ADELE BECOMES BRITAIN'S WEALTHIEST MUSICIAN

23-year-old singer and multi Grammy award winner Adele is the U.K’s wealthiest musician, according to the 24th annual survey compiled by the Sunday Times Newspaper.

The survey says the young singer stepped up from her €6m (N12.3bn)earnings in 2011, to €20m (N41.4bn) in 2012.

Her fortune tripled in the past year after massive sales of her second album ’21′. ‘Adele is been the success story of the past year by a mile. You only get an Adele once every 10 years. It is a success on a ginormous scale’, Steve Redmonds of the Entertainment Retailers Association said.

The ‘Rich List’, which is based on an estimate of the minimum wealth of the richest 1,000 people or families in the United Kingdom as at January of a particular year, also features 22 year old Harry potter star Daniel Radcliffe as the richest actor, with €54m (N1.1trn) as he tops the overall list for youngest billionaires under age 30.

Meanwhile, 27 year old actress/model Keira Knightley, becomes the highest paid model with €30m (N61.8bn), mostly due to her contract as a brand ambassador for Chanel.

ADELE TOPS BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

Honoring the acts experiencing the greatest level of success in terms of popularity over the past year, the 2012 Billboard Music Awards nominees have just been revealed.

Shortly removed from a dominant effort at this year's GRAMMYs, it comes as little surprise to see Adele topping all contenders with a total of eighteen nominations.

The "Rolling In the Deep" singer is vying for prizes such as Top Female Artist, Top Pop Song and Top Pop Album, as well as the grand prize of Top Artist - which boasts a highly competitive field of fellow multi-nominated acts including Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry and Rihanna.

With confirmed performances to be offered up by Justin Bieber and Carrie Underwood, the winners will be announced live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20th.

CLICK HERE for The complete list of 2012 Billboard Music Awards nominees

ADELE'S POST-GRAMMY AWARDS SALES SUCCESS

After taking home six awards at this year’s Grammy’s, Adele is having one of the best weeks a professional singer could ever ask for.

The “Rolling in the Deep” songstress is not only celebrating her 52 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, but she's also racking up more album sales this week to date than ever before.

With more than 730,000 copies of 21 sold, the singer has gone double-platinum on iTunes!!

In addition, Adeles’s album had the biggest weekly sales increase following her Grammy wins in the 21-year history of Nielsen SoundScan.

Columbia Records is also noting that the album is in its 21st non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and that Adele’s LP is the longest running #1 by a woman in Billboard’s nearly 56 year history.

ADELE WINS TWO BRIT AWARDS, FLIPS THE MIDDLE FINGER!

Adele not amused by her speech being interrupted flipped the middle finger

The 32nd edition of the British Phonographic Industry‘s annual pop music or BRIT Awards was held last night Tuesday, February 21, 2012 and recording artist and songwriter Adele made the headlines by dominating the night just like she did at the recently concluded Grammys.

The 23-year-old singer won two awards – the biggest award of the night ‘Album of the Year‘ and ‘Best Female Artiste’ and gave an expected resounding performance of her single ‘Rolling in the deep‘. But it wasn’t all these that make her trend worldwide on Twitter.

Adele had been announced as winner of the top award ‘Album of the Year‘ of the night and was in the middle of her acceptance speech when she was interrupted by show host James Corden who introduced alternative rock band Blur.

‘Nothing beats coming home with six Grammys and then coming to the Brits and winning album of the year. I’m so proud to be flying the British flag for all of you‘,  Adele said…

Then came James Corden…

‘I’m so sorry, but I’m going to have to cut you off‘, Corden told Adele. Adele responded: ‘Are you about to cut me off? Can I just say then, goodbye and I’ll see you next time round‘. Obviously annoyed, Adele threw up the middle finger.

‘I got cut off during my speech and flung the middle finger. But that finger was to the suits at the Brit Awards, not to my fans‘, Adele said later on.

Adele won six Grammy Awards at the 54th edition that was held on February 12, 2012.

Check out the full list of winners below:

British Female Solo Artist: Adele

International Male Solo Artist: Bruno Mars

Critics’ Choice: Emeli Sande

Best British Single: One Direction, What makes You Beautiful

International Female Solo Artist: Rihanna

British Male Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran

British Group: Coldplay

Best International Group: Foo Fighters

British Breakthrough Act: Ed Sheeran

International Breakthrough Act: Lana Del Rey

Outstanding Contribution To Music: Blur

British Album of the Year: Adele

ADELE AND ED SHEERAN WIN AT UK MUSIC'S BRIT AWARDS

Soulful songstress Adele snatched a double win at the U.K.’s Brit music awards Tuesday grabbing the album of the year and best British female solo artist while tousle haired, singer-songwriter English troubadour Ed Sheeran, 21, won two trophies, which includes British breakthrough act and British male solo artist, at the bouncy ceremony in London’s O2 arena.

