Download or read book Adele Best Selling Artist of our Time written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music industry has always been cutthroat and competitive by heart. And nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult make income. Having to make a small amount of money playing music on the side is not very difficult. However, to be able to turn a passion into a career, you will need to want it more than anything else. Although there are lots of luck involved, various factors may be influenced to put you in a position of launching a musical career. Furthermore, it is important to have unrealistic standards with regards to how things will be as soon as you are able to quit your day job. Adele is one of the best-selling singer and songwriter in the United Kingdom.

Download or read book Adele written by J. D. Rockefeller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music industry has always been cutthroat and competitive by heart. And nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult make income. Having to make a small amount of money playing music on the side is not very difficult. However, to be able to turn a passion into a career, you will need to want it more than anything else. Although there are lots of luck involved, various factors may be influenced to put you in a position of launching a musical career. Furthermore, it is important to have unrealistic standards with regards to how things will be as soon as you are able to quit your day job. Adele is one of the best-selling singer and songwriter in the United Kingdom. Adele was born in North London, England on May 5, 1988, and attended the performing arts at BRIT School. Her first 2 albums titled "19" and "21", have earned her substantial praise along with a level of commercial success. This has been unsurpassed among her peers, with a couple of artists selling millions of albums all over the world and winning multiple Grammys. Furthermore, she received a songwriting Oscar for James Bond's track titled, "Skyfall". After Adele became a mother, she returned to the charts in the autumn of 2015 with her ballad titled, "Hello", the lead single for her forthcoming album titled, "25".

Download or read book Adele to Make You Feel Her Love written by Neil Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adele is the greatest singer of our times. In March 2015, her album '21' became the biggest selling record of the millennium, with nearly 5 million albums sold. And with the release of '25' she could well be set to break her own record. From a cramped flat in London to the Grammys in Los Angeles, Adele's golden voice, her catchy hits, and her irrepressible personality have taken the world by storm. But who is the woman behind the songs? What struggles and heartbreaks inspired the music that moved the world to tears - and bought it to its feet? And now that she seems to have finally found happiness with her new partner, and with the baby boy she gave birth to in October 2012, can she still find the passion that made her the artist who conquered the entertainment industry? In this brilliant, insightful biography Neil Simpson takes the reader inside Adele's world. He details her childhood, her early attempts to break into the music business, the tempestuous relationships that inspired some of her greatest songs and the months of painstaking work that went into the albums the defined her. This is the real Adele - unvarnished and close-up. Updated for 2015, this edition includes the birth of her son, her Oscar win and the release of '25'. 'Adele: To Make You Feel Her Love' is the one book every Adele fan will want to read. 'I adore Adele's voice and I adored this book. Neil Simpson's account of Adele's amazing career, from her childhood days to mega-stardom, captivated me right from the start.' - Emma Lee-Potter, best-selling author of 'School Ties'. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.

Download or read book Adele written by Erin Michaels and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adele is an English singer-songwriter. Graduating from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006, Adele was given a recording contract by XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace the same year. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified seven times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Adele released her second studio album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut, earning the singer numerous awards in 2012, among them a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including British Album of the Year, and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK, and is the fourth best-selling album in the UK of all time. In the US it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified Diamond. The album has sold 31 million copies worldwide. The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records. She is the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. 21 is the longest-running number one album by a female solo artist in the history of the UK and US Album Charts. In 2012, she released "Skyfall," which she wrote and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. The song won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. After taking a three-year break, Adele released her third studio album, 25, in 2015. It became the year's best-selling album and broke first week sales records in the UK and US. 25 was her second album to be certified Diamond in the US. The lead single, "Hello," became the first song in the US to sell over one million digital copies within a week of its release. Her third concert tour, Adele Live 2016, is her largest to date, taking in Europe, North America and Oceania, and will end with four concerts at Wembley Stadium, London in mid 2017. In 2011, 2012 and 2016, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2012, she was listed at number five on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2016. With sales of more than 100 million records, Adele is one of the best-selling recording artists in the world.

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Download or read book Someone Like Adele written by Caroline Sanderson and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the full, enthralling story of the 20-something London girl who took the music world by storm. This fully updated paperback edition of the bestselling biography, Someone Like Adele, also now includes the story of how Adele found happiness with boyfriend (and rumoured husband) Simon Konecki; became a mother; and came to record the towering theme song for the James Bond movie, Skyfall. Find out about her upbringing as the child of a single mother in north London and her time at the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon where her peers included Leona Lewis and Jessie J. Learn how her early performances after graduating from the BRIT school along with a MySpace demo led to her being signed up XL Records, and then voted the Brit Awards Critics' Choice even before her debut album, 19, was released. Discover how real-life heartbreak inspired many of her iconic songs, including ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ‘Someone Like You’; and how a diverse range of musical influences - from the Spice Girls and Gabrielle to Etta James and contemporary Nashville sounds - contributed to her record-smashing second album, 21.

Download or read book The Song Machine Inside the Hit Factory written by John Seabrook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters—alongside industry heavy-hitters like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Max Martin, and Ester Dean—this fascinating journey into the strange world of pop music reveals how a new approach to crafting smash hits is transforming marketing, technology, and even listeners’ brains. You’ll never think about music the same way again. A Wall Street Journal Best Business Book

Download or read book Adele written by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies and published by Price World Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins is at the top of her game in both the US and the UK, breaking records for sales and number one status on all the major charts. Her performances are refreshingly authentic and she is known for having no qualms about wearing her heart on her sleeve for her audiences. But just who is Adele and where did she come from? Fans have said that she has a knack for capturing how they feel, portraying their emotions and experiences exactly. Yet, the singer-songwriter is known for having written so many of her songs with minimal influence - sometimes penning the lyrics within a matter of minutes. How does she do it? This book takes you through Adele's life, starting with her childhood in Tottenham, North London to her 2012 Grammy and BRIT Awards. Having made her name in the music industry at an international level, this book also explores what's next for this next-generation superstar.

Download or read book Adele The Biography Updated to include the making of 25 written by Chas Newkey-Burden and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of rumours, Adele’s long-awaited third album 25 was finally announced in late 2015, and with it came claims that she was to single-handedly ‘save the music industry’. Such is the influence of Adele - a young mother from Tottenham with the most powerful voice in the world. Adele’s breathtaking songs have seen her top the charts around the planet, collect millions of admirers and win dozens of top awards. But who is she? Her commendable desire to protect her family and friends from the harsh glare of the media’s spotlight has meant that she has become one of the most private superstars on the planet. Adele: The Biography traces her story from a humble childhood in London through to the phenomenal success of her first two albums, 19 and 21 and the making of her most recent work, 25. Along the way, this unique book uncovers how her troubled private life influenced her heartbreaking tracks and how she gamely overcame a string of obstacles that threatened to derail her career. You will discover the fascinating truth behind all the highs and the lows experienced by this fun, formidable woman, whose songs have become national anthems for the heartbroken. In this fully updated edition of his internationally-bestselling biography, Chas Newkey-Burden reveals the woman behind the music.

Download or read book This Day in Music written by Neil Cossar and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Births, deaths and marriages, No1 singles, drug busts and arrests, famous gigs and awards... all these and much more appear in this fascinating 50 year almanac.Using a page for every day of the calendar year, the author records a variety of rock and pop events that took place on a given day of the month across the years.This Day in Music is fully illustrated with hundreds of pictures, cuttings and album covers, making this the must-have book for any pop music fan.

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Download or read book Adele written by Chas Newkey-Burden and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of the Grammy–award winning soul singer Adele from a British journalist, divulging the personal challenges behind her rise to fame. Adele’s breathtaking songs have seen her top the charts in over thirty countries, collect millions of admirers, and win dozens of top awards. But who is she? Her commendable desire to protect her family and friends from the harsh glare of the media’s spotlight has meant that she has become one of the most private superstars on the planet. Adele: The Biography traces her story from a humble childhood in London through to the phenomenal success of her first three albums, 19 and 21, and 25. Along the way, this unique book uncovers how her troubled private life influenced her heartbreaking tracks and how she overcame a string of obstacles that threatened to derail her career. You will discover the fascinating truth behind all the highs and the lows experienced by this fun, formidable woman, whose songs have become national anthems for the heartbroken. In his internationally-bestselling biography, Chas Newkey-Burden reveals the woman behind the music.