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In 2010, Adele received a Grammy nomination for Best
Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Hometown Glory". In April her song
"My Same" entered the German Singles Chart after it had been
performed by Lena Meyer-Landrut in the talent show contest Unser Star für
Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), in which the German entry to the Eurovision
Song Contest 2010 was determined. In late September, after being
featured on The X Factor, Adele's version of Bob Dylan's "Make You
Feel My Love" re-entered the UK singles chart at number 4. During the 2010
CMT Artists of the Year special, Adele performed a widely publicised
duet of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" with Darius Rucker. This
performance was later nominated for a CMT Music Award.
Adele released her second studio album, 21,
on 24 January 2011 in the UK and 22 February in the US. She said that the album was inspired by the
breakup with her former partner. The album's sound is described as
classic and contemporary roots and country music. The change in sound from her
first album was the result of her bus driver playing contemporary Nashville
music when she was touring the American South. Adele told Spin Magazine
"It was really exciting for me because I never grew up around [that
music]." The title choice reflects the growth she has experienced in the
last two years. 21 hit number 1 in more than 26 countries, including the
UK and the US. An emotional performance of "Someone Like You" at the 2011
BRIT Awards on 15 February propelled the song to number one in the UK. Her
first album, 19, re-entered the UK album chart alongside 21,
while first and second singles "Rolling in the Deep" and
"Someone Like You" were in the top 5 of the UK singles chart, making
Adele the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top-five hits in both
the Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since
the Beatles in 1964. Both songs topped the charts in multiple markets and broke
numerous sales performances records. In May 2011, Adele caused some minor
controversy with critical statements about high taxes. Following her
performance of "Someone Like You" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards,
it became Adele's second number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. By
December 2011, 21 sold over 3.4 million copies in the UK, and became the
biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse's Back
to Black, with Adele becoming the first artist ever to sell three million
albums in the UK in one calendar year. "Set Fire to the Rain" became
Adele's third number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, as Adele became the
first artist ever to have an album, 21, hold the number one position on
the Billboard 200 concurrently with three number one singles.
To promote the album,
Adele embarked upon Adele Live tour, which sold out its North American leg.In
October 2011, Adele was forced to cancel two tours because of a vocal cord
haemorrhage. She released a statement saying she needed an extended period of
rest in order to avoid permanent damage to her voice. The singer underwent
laser microsurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital during the first week of
November.A recording of her tour, Live at the Royal Albert Hall was
released in November 2011, debuting at number one in the US with 96,000 copies
sold, the highest one-week tally for a music DVD in four years, becoming the
best-selling music DVD of 2011. Adele is the first artist in Nielsen
SoundScan history to have the year's number one album (21), number one
single ("Rolling in the Deep"), and number one music video. At the 2011
American Music Awards on 20 November, Adele won three awards; Favorite Pop/Rock
Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album
for 21. On 9 December, Billboard named Adele artist of the year,
Billboard 200 Album of the year (21), and the Billboard Hot 100 Song of
the year ("Rolling in the Deep"), becoming the first female ever to
top all three categories.
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