You Won’t Believe Adele’s Secret Life

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Adele stands out as a remarkable gem in the realm of British music, crafting heartfelt ballads and uplifting anthems that can make you dance and cry with equal intensity.

After achieving stardom following the release of her album 19 in 2008 and completing a two-year residency in Las Vegas by November 2024, Adele is now enjoying a well-deserved break from her career.

With each album marking a landmark moment in her life and career, and each named after the age she was upon its release, Adele has created an unmatched legacy of hit songs over the course of just four albums.

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Here is a list of the albums she has released thus far along with the tracks included in each one and the accomplishments she gained from them.

What albums has Adele released to date and what singles are on them?

19 (2008)

Tracklist:

  1. Daydreamer
  2. Best for Last
  3. Chasing Pavements (peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts)
  4. Cold Shoulder (peaked at No. 18 on the UK charts)
  5. Crazy for You
  6. Melt My Heart to Stone
  7. First Love
  8. Right as Rain
  9. Make You Feel My Love (peaked at No. 4 on the UK charts)
  10. My Same
  11. Tired
  12. Hometown Glory (peaked at No. 19 on the UK charts)

Adele’s debut album, 19 spent one week at No. 1 in the UK Official Album charts, but appeared in the charts itself for 223 weeks in the years following (that’s over four years in total!)

Among the tracks was Hometown Glory, which celebrated her native home of West Norwood in London, and a cover of Bob Dylan track Make You Feel My Love.

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The album earned Adele her first two Grammys – one for Best New Artist, and one for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Chasing Pavements. She also won the Critics’ Choice awards at the BRIT Awards in 2008.

21 (2011)

Tracklist

  1. Rolling in the Deep (peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts)
  2. Rumour Has It
  3. Turning Tables
  4. Don’t You Remember
  5. Set Fire to the Rain (peaked at No. 11 on the UK charts)
  6. He Won’t Go
  7. Take It All
  8. I’ll Be Waiting
  9. One and Only
  10. Lovesong
  11. Someone Like You (spent five weeks at No. 1 on the UK charts)
  12. I Found a Boy

While 19 was warmly received by listeners upon release, it was 21 that really kicked off Adele’s career as an international force to be reckoned with. To date, the album has spent 23 weeks at No. 1 in the UK Official Album charts, appearing for 436 weeks.

The release was declared Album of the Year at the BRIT Awards and she tied the record for most Grammys earned at a single ceremony with six – including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop Vocal Album of the Year and Song of the Year for Rolling in the Deep.

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The album was so successful it was the biggest-selling album in the world for both 2011 and 2012. It remains the best-selling album of the 21st century and is in the rankings of best-selling albums in the world of all time (at 24 at the time of writing).

In the United Kingdom, the Official Charts Company ranks this album as the fourth most popular of all time. It trails only behind Queen’s and Abba’s greatest hits collections, as well as Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles.

25 (2015)

Tracklist:

  1. Hello (spent three weeks at No. 1 on the UK charts)
  2. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (peaked at No. 5 on the UK charts)
  3. I Miss You
  4. When We Were Young (peaked at No. 9 on the UK charts)
  5. Remedy
  6. Water Under the Bridge
  7. River Lea
  8. Love in the Dark
  9. Million Years Ago
  10. All I Ask
  11. Sweetest Devotion

With her third album, Adele continued to impress with 25, with the record spending 13 weeks at No. 1 in the UK Official Album charts, remaining in the charts for 362 weeks after breaking first-week sales records.

Between 21 and 25, she also released James Bond theme song Skyfall, earning her first Oscar.

For the third time in a row, Adele took home Album of the Year at the Grammys, as well as Best Pop Vocal Album. She also won British Album of the Year and Song of the Year at the BRITs.

30 (2021)

Tracklist:

  1. Strangers By Nature
  2. Easy on Me (spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the UK charts)
  3. My Little Love
  4. Cry Your Heart Out
  5. Oh My God (peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts)
  6. Can I Get It
  7. I Drink Wine (peaked at No. 4 on the UK charts)
  8. All Night Parking Interlude (feat Erroll Garner)
  9. Woman Like Me
  10. Hold On
  11. To Be Loved
  12. Love Is a Game

After a six-year hiatus, 30 was released and immediately shot to the top of the charts, spending five weeks at the top of the UK Official album list, and remaining in the charts for 66 weeks.

The album was created as a result of her separation from husband Simon Konecki, and the tracks were written to clarify her decision to terminate the marriage.

She won Best Pop Solo Performance for Easy on Me at the Grammys, and British Album of the Year at the BRITs.

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2025-03-18 14:47