 May 1. Tottenham, London, to an English mother, Penny Adkins, and a Welsh father, Marc Evans.[5] Evans left when Adele was two, leaving her mother to raise her.[6][7] She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices.[8][9] Growing up, Adele spent most of her time singing rather than reading; the last book she read was Roald Dahl's Matilda when she was six years old.[1.

In 1. 99. 7, at the age of nine, Adele and her mother, who by then had found work as a furniture maker and an adult- learning activities organiser, relocated to Brighton on the south coast of England.[1. In 1. 99. 9, two years later, she and her mother moved back to London; first to Brixton, and then to neighbouring district West Norwood, in south London.[1. Adele graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon in May 2. Leona Lewis and Jessie J.[1][1. Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent[1. A& R and hoped to launch other people's careers.[1]2.

Beginnings and 1. Teenaged Adele performing on an acoustic guitar in Kilburn, London, in 2. Four months after graduation, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication Platforms. Magazine. com.[1. She had recorded a three- song demo for a class project and given it to a friend.[1] The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to a phone call from Richard Russell, boss of the music label XL Recordings.

She doubted if the offer was real because the only record company she knew was Virgin Records, and she took a friend with her to the meeting.[1. Nick Huggett, at XL, recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management, and in June 2. Dickins became her official representative.[1.

September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major draw for Adele, a big fan of the British singer- songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL in September 2. Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, "My Yvonne," for his debut album, and it was during this session she first met producer Jim Abbiss, who would go on to produce both the majority of her debut album, 1.

In June 2. 00. 7, Adele made her television debut, performing "Daydreamer" on the BBC's Later.. Jools Holland.[2. Adele's breakthrough song, "Hometown Glory", was released in October 2. By 2. 00. 8, Adele had become the headliner and performed an acoustic set, in which she was supported by Damien Rice.[2. She became the first recipient of the Brit Awards. Critics' Choice and was named the number- one predicted breakthrough act of 2.

BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2. The album 1. 9, named for her age at the time she wrote and composed many of its songs, entered the British charts at number one. The Times. Encyclopedia of Modern Music named 1. She released her second single, "Chasing Pavements", on 1.

January 2. 00. 8, two weeks ahead of her debut album, 1. The song reached number two on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks.[2. Adele was nominated for a 2. Mercury Prize award for 1. She also won an Urban Music Award for "Best Jazz Act."[2. She also received a Q Awards nomination in the category of Breakthrough Act[2. Music of Black Origin nomination in the category of Best UK Female.[3.

In March 2. 00. 8, Adele signed a deal with Columbia Records and XL Recordings for her foray into the United States.[3. She embarked on a short North American tour in the same month,[3. US in June.[1. 5]Billboard magazine stated of it: "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation."[3. The An Evening with Adele world tour began in May 2. June 2. 00. 9.[3.

Adele performing live in 2. She later cancelled the 2. US tour dates to be with a former boyfriend.[3. She said in Nylon magazine in June 2. I'm like, 'I can't believe I did that.' It seems so ungrateful.. I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. I couldn't bear to be without him, so I was like, 'Well, I'll just cancel my stuff then.'"[3.

She referred to this period as her "early life crisis".[3. She is also known for her dislike of flying and bouts of homesickness when away from her native London.[3.

By the middle of October 2. Adele's attempt to break in America appeared to have failed.[3. But then she was booked as the musical guest on the 1.

October 2. 00. 8 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The episode, which included an expected appearance by then US vice- presidential candidate Sarah Palin, earned the program its best ratings in 1. Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder,"[3. Tunes charts and ranked at number five at Amazon. Chasing Pavements" rose into the top 2. The album reached number 1.

Billboard 2. 00 as a result, a jump of 3. In November 2. 00. Adele moved to Notting Hill, London after leaving her mother's house, a move that prompted her to give up drinking.[4. The album was certified gold in February 2.

RIAA.[4. 2] By July 2. At the 5. 1st Annual Grammy Awards in February 2. Adele received the award for Best New Artist, in addition to the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements", which was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[4.

Adele performed "Chasing Pavements" at the ceremony in a duet with Jennifer Nettles. Watch The Possession Of Michael King Streaming more.

Oprah Winfrey - Wikipedia. Not to be confused with Orpah.

Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey in 2. Born. Orpah Gail Winfrey[1](1. January 2. 9, 1. 95. Kosciusko, Mississippi, U. S. Residence. Montecito, California. Lavallette, New Jersey. Telluride, Colorado.

Maui, Hawaii. Chicago, Illinois. Fisher Island, Florida. Alma mater. Tennessee State University. Occupation. Years active. Salary$7. 5 million(2.

Net worth. US$ 3 billion (September 2. Political party. Democratic. Partner(s)Stedman Graham (1. Children. Canaan (born c. Websiteoprah. com. Signature. Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 2. American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.[1] She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest- rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1.

Chicago, Illinois.[6] Dubbed the "Queen of All Media",[7] she has been ranked the richest African- American,[8] the greatest black philanthropist in American history,[9][1. North America's first multi- billionaire black person.[1. Several assessments rank her as the most influential woman in the world.[1. In 2. 01. 3, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama[1. Duke and Harvard.[1.

Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner- city Milwaukee neighborhood. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 1. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co- anchoring the local evening news at the age of 1. Her emotional ad- lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third- rated local Chicago talk show to first place,[1. Credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication,[1. Phil Donahue,[1. 9] which a Yale study says broke 2.

LGBT people to enter the mainstream.[2. By the mid- 1. 99. Though criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial self- help ideas,[2. From 2. 00. 6 to 2.

Obama, by one estimate, delivered over a million votes in the close 2. Democratic primary race.[2. Early life. Winfrey was named "Orpah" on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck.[1]Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother. She later said that her conception was due to a single sexual encounter and the couple broke up not long after.[2.

Her mother, Vernita Lee (born c. Winfrey's biological father is usually noted as Vernon Winfrey (born 1.

Armed Forces when she was born. However, Mississippi farmer and World War II veteran Noah Robinson, Sr. A genetic test in 2.

Kpelle ethnic group, in the area that today is Liberia. Her genetic makeup was determined to be 8.

Sub- Saharan African, 8% Native American, and 3% East Asian. However, the East Asian may, given the imprecision of genetic testing, actually be Native American markers.[2. After Winfrey's birth, her mother traveled north and Winfrey spent her first six years living in rural poverty with her maternal grandmother, Hattie Mae (Presley) Lee (April 1. February 2. 7, 1. Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks, for which the local children made fun of her.[3. Her grandmother taught her to read before the age of three and took her to the local church, where she was nicknamed "The Preacher" for her ability to recite Bible verses.

When Winfrey was a child, her grandmother would hit her with a stick when she did not do chores or if she misbehaved in any way.[3. At age six, Winfrey moved to an inner- city neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with her mother Vernita Lee, who was less supportive and encouraging than her grandmother had been, largely as a result of the long hours she worked as a maid.[3. Around this time, Lee had given birth to another daughter, Winfrey's younger half- sister, Patricia[3.

February 2. 00. 3, at age 4. Watch Sleeping With Other People HDQ. By 1. 96. 2, Lee was having difficulty raising both daughters so Winfrey was temporarily sent to live with Vernon in Nashville, Tennessee.[3. While Winfrey was in Nashville, Lee gave birth to a third daughter[3. Lee's being on welfare) and later also named Patricia.[3.

Winfrey did not learn she had a second half- sister until 2. By the time Winfrey moved back in with Lee, Lee had also given birth to a boy named Jeffrey, Winfrey's half- brother, who died of AIDS- related causes in 1. Winfrey has stated she was molested by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend, starting when she was nine years old, something she first announced to her viewers on a 1. TV show regarding sexual abuse.[3. When Winfrey discussed the alleged abuse with family members at age 2.

Winfrey once commented that she had chosen not to be a mother because she had not been mothered well.[4. At 1. 3, after suffering years of abuse, Winfrey ran away from home.[1] When she was 1. Winfrey later stated she felt betrayed by the family member who had sold the story of her son to the National Enquirer in 1. She began going to Lincoln High School; but after early success in the Upward Bound program, was transferred to the affluent suburban Nicolet High School, where she says her poverty was constantly rubbed in her face as she rode the bus to school with fellow African- Americans, some of whom were servants of her classmates' families. She began to steal money from her mother in an effort to keep up with her free- spending peers, to lie to and argue with her mother, and to go out with older boys.[4.

Her frustrated mother once again sent her to live with Vernon in Nashville, Tennessee, though this time she did not take her back. Vernon was strict, but encouraging, and made her education a priority. Winfrey became an honors student, was voted Most Popular Girl, and joined her high school speech team at East Nashville High School, placing second in the nation in dramatic interpretation.[4. She won an oratory contest, which secured her a full scholarship to Tennessee State University, a historically black institution, where she studied communication. Her first job as a teenager was working at a local grocery store.[4.

At the age of 1. 7, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant.[4. She also attracted the attention of the local black radio station, WVOL, which hired her to do the news part- time.[3. She worked there during her senior year of high school, and again while in her first two years of college. Winfrey's career choice in media would not have surprised her grandmother, who once said that ever since Winfrey could talk, she was on stage. As a child, she played games interviewing her corncob doll and the crows on the fence of her family's property. Winfrey later acknowledged her grandmother's influence, saying it was Hattie Mae who had encouraged her to speak in public and "gave me a positive sense of myself".[4. Television. Working in local media, she was both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor at Nashville's WLAC- TV.

She moved to Baltimore's WJZ- TV in 1. In 1. 97. 7, she was removed as co- anchor and worked lower profile positions at the station.

She was then recruited to join Richard Sher as co- host of WJZ's local talk show People Are Talking, which premiered on August 1. She also hosted the local version of Dialing for Dollars there.[5. In 1. 98. 3, Winfrey relocated to Chicago to host WLS- TV's low- rated half- hour morning talk show, AM Chicago. The first episode aired on January 2, 1. Within months after Winfrey took over, the show went from last place in the ratings to overtaking Donahue as the highest- rated talk show in Chicago.

The movie critic Roger Ebert persuaded her to sign a syndication deal with King World. Ebert predicted that she would generate 4. At the Movies.[5.