Adele Slams Pop Stars Who Rely on Sex
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Adele has criticized pop stars who use sex to sell records.
The pregnant "Someone Like You" hitmaker has slammed her chart rivals - who include Rihanna, Madonna and Lady Gaga - who strip off in their videos to promote themselves and insists most female singers look very different in real life to how they look on screen.
"They don't look how they do in magazines or videos. I have seen them up close. Exploiting yourself sexually is not a good look. I don't find it encouraging," she said.
Adele has always had a fuller figure but she insists she would never go on a diet or change her image to try and be more successful. The 24-year-old singer - whose last album 21 has sold over 23 million copies worldwide - prefers to just let her music define her. "I have never seen magazine covers and music videos and thought, 'I need to look like that to be a success.' To sell more records I don't need to go that. I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a 'plus size' and so much bigger than other artists. No matter what you look like the key is to be happy with yourself," she is quoted as saying.
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Adele’s New Album Inspired by Pregnancy
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Adele's new album will be inspired by her pregnancy. While the 24-year-old singer is known for her songs about lost love and heartbreak, friends say her newfound happiness with Simon Konecki and the impending arrival of their first child have both had a big impact on her work.
"It will be lighter than her last ode to break-up. The pregnancy has had a big impact on her songwriting," a source told Us Weekly.
Meanwhile, the couple are preparing for the baby and Adele is enjoying her time out of the spotlight. "She is lying low and focusing on becoming a mom. The baby is healthy and she's so excited," the insider added.
Writing on her website in June, Adele confirmed her pregnancy, saying she wanted fans to hear the news directly from her: "I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon. Yours always, Adele."
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Lana Del Rey Songwriter to Write for Adele?
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Lana Del Rey's songwriter wants to work with Adele.
Justin Parker co-wrote Lana's first ever hit, "Video Games," and thinks his style of songwriting - which last week won him an Ivor Novello award - would be a good fit with the "Someone Like You" hitmaker: "Definitely, it suits my thing. I'm sure we could write something really beautiful. But you never know - the thing about writing is you can have a bad day and you may never get to work with that artist again. You have to prepare and make sure you've got something you really believe in. I've been quite lucky. I do a lot of preparation. I don't work tons. I try and work cleverly and try and work with people I really want to work with," he said.
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Adele is Too Afraid to Sing at Glastonbury
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The "Someone Like You" singer has been hotly tipped to appear at the event in 2013, but organizer Michael Eavis says he can't convince her because she gets daunted by the number of people who attend the event, held in Somerset, Southern England.
"Adele knows that we want her anyway, but she doesn't want to do anything outside. She comes every year usually and has her own little party, but going on the pyramid stage is a bit daunting, playing in front on 80,000 people, it's a bit much," said Michael Eavis, speaking at the Ivor Novello awards.
Glastonbury is taking a year off to let its fields lie fallow, but when it returns next year, Michael said he's likely to invite Ed Sheeran - who has already performed at the festival a few times and took home Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the awards show - back.
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Was Amy Winehouse ‘Freaked Out’ by Adele’s Success?
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Amy Winehouse felt "competitive" towards Adele.
The "Rehab" singer - who passed away from accidental alcohol poisoning last year - was ''freaked out'' by the worldwide acclaim "Someone Like You" hitmaker Adele received, according to their mutual friend Mark Ronson. "She was in a bad state, God knows why. I think that the Adele thing had Amy freaked out. She liked her, but Adele's success was making Amy feel upset, competitive, restless. Anyway, we lost touch briefly. And before she and I could really start the process of beginning a new album, it was too late," he said.
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Beth Ditto ‘Chilled’ by Adele’s Voice
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Adele gives Beth Ditto "chills." The Gossip lead singer is a huge fan of the "Someone Like You" hitmaker, praising her talent and beauty.
"I love Adele so much and it's honestly not because we're both big. I love that she's a f***ing singer and that she just so happens to be beautiful. It gives me chills to think about it."
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Adele Outsells Michael Jackson
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Adele's 21 has now outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller in the UK.
The "Rolling In The Deep" hitmaker's second album - which was released in January 2011 - has sold 4,274,300 copies in Britain, more than 500 more than the late singer's 1982 classic record, meaning it is now the fifth best-selling album of all time in the UK. "To add to her many landmark records, Adele's achievement in overtaking Thriller in the all-time sales list is truly remarkable. Thriller has long been recognized as one of the most iconic albums of all time - there is now no doubt that 21 can be spoken of in the same breath," said Official Charts Company's managing director Martin Talbot.
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Adele Leads Billboard Music Award Nominations
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Awards, Alternative, Dance, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
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Adele is up for 18 Billboard Music awards.
The "Someone Like You" hitmaker leads the nominations with her huge haul which includes Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist while her single "Rolling In The Deep" is a contender in seven song categories.
LMFAO received 17 nominations, while Rihanna - who was nominated in 18 categories last year - made the shortlist for 13 awards. Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne both received nods in 10 different categories and each will compete against Adele, Rihanna and Katy Perry for the prestigious Top Artist prize. Nominees for the Top New Artist gong include Bad Meets Evil, Big Sean, Foster The People, Scotty McCreery and Wiz Khalifa.
The awards - which features many additional categories - celebrate artists who have appeared in the Billboard charts between the end of February 2011 and March this year, with winners determined by album, single and digital sales, touring, streaming and data from social websites such as Facebook and Myspace. The Billboard Music Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 20.
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Adele to Release New Music in 2012
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Adele plans to release a new single later this year.
The "Someone Like You" hitmaker - whose debut album 19 came out in 2008 followed by 2011 record 21 - will bring out a song at the end of 2012, but she is not expecting a complete a full album for a ''good two years''.
"I'm not going on a break for that long. There was a good two years between my first and second album, so it will be the same this time. There will be a new song probably coming out at the end of the year, and then it depends how quickly I write some new songs - but it won't be for a good two years," she replied when asked if her fans will have to wait until 2014 for new material.
Adele - who won six Grammy Awards and two BRIT Awards earlier this year - would release another album "next week" if she didn't insist on writing all of her own material, but she likes to take her time penning lyrics: "I have to write another record, if I didn't write my own songs I'd be out next week with a new album, but because I write my own songs I have to take time and live a little bit."
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Adele Inspired by ODB, White Stripes
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Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" was influenced by rapper ODB and The White Stripes.
The lead single from Adele's second album, 21 has been a huge international hit, but despite having a classic soul sound, the inspiration behind is much more contemporary and surprising.
"When we were doing 'Rolling In The Deep' we wanted the impact and feeling of the track to have a little bit of 'Seven Nation Army' by The White Stripes. But for the bridges, we were trying to make the piano sound like 'Brooklyn Zoo' by Ol' Dirty B*****d. And when it came to the whole feeling of her vocal relationship to the track, we thought most like Cee Lo Green and Nina Simone," producer Paul Epworth told Uaudio.com
Adele's 21 is was inspired by a particularly painful love split, but she has promised she is now "done being a bitter witch," and vowed to "never write a break-up record again." Adele, now 23, also said people assume she is "miserable" because of melancholy songs like "Someone Like You," but they end up "surprised" when they meet her and find she is actually cheerful and upbeat.
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