Adelle Adkins |
Adelle won 6 Grammys this year and 2 Grammys in 2009, and numerous other Billboard and Brit Awards, including such distinctions as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Best Independent Artist, Critics Choice, Best Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Artist of the Year.
SOMEONE LIKE YOU
This song in the video below won Best of 2011 and has taken the world by storm. It was #1 in Great Britain for 5 weeks and won a Grammy for Best Solo Performance. It topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, The United States, Ireland and the U.K., and #1 for 7 weeks in France. It also hit # 1 in Finland, Brazil, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland and Belgium. In the U.K alone she has sold over 1.2 million copies and over 4 million in the U.S. This YouTube video has nearly 100,000,000 hits!
Here it is : Someone Like You
There is a lengthy article about this song on Wikipedia, the inspiration, history, and analysis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Like_You_%28Adele_song%29
Great song. I get a lot of responses off "Rolling in the Deep" on accordion. Check it out.
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