Adele, real name Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, is an English pop singer and songwriter who was one of her generation's most widely recognized singers.

by- Indra bhan

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Adele was born in Tottenham, London, England, on May 5, 1988.

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A young, single mother raised Adkins in various working-class areas of London. 

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She learned to play the guitar and the clarinet as a young girl, and she loved singing modern pop music. 

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But it wasn't until she was in her early teens, after discovering mid-century artists like rhythm-and-blues singer Etta James, 

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that she started to think about a musical career. 

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A friend started uploading songs that Adkins had written and recorded on the social networking website Myspace 

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as she improved her skills at a secondary performing arts school that the government funded.

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Record companies subsequently became interested in her songs, 

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and she eventually landed a deal with XL Recordings in 2006, a few months after graduation.

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