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Adele

RECAP: Adele, Kanye West, Cee Lo Green Dominate Grammy Awards

Date Added: 2/13/2012 8:09:30 AM | Njai Joszor | Comments: 0

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards have wrapped. In addition to it being a historic night, following the tragic death of Whitney Houston, the Grammys turned out to be a big night for Hip Hop and R&B -- this despite the controversial elimination of categories like Best Contemporary R&B Album.

Leading the final list of winners, "21" singer Adele won a total of five awards, inc...

Adele

Adele Talks Swearing With 60 Minutes

Date Added: 2/10/2012 5:42:48 PM | Michael Richie | Comments: 0

Adele is still recovering from her throat surgery but she can still hold a note. The 23-year-old British singer graced 60 Minutes with an Acappella of her huge record "Rolling In The Deep," in an interview set to air Sunday (February 12th) on CBS.

There were no complications for the diva as she had laser surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to ameliorate recurrent bleeding ...

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Adele

Adele Confirmed to Perform at Grammys

Date Added: 2/1/2012 7:55:06 AM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

After breaking records and dominating the charts in 2011, it’s only fitting that Adele would lead the pack with six Grammy nods at the upcoming awards show. Now, the British songstress is confirmed to be taking stage at the 54th annual Grammy Award ceremony, according to Hollywood Reporter. This will be the “Rolling In The Deep” singer’s first performance in five months since her vocal cord surg...

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Adele

Adele's '21' Rounds Out 2011 as Top Selling Album

Date Added: 12/28/2011 4:43:20 PM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

Though there are still a few days left in the 2011, currently Adele is predicted to have the biggest selling album of 2011 due to the consistent sales of her album '21.' The sophomore project, released back in January, has since sold a staggering total of 5.28 million copies in the U.S. alone.

The high sales number also makes the “Rolling In The Deep” singer the first musician to pass the...

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Beyonce

Beyonce, Rihanna, Adele and Alicia Keys Richest in R&B

Date Added: 12/16/2011 8:00:32 AM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

Though we usually hear about how much earnings our male counterparts rake in yearly, there is no denying that female artists are equally as successful and dominating in the music industry. Ranging from Lady Gaga to Adele and Beyonce, 2011 was a strong year for female artists. Luckily, Forbes compiled a list of the industry’s top-earning female artists consisting of revenue from album sales, tour...

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Adele

Adele Ready to Love Again, Talks Being 'Miserable at Times'

Date Added: 12/13/2011 7:36:33 AM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

After being scorned and dealing with a bad break-up, Adele is ready to move on and find love once more.

The singer’s highly acclaimed sophomore opus, '21,' was inspired by the nasty end to her relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Now, the “Rolling In The Deep” hitmaker is ready to put those negative feelings behind her and hopes to fall in love with the man of her dreams in the future....

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Adele

Adele Talks Building Herself Back Up Vocally

Date Added: 12/10/2011 8:21:37 PM | Connie Tang | Comments: 1

While fans anxiously wait for Adele to fully recover from her vocal cord surgery, it will be a much longer wait until they can expect some new music from the British powerhouse.

Earlier this year, the Grammy-nominated singer was diagnosed with a throat ailment, forcing her to postpone her concert dates and rest her vocals cords. Now Adele’s main focus is to remove herself from th...

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Adele

Adele's '21' Continues to Make History

Date Added: 12/9/2011 8:48:38 AM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

Though we still have over three weeks left of the calendar year, there is little to no doubt that Adele’s sophomore effort '21' is one of the top albums of the year.

After spending several weeks in the top spot on the charts and continuing to move a considerable amount of units each week, it is easily assumed that '21' is the best-selling album of the year. In fact, it will be t...

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Adele

2011 MEMORABLE MOMENTS: Adele Makes History (3 of 10)

Date Added: 12/7/2011 1:07:37 PM | SR Staff | Comments: 0

Soulful British singer, Adele, snatched record titles all year with her sophomore album '21.' The record topped the charts 18 weeks, positioning her as the first female to make chart history. In the last forty years, only the Bee Gees were able to hold this record for their soundtrack to the film ‘Saturday Night Fever.' The only other artists to have spent a longer time at the number one ...

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Rihanna

Rihanna and Adele Lead Grammy Nods With Six Each, Chris Brown and Company Follows

Date Added: 12/1/2011 8:29:51 AM | SR Staff | Comments: 1

With the end of the year 2011 creeping up, it also means that we’re getting closer to the Grammy Awards once again. Last night (November 30th), the nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards were announced after a live concert showcase, which included performances from Usher, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and more. There was no doubt that British vocalist Adele would get nominated for the Grammys for her late...

T-Pain

T-Pain Wants to Perform with Adele at Upcoming Grammys

Date Added: 12/1/2011 7:57:39 AM | SR Staff | Comments: 2

Rapper-turned-singer T-Pain has high hopes to share the stage with Adele at the Grammy Awards next year on his single “5 O’Clock,” according to BANG Showbiz.

T-Pain plans on performing his current single “5 O’Clock,” which features the soulful vocals of Lily Allen, at the 2012 Grammy’s, but he’s hit quite a snag. Allen recently just gave birth to her first child overseas, and she might ...

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Adele

Adele Announces Next U.S. Single

Date Added: 11/10/2011 10:40:51 AM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

Multi-platinum selling songstress Adele is ready to continue building on the success of her ‘21’ album with her next single – "Set Fire to the Rain."
 
Originally, it was expected that the next single would be "Rumour Has It," but her label decided to capitalize on the huge success of "Set Fire to the Rain," according to Billboard.
 
"Our research found more programmer pref...

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Adele

Adele on Road to Recovery After Throat Surgery

Date Added: 11/8/2011 3:24:38 PM | Connie Tang | Comments: 0

Chart-topper Adele is currently recovering after undergoing vocal cord surgery that forced her to cancel the rest of her tour dates. In a statement released by Massachusetts General Hospital where she had her procedure, it states that the surgery was successful and her prognosis is good. The “Rolling In The Deep” singer is expected to make a full recovery from the laser microsurgery.

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Adele

Adele, Rihanna & Lil Wayne Lead AMA Nominations

Date Added: 10/11/2011 4:39:28 PM | SR Staff | Comments: 0

Earlier today (October 11), the nominations for the 2011 American Music Awards were announced at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, with the help of Pitbull and Nicki Minaj. Nominees include Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne and Rihanna, with three nods.
 
Both Pitbull and Nicki received two nominations each. Nicki was nominated for Favorite Hip-Hop Artist and Favor...

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Jessie J

Jessie J Reigns Over Adele & Tinie Tempah at MOBO awards

Date Added: 10/6/2011 9:03:29 AM | SR Staff | Comments: 0

UK budding superstar Jessie J outpaced Adele, Tinchy Stryder, Tinie Tempah and Rihanna, capturing four MOBO awards at the 16th annual showing on Wednesday night (October 5) at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center in Glasgow.

The "Price Tag" singer was nominated for five and was crowned the award recipient of four awards - Best UK Act, Best Album ("Who You Are"), Best Ne...

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