[156] Adele became the only artist in history to, on two separate occasions, win the three general categories Grammys in the same ceremony. Several years later, Mark gave several other interviews in which he claimed he wanted "my daughter back". ", Adele to sing theme to new James Bond film Skyfall, "Skyfall Official Theme Song News Release to Coincide With Bond's 50th Anniversary", "Adele's 'Skyfall' Not a Lock for U.K. No. Adele has mentioned a number of times how lucky she is to have a mother like Penny and always wants to remember her sacrifices. The relationship between the two is very profound. Adele said of Penny: Shes the calmest person, really strong and clever and beautiful. [134], On 27 October, BBC One announced plans for Adele at the BBC, a one-hour special presented by Graham Norton, in which Adele talks about her new album and performs new songs. Unfortunately, their father left when she was two, leaving Penny to raise the children on her own. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. He gets onto his level in anything. [243][244][245][246] Rolling Stone reported that following throat surgery her voice had become "palpably bigger and purer-toned", and that she had added a further four notes to the top of her range. [297] On the 2019 Sunday Times Rich List, Adele was valued at 150million (US$180.5million) as the 22nd richest musician in the UK, despite not having toured since 2017. "[58] 21 topped the charts in 30 countries, including the UK and the US. Mr Evans is no longer in contact with Adele and admits they drifted apart after he became a rotten father. Mark and Penny never got married even though he attempted to propose to her but she rejected it as she thought they were too young. Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox. Her second album, 21, shares the folk and soul influences of her debut album, but was further inspired by American country and Southern blues music to which she had been exposed during her 200809 tour An Evening with Adele in North America. In the US, it was Adele's third consecutive Billboard 200 number-one album and the year's best-seller as well. Here's everything you need to know about who the 'Hello' singers' mother is Penny Susan Adkins was born in1968 in Islington, England. [71] Moreover, 21 had the most weeks on the Billboard 200 chart of any album by a female artist. [91][92][93] The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, as of 2016[update], the album has sold over 31 million copies. [382] With 15 awards from 18 nominations, Adele won more Grammys than any other female who was born outside the US. 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In one picture Mark holds baby Adele on his lap inside the family home and looks at her lovingly. Maiden name. 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Yes, The Rolling in the Deep singer did buy her mother a house. Shes a real emotional person. On how he's not too fussed about how famous she is, she explained: "He does not care at all. She was appointed a MBE at the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music. Until Adele was three, she used to get some financial support from Mark and his family. [307][308][309] On 17 September 2009, she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the VH1 Divas event, a concert to raise money for the Save The Music Foundation charity. By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Penny Adkins, the mother of Adele, is a single mother. Their relationship was still strong in a platonic sense for their daughter, up until 1999, when Mark turned to a lifestyle of alcohol addiction. [377], In June 2013, Adele was appointed a MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to music, and she received the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on 19 December 2013. On 14 October, "Skyfall" rose to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart with sales of 92,000 copies bringing its overall sales to 176,000, and "Skyfall" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 8, selling 261,000 copies in the US in its first three days. I had never heard, being in the room, someone sing like that live [] I remember sort of feeling like I was in a wind tunnel, her voice just hitting me. Media outlets took the post as an indication that a new album was on the way. She shares her only child with ex-husband Simon Konecki, whom she divorced in 2021, they began dating in 2011 and married in 2018 . [134] 25 has since sold 20 million copies globally. [13] [14] She began singing at age 4 and asserts that she became obsessed with voices. They lived in the flat up until the singer turned 18, when she graduated from the BRIT School and signed a deal with record company XL Recordings. She had me really young. She has since starred on the cover of Rolling Stone, and taken part in an exclusive sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, titled Adele: One Night Only. The singer is famously private and goes to great lengths to keep herself out of the public eye, however she has finally let fans in on her personal life for the first time during her new album campaign. [41] By the middle of October 2008, Adele's attempt to break in America appeared to have failed. [240][241] Conceived in the aftermath of Adele's breakup with a partner, the album typifies the near dormant tradition of the confessional singer-songwriter in its exploration of heartbreak, self-examination, and forgiveness. Yes, The Rolling in the Deep singer did buy her mother a house. Penny was the inspiration for Adele's songs such as 'Hometown Glory,' 'Million Years Ago'. [386] Despite releasing just two albums in the decade (21 and 25), at 36 weeks she had the second most weeks at number one in the UK Album Charts in the 2010s, five weeks behind Ed Sheeran (who released four albums). Adele was the second artist and first female, preceded by Christopher Cross, to have won all four of the general field awards throughout her career. [235] Supportive of the LGBT community, on 12 June 2016, an emotional Adele dedicated her show in Antwerp, Belgium, to the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States, earlier that day, adding, "The LGBTQ community, they're like my soul mates since I was really young, so I'm very moved by it. [365] In April 2012, Time magazine named Adele one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Despite this, Adele revealed they had made peace with each other before he died. [140] The album debuted at number one in the US where it sold a record-breaking 3.38million copies in its first week, the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began monitoring sales in 1991. [114] In January 2014, Adele received her tenth Grammy Award with "Skyfall" winning Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Lightboxes. According to Billboard, 21 is the top-performing album in the US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks (the longest for a female artist ever). Adele remained estranged from her dad Mark, 57, and the pair were embroiled in various public feuds over the years, with her dad giving exclusive interviews against the singer's wishes. Adele and Simon finalised their divorce earlier in 2021, yet Adele says she is open to marriage in the future. I was drinking far too much and that was kind of the basis of my relationship with this boy. [78] Adele is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number-one album (21), number-one single ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number-one music video (Live at the Royal Albert Hall). [258] On the topic of becoming a parent, Adele said she "felt like I was truly living. Her hopes of . Soundtrack: Skyfall. