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IT HAS BEEN a while since I created a post about my favorite artist. Last year I blogged about Vienna Teng, a Taiwanese-American pianist, songwriter and singer. She was able to capture the interest of many, especially in the English countries and also in China for her enticing voice. Her albums peaked Amazon.com and was also featured in many talk shows like The Late Show with David Letterman.

We are in the musical revolution where Telephone paved way for paparazzi and the beautiful, dirty, rich lady who likes it rough while maintaining the poker face look [not mentioning that she is born that way] reached the fame and now she is on her edge of glory. And this boy who wants a lot for Christmas: mistletoe, the Christmas song, he heard that santa claus is coming to town, and wants to duet with Mariah Carey in all I want for Christmas is you and the thing that intrigues many fans and haters, the drummer boy. In this kind of music genres, it's very unusual for a blues/soul country music to enter the scene and capture almost the entire music market.

With Adele's voice, it can conquer everything.

ADELE, a young British singer born on May 5, 1988, who was known for singing "Rolling In The Deep", "Someone Like You" and "Rumor Has It" has captivated the people all over the world. She might not be known for her real name which is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, but sure is she's known for her earthy, silken voice [as what Lorely Trinidad describe her voice in MONDAY Magazine] with the music inspiration of Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and Roberta Flack. While many singers would have many back-up dancers and dance production, fireworks if there's any artist who did that already and a set of big stage with many spotlights in their concert, Adele would have with her on the stage only her musicians, her two loyal back-up singers and herself, sometimes just sitting at the center of the stage singing her life. The simple and adorable Adele with such a beautiful voice would make her audience wipe their tears off their eyes.

ADELE'S CAREER:

Her mother supported her inclination to music when she started singing at 4. It's funny that during special family occasions, she impersonates many artist like The Spice Girls and Destiny's Child. Her natural likeness in music led to her first penned album "Hometown Glory" and finally had formal music instruction at BRIT School in Croydon, a performing arts school which honed her talent in singing and playing instruments.

In May 2006, Adele graduated from Croydon and four months later published two songs at the online publications site PlatformsMagazine.Com. Months later, a friend posted a three song demo on MySpace from a mutual class project featuring Adele's vocals and it grabbed the attention of the music label XL Recordings. A phone call from XL Recordings led to a meeting, despite Adele's initial thoughts the call was not "real," as the only record company she was aware of at the time was Virgin Records. In 2007, a record deal followed and Adele's "Hometown Glory" was released. [www.brainz.org]

From then on, she released her 19 album and it topped the music chart in United Kingdom, and later on tied up with XL Recordings and Columbia Records which expanded her career in the United States, releasing her album 21 which brought her to many shows and opportunities in the US like The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Late Night Show with David Letterman and the Graham Norton Show. She is a two timer title holder in Grammy Awards, and was awarded in BRIT and other special awarding ceremonies, just proving that at a short span of time, she had a lot of achievements. She's doing a world tour and there were rumors that she'll be having her concert in the Philippines this December 5, 2011. But it was just a rumor.

Her 19 album, it was rated 68 out of 100 by www.metacritic.com, but BBC gave it a 5 star, quoting "Pitching up somewhere between blues, folk and jazz, she's included something for everyone without ever pandering to a particular trend. Her melodies exude warmth, her singing is occasionally stunning.." When Adele realized that her boyfriend cheated on her, she went to the bar where her boyfriend's at and punched him in the face. After that she was alone walking along a street and thought to herself what is it that she is chasing? "You're chasing an empty pavement." It's the story behind Chasing Pavement which is included in this album with its stunning music video. Her amazing rendition of the song Make You Feel My Love is really heartfelt. She offered this song as a tribute to Amy Winehouse in one of her concert in San Diego, [California]. The sad Hometown Glory and her second single Cold Shoulders completed the album of a young woman who is getting out of her teenage corner as she turns 19.

ADELE'S 21 is more on her bitterness and bitchy side for being cheated by her boyfriend. In her Rolling In The Deep, Adele sung it like a woman who experienced a lot of pain and loneliness that has finally seen a light to escape from this nightmare. According to Adele, she was able to hit high notes that she have never imagined that she can, out of maybe her anger, her madness towards her ex-boyfriend. The punky blues with some percussion accompaniment, in the catchy Rumor Has It, this is a song where she makes fun of her ex-boyfriend but contradicted by her song Someone Like You which showed who really Adele is when she's thinking of her past. But my most favorite song of Adele in this album is Don't You Remember. I really feel sad whenever I hear this music, aside from the fact that I can relate to her, I cannot imagine her pain. 21 set the record for any artist  - it placed 2nd in the top selling list of www.amazon.com in 2011, and was featured in the Guiness Book of World Record for topping the music charts entirely in UK and US.

Her music videos are mostly live performances in her home, in Largo, in iTunes Festival or filmed during her live concerts. I sometimes cannot help myself but compare her with the late president Cory Aquino who, loves candid shots. Her Someone Like You (Live In her Home) video in YouTube has reached 72 million views, and the astonishing count of viewers of her Rolling In the Deep video that reached 287,339,270 and is still counting. [as of today, 4:04, May 5, 2012]

It is just astounding how Adele write and sing her songs, it's really coming from the heart. Her life experiences were written and expressed through songs that eventually made her ease the pain through the joy and warmth she feels whenever she sing these songs infront of large audience, craving for more. It  just proved that songs written from the deepest bottom of one's heart will not just make money, but will capture many hearts as well. I remembered one of her conversation with her producers, the Executive producers told Adele to lose weight. But she replied: "I write music for ears, not eyes." 

Simply Adele.