12 interesting things you didn't know about Adele

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Adele is known for her impressive vox.
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  • Adele is known for her powerful voice and impressive ballads.
  • The vocaliser has oftentimes chosen the late Etta James 1 of her biggest inspirations and she's also a fan of Beyoncé and Drake.
  • When she was eighteen years old, Adele wrote her debut hit "Hometown Glory" in 10 minutes.
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Adele is famous for baring her soul in her powerful ballads, breaking records and hearts with every new release.

The singer is reportedly fix to driblet an anthology in September — so while waiting for new music, why not brush up on some trivia?

Hither are some interesting things y'all may not know about Adele.

Adele wrote her debut hit "Hometown Glory" in x minutes.

Adele'due south debut album is "nineteen."
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The singer penned her debut single "Hometown Glory," which is on her album "xix," in simply 10 minutes. She was xviii years one-time when she wrote it.

The song, which is about life in London, was reportedly written as a protest afterwards Adele'southward mom tried to persuade the immature vocalist to get out the city to attend university.

The singer has frequently called the late Etta James 1 of her biggest inspirations.

Etta James performing in 1987.
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For years, Adele has spoken very highly of the legendary vocalizer, who died in 2012.

"Her vox was breath taking and her songs are reflections we all recognise in some way or another. It'south an accolade every time I hear her voice," Adele wrote in a web log post in 2012, soon after James' death, per MTV.

She went to the aforementioned performance schoolhouse as the late Amy Winehouse.

Amy Winehouse and Adele attended the same school.
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Per BBC, Adele has studied at the BRIT Schoolhouse for Performing Arts and Technology, the aforementioned performance school the tardily singer Amy Winehouse once briefly attended.

The school boasts other world-famous alumni, too,  like singers Leona Lewis and Kate Nash.

Adele'south album "21" is one of the best-selling albums of all time in both the UK and the US.

"21" is Adele's second album.
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Per Official Charts, as of April 2019, Adele's anthology "21" is the fourth all-time-selling anthology of all time in the UK. In terms of sales, her album ranks just below The Beatles' iconic "Sgt. Pepper'southward Lone Hearts Club Band."

Per the Recording Industry Association of America, "21" is as well i of the best-selling albums of all time in the U.s..

She and Beyoncé both concord the title of female person artist who has won the most Grammys in ane night.

Adele with her 2011 Grammy-award haul.
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Adele has won a lot of Grammy awards over the years only, at the 2012 ceremony, she took home vi of them in just one night, including vocal of the yr and album of the twelvemonth.

She shares this title of female artist with the most wins in one night with Beyoncé, who offset broke this tape during the 2010 ceremony.

She has a Beyoncé-inspired modify ego called Sasha Carter.

Adele is a pretty big Beyoncé fan.
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She said she invented this change ego that she uses to hype herself upwardly only before she met Beyoncé in 2011.

"I was about to meet Beyoncé and I had a full-blown feet attack. ," she told Rolling Rock. "And then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I experience like I'yard listening to God.' Tin you believe she said that?"

Later on, she said she was crying and thought, "'What would Sasha Fierce do?' That's when Sasha Carter was built-in."

The name Sasha Carter comes from a mix of Beyoncé's "Sasha Fierce" and the famed singer June Carter, per Rolling Stone.

Adele and Drake are pals.

Drake and Adele are fans of each other.
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Information technology all began in 2018 when Adele tweeted that Drake'southward concert was one of her "favorite shows of all time" and the Canadian rapper shared how excited he was about her comment on his Instagram.

The ii later cemented their friendship in Feb 2019 when they rented out an entire bowling alley only to hang out together with their friends.

She in one case threw herself a "Titanic"-themed altogether party.

Adele is on the right.
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In 2018, for her 30th altogether, Adele donned an impressive Rose costume and threw a "Titanic"-themed birthday bash. The party featured period-piece outfits as well equally a replica of the send's iconic staircase.

Though the singer is a fan of the movie, she was criticized for essentially theming a commemoration after the real-life tragedy the film was based on — over 1,500 people died when the Titanic ship sank in 1912.

Adele once dressed upwards equally Dolly Parton for Halloween.

Adele in her Dolly Parton look.
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For Halloween 2017, the singer dressed up as state superstar Dolly Parton, calling her "the hero of [her] life" in an Instagram mail service.

Parton later on posted a video on Twitter to say that she was incredibly flattered and she definitely approved of Adele'due south look.

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