Adele

Singer-songwriter, two-time Album of the Year winner

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Why they shine

Adele has won Album of the Year twice, for 21 in 2012 and 25 in 2017, part of a Grammy haul that reached sixteen trophies by her thirtieth birthday. A Tottenham-born singer discovered off a MySpace demo at eighteen, she fused vintage soul with a distinctly British ballad tradition; 21 spent 24 weeks at number one in the United Kingdom and sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling album of the twenty-first century. Her 2017 win was sealed by an emotional restart of her George Michael tribute mid-ceremony, and she remains the only artist to win both Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album in the same night twice.

Full name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Born: May 5, 1988, Tottenham, London
Album of the Year wins: 2 — 21 (2012), 25 (2017)
21 sales: 31 million copies worldwide
Grammy total: 16 awards

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Honor record

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

2012 · Feb 12, 2012

Staples Center, Los Angeles

21 won Album of the Year at the 54th Grammy Awards, one of six trophies Adele took on the night of her comeback from vocal surgery. The album's six singles, including Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You, made it the first album since Thriller to produce multiple number-ones from a female artist.

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

2017 · Feb 12, 2017

Staples Center, Los Angeles

25 won Album of the Year at the 59th Grammy Awards, and Adele closed her acceptance by dedicating the prize to Beyoncé's Lemonade, calling it monumental. The album had already become the fastest-selling record in UK chart history on release.

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