Artist Research - Adele

Adele is an English singer and songwriter who became globally famous for the release of her debut album '19' which was released in 2008. At a young age Adele went to 'The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology' which gace her the ambition to become a performer. She produced a small collection of songs which were posted on Myspace which therefore led to her being discovered by a music label called 'XL Recordings'. From this moment she was becoming more involved in the music industry with her providing back vocals to many albums and songs such as Jack Periate's song 'My Yvonne' to performing at charitable concerts which invovled some top rated singers such as Will Young. As a result of this, she 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. Adele's genre of music is considered as soul/jazz which is combined with modernistic pop traits - critics have stated that 'her vocals were more developed and intriguing than her songwriting'.