21

Adele

Release Date: 24th Jan, 2011
Label: XL Recordings
Genre: Pop

Adele is set to return early 2011 with the release of her eagerly anticipated new single and album.

“Rolling In The Deep” will be the first single, released on Sunday January 16th (UK). Written and produced by Adele and award winning British producer Paul Epworth, it’s a “dark bluesy gospel disco tune” according to Adele herself.

Adele’s new album “21” is set to be released on Monday January 24th (UK) & Tuesday February 22nd (USA/CAN) About its release she says “I’m very excited, nervous, eager, anxious but chuffed to announce my new album! It’s taken a while and it knocked me for six when writing it. It’s different from “19”, it’s about the same things but in a different light. I deal with things differently now. I’m more patient, more honest, more forgiving and more aware of my own flaws, habits and principles. Something that comes with age I think. So fittingly this record is called “21”. The whole reason I called my first album “19” was about cataloging what happened to me then and who I was then, like a photo album you see the progression and changes in a person throughout the years”.

Most of the album was made in Malibu with the legendary Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Jay Z, Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and back in Kensal Rise in London with Paul Epworth (Plan B, Bloc Party, Florence). Adele cites Wanda Jackson, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Mary J Blige, Mos Def, Elbow, Tom Waits and Kanye West amongst others as key influences on “21”.

Reviewed by Steve Muscutt

About The Artist

Adele

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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (born 5 May 1988), is a Grammy Award-Winning English singer-songwriter from Enfield, North London. Her debut album, 19, was released in January 2008 and entered the UK album chart at #1. The album has since received four-times Platinum certification in the UK and has sold 5,500,000 copies worldwide. The album included the hugely popular song Chasing Pavements. 19 earned Adele two Grammy Awards in February 2009 for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Her second album, 21, was released on January 24th 2011 in the UK and propelled Adele to unprecedented mega-stardom. In just eleven months, 21 received fourteen-times Platinum certification in the UK for shipments in excess of 4,500,000 copies, and has sold a further 6,200,000 copies in the US denoting sextuple-Platinum status. As of January 2012, 21 has sold an estimated seventeen million copies worldwide. The album has produced three global chart-topping singles thus far: Rolling In The Deep, Someone Like You, and Set Fire To The Rain. 21 won Adele six awards at the 2012 Grammy Awards, among them Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Adele graduated from BRIT School in Croydon in May 2006, where she was classmates with Leona Lewis. Adele credits the school with nurturing her talent. In school, she was more interested in going into A&R, and hoped to launch other people's careers. Four months later, she published two songs on the fourth issue of the online arts publication PlatformsMagazine.com. She had recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend who posted it on Myspace where it became very successful and led to a phone call from 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. Nick Huggett at XL Recordings recommended Adele to manager Jonathan Dickins at September Management and in June 2006 Dickins became her official representative. September was managing Jamie T at the time and this proved a major attraction for Adele who was a big fan of the English singer-songwriter. Huggett then signed Adele to XL Recordings in September 2006. Adele's breakthrough song, Hometown Glory, was released in October 2007. Adele provided vocals for Jack Peñate's song, My Yvonne, from his debut album. Adele became the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. She released her second single Chasing Pavements on 14 January 2008, two weeks ahead of her debut album, 19. Chasing Pavements reached number two on the UK Chart, and stayed there for four weeks, finally remaining in the Top 40 14 weeks after its release. The album itself entered the British charts at number one. The Times Encyclopedia of Modern Music would name 19 an "essential" Blue Eyed Soul recording. .

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50 Comments

shembarnoah 11 May 2012

Someone Like You and Don't You Remember are instant classics indeed !!!
shembarnoah 11 May 2012

well as an old time Janis Joplin fan Adele 21 is a really good effort.Her voice is remarkable and her talent is only going to increase over the coming years.If I rated this on a 1 to 10 scale it is off the chart.BRAVO
EricValeev 11 May 2012

BEST
IllumoHorizon 10 May 2012

let's say 'mainstream album of the year'. Her voice is superb but there is better and more interesting music out there.
Mixwajlo 10 May 2012

This album will stand the test of time and will remain as a classic in years to come. And the best thing - it's completely deserved.
myname-9 07 May 2012

21 - 25 milions
Echellon 07 May 2012

32.168.230 execuções (799.589 ouvintes) 1.101 execuções em sua biblioteca <3
gvertlieb 02 May 2012

Powerful music...
SpiritOfYetaxa 30 Apr 2012

Sold 20 million copies? just... wow... how on earth did that happen?
gabiuspears 23 Apr 2012

More than 20 million copies sold on 2012 is incredible. This woman is powerful
cosmic_sea21 22 Apr 2012

Bitch high as fuck, puts my number in her album and shit.
Sweetboy_88 22 Apr 2012

♥ ♥ ♥
hantu_bungkus 20 Apr 2012

sold more than 20 million copies
Brightday- 19 Apr 2012

Album of the decade <3
PleRanyarinn 17 Apr 2012

one and only ♥
Heartbeeat 09 Apr 2012

love this album!
volupiaken 06 Apr 2012

Pra sempre meu álbum favorito!
JonhGago 04 Apr 2012

30.866.631 execuções OMG!!(769.092 ouvintes) 1.788 execuções em sua biblioteca
SanCHEESE93 02 Apr 2012

ME GUSTA!
mileysmiley95 28 Mar 2012

love her OMG
milliany 25 Mar 2012

linda
moviecall 22 Mar 2012

BEST
reyyan_breezy 21 Mar 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [10]
LeH450 20 Mar 2012

♥
yukkieparu 17 Mar 2012

the best ♥
EricValeev 16 Mar 2012

вот и я стал обладателем альбома 2011 года)) ALBUM OF THE YEAR [10]
evandro15 14 Mar 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [9]
sErChitO 10 Mar 2012

Prediction: Album of the year 2012: Adele - 21 (¡Again!) ♥
sejaeterno 10 Mar 2012

♥
Resistance_ 10 Mar 2012

♥ Someone Like You
abigalih 05 Mar 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [8]
Kuu_fanatic 04 Mar 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [7]
EduardoRmf_ 04 Mar 2012

Set Fire To The Rain♥
sammyfunster 03 Mar 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [6]
nastyboy1009 03 Mar 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [5]
EricValeev 02 Mar 2012

♥♥♥♥♥♥ 21
mega_wicked 29 Feb 2012

One and Only ♥
galegolovers 28 Feb 2012

Don´t you remember next single please
JoCalderone 27 Feb 2012

♥
brrrug 27 Feb 2012

the number 21 will never be the same. lol
Miitcheell 26 Feb 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [4]
litzy101 26 Feb 2012

she's awsum & very beautiful (*_*)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xXPersephone_ 25 Feb 2012

really,really beautiful ♥
EricValeev 25 Feb 2012

♥ Someone Like You
JonhGago 23 Feb 2012

28.590.554 execuções (717.284 ouvintes) /o\ incrível! 1.270 execuções em sua biblioteca
PedroSaldanha 22 Feb 2012

usa Escabin gata
JeanetteWall 22 Feb 2012

Check out a version of "Rumour Has It" from NBC's show Smash! http://www.nbc.com/smash/video/rumor-has-it/1384854
EslamAbosaed 21 Feb 2012

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [3]
manuelmatheu 20 Feb 2012

Super overrated and inflated album.
Trainwreck5 14 Feb 2012

favourite of all time.