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. When she was only 18, she gave birth to her first and last child Adele. [264] During her acceptance speech at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Adele seemed to have confirmed these reports by referring to Konecki as "my husband" when thanking him. According to Adele: "She fell pregnant with me when she would have been applying for uni, but chose to have me instead. [18] She spent much of her youth in Brockwell Park where she would play the guitar and sing to friends, which she recalled in her 2015 song "Million Years Ago". 30 won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year, while "Easy on Me" won the Brit Award for Song of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance. [174], Adele was reportedly working on her fourth studio album by 2018. Adele is reported to be extremely close with her mum, Penny, but she was not seen on her daughter's ITV show An Audience with Adele. Penny has not revealed about her net worth. Cameron O'Sullivan is the half-brother of Adele sharing the same father. For this reason, she was raised solely by her mother. [195], 30 was released on 19 November 2021 and became a global success, reaching number one in 24 territories. She was Adele's inspiration for writing songs such as 'Hometown Glory,' 'Million Years Ago' etc. Penny Susan Adkins is a Londoner just like her daughter. [90] In October, the album's sales surpassed 4.5million in the UK, and in November it surpassed 10 million sales in the US. [266] However, in a 2021 interview with British Vogue, she revealed that they actually married in 2018, and separated the same year. [208] During childhood, she impersonated the Spice Girls at dinner parties. His birth sign is Libra. Mark Evans (1962 - 2021) was the estranged father of Adele. To mark the special day, the star shared several personal pictures of herself on her Instagram, with the images baring the caption: "Thirty FREE" - a reported nod to her new single life following. "[150], In 2016, Vanity Fair magazine published a cover story which referred to Adele as the "Queen of Hearts". He stopped drinking and made numerous attempts to reconcile with his daughter, but still, Adele and Mark are estranged. Plus, she dropped around $2 million on a home for her mom, Penny Adkins . Full name Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, she was born in Tottenham, London. [338] In 2022, she has been ranked number 8 on Yardbarker's The Greatest Singing Voices of All Time list. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Without the financial support from Adeles father, Penny struggled to raise her daughter alone. In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her Artist of the Year. [51][52] In late September, after being featured on The X Factor, Adele's version of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" re-entered the UK singles chart at number 4. [72], To promote the album, Adele embarked upon the "Adele Live" tour, which sold out its North American leg. [53] During the 2010 CMT Artists of the Year special, Adele performed a widely publicised duet of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" with Darius Rucker. The couple decided to have a simple and intimate wedding function. [151] Beginning in Europe, Adele Live 2016 included four dates at the Manchester Arena in March 2016, six dates at the O2 Arena, London, with further dates in Ireland, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands among others. [291] In 2015, she reported paying 4million tax in the UK. [92], In October 2012, Adele confirmed that she had been writing, composing and recording the theme song for Skyfall, the twenty-third James Bond film. "And it was amazing, we had a young family at the end with these three lovely little boys who used to run up and down in their nappies, and I feel like one of them made a big Eton mess one day and brought it out. According to reports, the star has spent her well-deserved millions ensuring her mother now has a plush new pad in London. A Chinese technology company has developed a novel way to feel closer to a long-distance lover - but are there other ways technology can mix things up in your love life? When news of their relationship broke, the star admitted not many of her close ones knew about it. 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She was quite good. As per capitalfm.com, Adele did not want her wedding to be formal, and show-offs instead wish to be about who they are. ", She then recalled: "I felt that huge gaping hole filled.". Like, yeah but he's great, he's a lot of fun, he's a very lovely, lovely little boy. Adele has recently returned to the limelight, as she prepares to release her first album, 30, in six years. Subsequently, NBC aired the concert special on 14 December. And Adele, whose albums 19 and 21 have sold millions, is also pictured behaving like a typical child opening presents, making a cake, and getting her face mucky. To British Vogue, Adele said: "In fact, this house always gets spoken about in the press as if it was like really run down and stuff because it was above what became a discount store and all of our little roof terraces were all linked. She never, ever reminds me of that. 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[56][57] She said the album was inspired by the breakup with her former partner. [329] Time journalist Sam Lansky described her as "a voice for every generation" and further stated that "Adele bridges pop music's past and its future". Penny Susan Adkins was just 18 when she knew that she was pregnant from her boyfriend Mark. Other super hit albums of her are 21 and 25, which she named after her age. It was certified 18x platinum in the UK (the highest by a solo artist of all time) and Diamond in the US. [27] In June 2007, Adele made her television debut, performing "Daydreamer" on the BBC's Later with Jools Holland. [271] Their divorce was finalised on 4 March 2021. Matt Doeden (2013). The CBS special will also feature an exclusive interview withOprah Winfreyin which the singer opens up about the songs,life after her divorce,weight lossandraising her son.