Adele needs no introduction. From humble beginnings she has come to be a globally recognized icon. Her first album shot her to fame & the second consolidated her position as a singing/songwriting superstar with lasting global appeal. She has already won more than 40 industry awards including 11 Billboard Music Awards a BRIT award & eight Grammy awards. She has broken record after record: first artist to sell more than 3m albums in a year in the UK first living artist to have two top five hits in both the UK singles & albums charts simultaneously since the Beatles the first artist in history to lead the Billboard chart concurrently with three number ones 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist on the UK chart & in the US it held the top position for longer than any other album since 1993.