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Adele (musician)

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), better known simply as Adele, is an English recording artist and songwriter. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. The album is certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Read more at Wikipedia

Emeli Sande a neuroscientist with pop-star talent

...with Alicia Keys, an opening slot on Coldplay’s upcoming U.S. arena tour, a Brit Critics Choice Award (previously won by Adele andFlorence + the Machine), and a debut album, “Our Version of Events” (Capitol), that ties together soul, electronic music, pop...

Girl gone wild

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Jennifer Lopez Most Powerful Celebrity

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Underwood sings some darker notes [Photos]

...at the 2012 ACM Awards (Academy of Country Music Awards) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1, 2011. (WENN.com) Musician Carrie Underwood reacts as she attends Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Nashville Predators and the...

Jennifer Lopez is the World’s Most Powerful Celebrity

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Carrie Underwood hangs on to No. 1

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Esperanza Spalding Stays the Jazz Course While Norah Jones Gets Indie (Column)

...of much jazz, but a simple pop rhythm feeling and an impossibly compelling melody might have made it a hit for Jason Mraz or Adele. Little Broken Hearts is a much, much hipper record than Come Away With Me ever pretended to be, drenched in processed guitar...

Estelle and Brian McKnight for Pulse CFW June7-11, 2012 show

...such fanfare for a launch we expect nothing but razzle-dazzle from CFW and Pulse this year. Perhaps even an appearance from Adele to bring the house down. In this the year of our jubilee, CFW continues to be executed in partnership with Caribbean stakeholders,...