North London diva Adele, 23, won last week six Grammys and in the U.S. alone her sophomore album “21” sold more than 6 million copies. But Adele had to fix a potentially career-threatening throat condition and had to undergo vocal cord surgery in November.

"It's been an amazing year," Adele said as she received the female artist statuette from petite pop star Kylie Minogue. She wore a sleek black Burberry gown towering over Minogue adding that she feel like a drag queen next to Minogue

Actor James Corden, the show's host, cut short Adele's second acceptance speech that prompted the singer to make a rude middle-finger gesture in disappointment. She later apologized that it was meant at industry leaders, not her fans.

"I'm sorry if I offended anyone but it was the suits that offended me," Adele said. "Thank you all very much and thanks to my fans. I don't want them to think I was swearing at them."

ITV the show's broadcaster apologized to Adele in a statement for cutting her off.

The ceremony also included tributes to two departed divas, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse.

The red-headed Sheeran has been criticized as boring by some critics, but has garnered legions of young fans through online releases and unfaltering calendar of shows.

More than 1, 000 musicians, critics, record industry and the deciding public vote selected most of the awards.

Source: AP

ADELE SET TO PERFORM AT OLYMPICS AND GET HITCHED TO BOYFRIEND KONECKI, THIS YEAR

The amazingly talented Adele who has won six Grammies is looking forward to another tantalizing gift – an engagement ring from boyfriend this year.

According to the Daily Star, 37-year old Simon Konecki is all set to pop the question to the ‘Someone Like You’ singer Adele, who will be celebrating her 24th birthday then.

The tabloid claims that in addition to tying the knot the couple has even discussed the possibility of starting a family together. It was only a few months after they met each other that the couple announced in January publicly that they were dating.

A close pal of Konecki disclosed to Daily Star that Simon is so crazy about her that “he’s also talked about popping the question as soon as her birthday in May. It falls over the bank holiday weekend so he may plan a trip away and do it then.”

Moreover according to the pal Simon knows she’s ‘the one’ and all his pals agree that they have never seen him so happy “He’s like a different person,” the pal added. As for Adele, at the Grammy Awards earlier this month ‘The Rolling In The Deep’ hit maker had gone so far as to call Simon her "soul mate" and openly telling people she was "living the dream."

However, in the coming months, the engagement ring is not the only thing upper most on Adele’s mind. The soul singer is due to take to the stage at The Brit Awards tomorrow night - 21st Feb, 2012 as well as perform at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics in August.

Meanwhile an Olympic source raved “She’s the biggest star in the world right now. She would undoubtedly add something special to the event. It would be really great to see her perform at the Games,” he added.

THE COMPLETE LIST OF 2012 GRAMMYS WINNERS

It was a night filled with music and memories of the late Whitney Houston at the 2012 Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Sunday (February 12) in Los Angeles.

The big winner of the night was Adele, who picked up six awards: Album of the Year (21), Record of the Year (“Rolling in the Deep”), Song of the Year (“Rolling in the Deep”), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Someone Like You”), Best Pop Vocal Album (21), and Best Short Form Music Video (“Rolling in the Deep”).

Below is the complete winners list from the 2012 Grammy Awards…

Album of the Year – Adele, 21

Record of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Song of the Year – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best New Artist – Bon Iver

Best Pop Solo Performance – Adele, “Someone Like You”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse, “Body and Soul”

Best Pop Instrumental Album – Booker T. Jones, The Road From Memphis

Best Pop Vocal Album – Adele, 21

Best Dance Recording – Skrillex, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”

Best Dance/Electronica Album – Skrillex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Tony Bennett & Various Artists, Duets II

Best Rock Performance – Foo Fighters, “Walk”

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance – Foo Fighters, “White Limo”

Best Rock Song – Foo Fighters, “Walk”

Best Rock Album – Foo Fighters, Wasting Light

Best Alternative Music Album – Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Best R&B Performance – Corinne Bailey Rae, “In This Love”

Best Traditional R&B Performance – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, “Fool For You”

Best R&B Song – “Fool For You” (Performed by Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)

Best R&B Album – Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.

