Her full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. She was born on May 5, 1988 in London, England, as the daughter of a young single mother.
"My family is Turkish, Spanish and English... I am half Welsh because of my father," she said in an interview in 2009. Her Welsh father left home when Adele was just two years old. Adele says she will never forgive her father for this.
She was fond of singing from an early age. The Spice Girls had a huge influence on her love and passion for music. Adele for Spice Girls "They made me what I am today." says.
The musician, who met the music of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald at a young age; She graduated from BRIT School, the servant of celebrities such as Amy Winehouse, Katie Melua, Leona Lewis and Kate Nash on the alumni list. After graduating from school, she presented 2 songs on the internet to the audience and then she started performing in small clubs in England. She has toured on a small scale with Jamie T, Raul Midon, Devendra Banhart, Amos Lee, and Keren Ann.
The artist's first recording, "Hometown Glory", was released on October 22, 2007. Thanks to the Myspace page she opened in 2004, she had already gained a certain fan base and attracted the attention of record companies.
She is known for her album 19 and the single "Chasing Pavements", which he released at the beginning of 2008, and managed to be number 1 in the UK Album Chart and sell this album in total 500,000 copies.
Adele's album '21', released in January 2011, broke the record of Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album by staying on Billboard magazine's Top 5 list for 39 weeks. Adele's '21' album, which broke a record in Billboard magazine's 55-year Top 5 history, rose from the 5th to the 3rd place in the 39th week it was on the list.
Jackson's album 'Bad', released in August 1987, topped Billboard's Top 5 chart on September 27, 1987 and remained on the chart for 38 weeks.
Adele described her music as "heartbroken soul music" and said that there was a sadness in her songs.
Although she released her first album from the independent label XL Recordings, her songs especially "Chasing Pavements" and "Cold Shoulder" had success in many other countries of Europe and helped Adele make her voice heard in the music scene. Adele's style is similar in style to Amy Winehouse, who made the music of "Soul-Jazz" popular again with her album "Back To Black" released in 2006, and Duffy, who is also one of the important singers of Wales. Adele has stated that she is not bothered by this comparison and that it makes her proud.