Her debut album, 19, hit the top of the charts in a week and reached the platinum status selling 500 000 copies in a month. Then she moved to XL Recordings and produced her second single Chasing Pavements, holding the second position in the British charts for a month. In December 2007, Adele was prized with Brit Awards Critics’ Choice Award granted to an artist with no albums released yet. The first single to be released there was titled Hometown Glory which was proclaimed the best single of the week by iTunes. She signed a contract with Pacemaker Recordings in October 2007. This record helped her find the first label. Meanwhile, MySpace already featured her first demo recorded long before and posted by a friend she gave it to. In October 2007, Adele embarked on her first British tour. In two months, the singer posted two of her compositions in the fourth edition of the on-line journal. She studied successfully The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology and graduated in 2006. Her musical interests were influenced by the works of Etta James and Dusty Springfield. She gave her first performance at school with Gabrielle’s Rise. Adele (Adele Laurie Blue Adkins) was born on in Enfield, a northern part of London.