Best Rap Performance – Kanye West & Jay-Z, “Otis”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie, “All Of The Lights”

Best Rap Song – “All Of The Lights” (Performed by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Best Rap Album – Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Best Country Solo Performance – Taylor Swift, “Mean”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance – The Civil Wars, “Barton Hollow”

Best Country Song – Taylor Swift, “Mean”

Best Country Album – Lady Antebellum, Own The Night

Best Spoken Word Album – Betty White, If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t)

Best Comedy Album – Louis C.K., Hilarious

Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech

Best Song Written For Visual Media – Tangled, “I See The Light”

Best Historical Album – Paul McCartney, Band On The Run

Best Short Form Music Video – Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best Long Form Music Video – Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters: Back And Forth

PHOTOS: GRAMMY AWARDS 2012 FASHION - BEST AND WORST RED CARPET DRESSES

The 2012 Grammy gala will undoubtedly be remembered as the saddest story, due to the death of award-winning Whitney Houston, whose departure has been filled with sorrow to the music industry

The artists began to march down the red carpet Sunday at the 54th Grammy Awards 2012 , but The black became the common denominator in the clothing of celebrities who arrive at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Stars like Val KilmerVal Kilmer, Cindy Lauper, Adele, Bruno Mars and others expressed their regret at the death of Whitney in this way.

Adele, who arrived wearing a shiny black dress three quarters sleeve, with a belt that showed her waist , Osboune Kelly looked pretty with a beautiful gold dress with one strap ,Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift also looked lovely in a gold dress with open back

While the worst dressed Jennifer Lopez could be the worst dressed for the Grammy sharing with Katy Perry who wore turquoise blue dress with same color in her hair.

NICKI MINAJ's SUPER BASS NAMED BEST SINGLE OF 2011

Nicki Minaj's Super Bass has been named the Best Single of 2011 by Billboard Magazine...

Billboard’s 20 Best Songs of 2011
1. Nicki Minaj- Superbass
2. Adele- ‘Someone Like You’
3. Britney Spears- ‘Till The World Ends’
4. The Throne- ‘Ni**a’s In Paris’
5. Kelly Rowland ft Lil Wayne- ‘Motivation’
6. Frank Ocean- ‘Novacane’
7. Bon Iver- ‘Holocene’
8. Lady GaGa – ‘The Edge Of Glory’
9. Chris Brown- ‘Look At Me Now’
10. Adele- ‘Rolling In The Deep’

Adele's 'Someone Like You' should be No.1 Continue to see the rest ...


11. The Joy Formidable- ‘Whirring’
12. Beyonce- ‘Countdown’
13. Radiohead- ‘Lotus Flower’
14. Nicola Roberts- ‘Beat Of My Drum’
15. Drake ft Rihanna- ‘Take Care’
16. SBTKRT- ‘Wildfire’
17. DJ Khaled- ‘I’m On One’
18. Pistol Annies- ‘Hell on Heels’
19. M83- ’Midnight City’
20. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’

Do you agree with this list?

BILLBOARD NAMES ADELE 'ARTIST OF THE YEAR'

Billboard Magazine has named UK singer and song writer Adele Laurie Blue Adkins professionally known as Adele as the ‘Artist of the Year’ for the year 2011.

Adele’s second album, 21, was the best-selling of the year with 4.8M copies sold. Her song ‘Rolling in the deep’ was adjudged the most popular song with alongside pop singers LMFAO‘s ‘Party Rock Anthem’.

Adele, 23, is 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. Since her debut album, 19, Adele has received much recognition both commercially and critically.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and has been certified four times platinum in the UK. Her career in the US was boosted by a viewer record–breaking Saturday Night Live episode in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele won the awards for ‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Best Female Pop Vocal Performance’.

Adele has six nominations in the forthcoming 54th annual Grammy Awards which is set to  take place on February 12, 2012 at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

Lady Gaga's 'Little Monsters' Bully Adele On Twitter

Lady Gaga, photographed leaving the X-Factor studios in London on November 13th, might have to talk to her fans about bullying again. Gaga’s little monsters who we thought followed Gaga’s guidance of peace, love and equality for all have been making tasteless jokes about Adele’s weight after comments were made about which female was the best selling artist in the world. The Daily Mail reports that the little monsters are afraid Gaga will lose to Adele at the Grammy’s and have taken to Twitter and YouTube to poke fun of Adele because of the title, yes it does sound that immature.

The little monsters have been tweeting cruel remarks like, “Confirmed: Gaga will not be wearing her meat dress because she is afraid Adele will eat it.” One Gaga fan made a video about Adele’s weight by changing the lyrics of a Gaga song, “I’m bootyful in my own way because Arby’s makes nooo mistakes, I’ve got the right order, baby, I was born this weight.” That wasn’t even a good mocking lyric. Instead of canceling her tour because of surgery, some Gaga fans have made the comment that the real reason why Adele had to cancel her tour was because she couldn’t sell enough tickets.

