What’s the secret of Adele’s stunning chart success?

avatar

Posted by Tim Guest

Editor

May 24th 2011 at 10:00

Categories

Entertainment

Share

Adele. Cheer up, love - you're really successful

She’s notched up a record-breaking eleven straight weeks at the top of the UK album charts, and has also hit the top spot in the US. So what is it about Adele that makes her so popular?

As she says herself:

“As soon as I got a microphone in my hand, when I was about 14, I realised I wanted to do this. Most people don’t like the way their voice sounds when it’s recorded. I was just so excited by the whole thing that I wasn’t bothered what it sounded like.”

Just as well really. She first came to attention via the BBC’s Sound of 2008, and quickly followed her crowning as that year’s star with her debut album, 19 – which has so far sold over a million copies, and has found its way back into the charts in recent weeks.

Her second album 21, has so far sold over 1.5 million copies and has spawned two huge hit singles, making her the first living artist since the Beatles to have two top five hits in the UK single and album charts at the same time.

On release of her first album back in 2008, Adele said:

“I don’t know what’s going to happen if my music career goes wrong. I haven’t had a proper job yet.”

I don’t think she needs to worry too much, do you?

Watch Adele’s finest moment

What do you think of Adele? Do you own 19, or 21, or both? Let us know below.

The latest music on demand

Watch the top 20 music videos plus the best from the 60s to 00s, concerts, music documentaries and more.

Related Articles

More articles by Tim Guest

Comments

Please leave your comments using the box below. Learn more

BT is not responsible for any external content or links uploaded by users of the site. Nor does the presence of information or links about other parties' products or services confer any form of endorsement of another party's products or services by BT. Please visit the BT Life user guide for more information.