It isn’t every fan that is going around making cruel remarks, an executive at Gaga’s record label said, “Lady Gaga does not approve of bullying anyone for their physical appearance, it goes against everything she stands for. A tiny handful of fans may be letting her down.” There have been plenty of past fan feuds with female musicians like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Demi and Selena and Britney and Christina, but it gets kind of personal to fans when people start commenting on body image instead of focusing on the talent.

Beyonce, Kanye West Lead Nominations For 2011 Soul Train Awards

Additional nominees include Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, Adele, Miguel and more. Beyonce, Kanye West and Chris Brown are just a few of the artists to receive nominations for the 2011 Soul Train Awards, taking place November 27th.

Breezy leads the pack with five nominations, while Beyonce and Kanye earned four nods apiece. Kelly Rowland, Jill Scott, Miguel and Adele each nabbed three.

Check the full list of nominees below (via MTV).

Best New Artist
» Bruno Mars
» Marsha Ambrosius
» Miguel
» Frank Ocean

Best Male R&B/Soul Artist
» Trey Songz
» Chris Brown
» Cee Lo Green
» R. Kelly
» Eric Benet
» Miguel

Centric Award
» Ledisi
» Raphael Saddiq
» Bilal
» Anthony David
» Aloe Blacc

Best Caribbean Performance
» "Bend Over" - Machel Montano
» "Man Down" - Rihanna
» "Delilah" - Movado
» "Wotless" - Kes The Band
» "Summertime" - Vybz Kartel

Best Gospel Performance
» "I Smile" - Kirk Franklin
» "Walking" - Mary Mary
» "Heaven Hear My Heart" - Trin-I-Tee 5:7
» "I Believe" - James Fortune feat. Shawn McLemore
» "More" - Cece Winans

Album of the Year
» Passion Pain & Pleasure - Trey Songz
» 21 - Adele
» F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
» Light of the Sun - Jill Scott
» 4 - Beyoncé » Watch the Throne - Jay Z/Kanye West

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year
» Moment for Life - Nicki Minaj
» All of the Lights - Kanye West
» Look at Me Now - Chris Brown (featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne)
» Out of My Head - Lupe Fiasco
» Otis - Jay Z/Kanye West

Best Female R&B/Soul Artist
» Kelly Rowland
» Beyoncé
» Marsha Ambrosius
» Jennifer Hudson
» Jill Scott
» Mary J. Blige

Song of the Year
» "So In Love" - Jill Scott (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
» "Motivation" - Kelly Rowland (featuring Lil Wayne)
» "Sure Thing" - Miguel
» "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
» "She Ain't You" - Chris Brown
» "All of the Lights" - Kanye West

Record of the Year (The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award)
» "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele
» "Far Away" - Marsha Ambrosius
» "Best Thing I Never Had" - Beyoncé
» "Good Man" - Raphael Saddiq
» "Hold My Hand" (duet with Akon) - Michael Jackson

Best Dance Performance
» "Motivation" - Kelly Rowland
» "Only Girl in the World"/"What's My Name" - Rihanna
» "Run the World (Girls)" - Beyoncé
» "She Ain't You" - Chris Brown
» "Walking" - Mary Mary
» "Pretty Girl Rock" - Keri Hilson

Adele Battles Laryngitis, Cancels US Tour

English singer-songwriter Adele has cancelled her ten-city US tour due to a laryngitis infection she is battling with. Doctors diagnosed an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing.

‘Guys, I’m heartbroken and worried to tell you that yet again I’m experiencing problems with my voice. It’s ridiculous I know! I can’t believe it myself. I follow all the advice I’m given and stick to regimes, rules and practices to the best of my ability but it seems to simply not be enough’, the 23-year-old singer wrote on her blog www.adele.tv/blog.

The tour which scheduled to commence on Friday, October 7 2011 and run through till October 21 in six different states has been postponed indefinitely.

‘I will be back and I’m gonna smash the ball out the park once I’m touring again. I apologise from the bottom of my heart, sincerely I do. I know it’s not only disappointing because of the show, but its plane tickets, hotel bookings, birthdays, anniversaries and time wasted. But please have faith in me that this is the only thing i can do to make sure i can always sing and always make music for you to the best of my ability. Truly yours and yours only forever Adele’, the singer who was obviously sad wrote in her last post.

Adele won the award for ‘Best R&B / Soul Act’ at the recently held MOBO Awards 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland