阿黛爾

大多數人在21歲時可能還在整日找樂，虛度光陰，而英國歌手阿黛爾在21歲時卻做了完全不同的事情。她幾乎在一年之內橫掃了全球各大音樂榜單并斬獲多項大獎。

When most people turn 21， they spend too much time partying and having fun. But when Adele turned 21， she did something completely different.

After going through a tough breakup， the British singer turned her pain into glory and recorded 21—one of the most moving albums of the year.

The album， 21， which was released in January， has already hit the charts in 14 countries， according to the Billboard magazine. It also noted that Adele made history as the first artist since the Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums in the charts at the same time. （Adele’s debut album， 19， was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it.）

Now， after touring around the world for almost a year， the DVD of her live concert， released on November 29， is Adele’s latest work. Having topped the pre—order list of Amazon.com for over a month already， this one seems to stay on top for a while.

If you’ve heard her voice—you likely have， considering that hit singles such as Rolling in the Deep and Someone like You are played everywhere—it’s not hard to understand people’s obsession.

“There are few young artists channeling the emotional heft and soul like 22—year—old Adele，” Adele’s manager Jonathan Dickins told the CNN. “She’s got that special glimmer.”

Born in north London， Adele sang her way up really： In 2006， she was signed by England’s XL Recordings on the strength of a three—song demo a friend of hers had posted on “MySpace”； within two years she had won the BRIT Awards’ Critics prize and been tipped by the BBC as the “Sound of 2008”. In 2009 she got the best new artist of Grammy Award， and went on a world tour in support of the album 19 with a sold—out show in Los Angeles.

According to Adele herself， much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup.

“I didn’t try to make all of my songs open—ended so that they could apply to ‘anybody’，” Adele said in an interview with the Billboard magazine. “I wanted some to be as personal as possible.”

Adele added that she might not have had a melodic hook or a specific lyrical idea when writing songs， but she always knew what she wanted to say， and she definitely had “a master plan”.

That’s probably what has fueled the singer’s success —emotional certitude， according to Dickins. “The key to great singers is believing every single word they sing，” he said. “And I think you believe every word that comes out of Adele’s mouth. You can feel her life force through her voice.”

大多數人在21歲時，都會花很多時間在聚會和找樂上。但當阿黛爾21歲時，她卻做了一些完全不同的事情。

在經歷了一場痛心的分手后，這位英國歌手化傷痛為榮耀，錄制出堪稱本年度最打動人心的專輯之一《21》。

根據公告牌雜志統計，1月份發行的專輯《21》已席卷了14個國家的音樂排行榜。該雜志還稱，阿黛爾同時也開創了歷史先河，成為自披頭士樂隊之后首位同時在排行榜上擁有兩首Top5單曲以及兩張Top5專輯的藝人。（阿黛爾的首張專輯《19》于2008年發行。每張專輯都以她創作專輯時的年齡命名）。

如今，在其世界巡回演唱會進行近1年之后，阿黛爾現場演唱會DVD于11月29日發行，這是她給出的最新功課。這張DVD在亞馬遜網站預定榜單上高居榜首超過一個月之久，似乎短時間內它還不會讓位。

當你聽了她的聲音后（你或許聽到過，因為隨處可以聽到《Rolling in the deep》和《Someone like You》這樣的熱門單曲），就不難理解人們對她的癡迷了。

“幾乎沒有年輕歌手能像22歲的阿黛爾那樣，能夠傳遞出情感的力量和靈魂的聲音。”阿黛爾的經紀人喬納森·狄金斯在接受CNN采訪時說道，“她擁有與眾不同的閃光點。”

出生在倫敦北部的阿黛爾的確一路高歌猛進：2006年，英國XL Recordings唱片公司在聽了由她的朋友上傳到“我的空間”的一張僅有三首歌的唱片小樣后決定與阿黛爾簽約；不到兩年，她就獲得了全英音樂大獎中的“樂評人獎”，并被BBC稱為“2008年度之音”。2009年，她獲得了格萊美最佳新人獎，并進行全球巡演宣傳她的專輯《19》，其中洛杉磯站的演唱會門票銷售一空。

據阿黛爾本人表示，她音樂靈感大多來自于一次分手事件。

“我并沒有因為試圖去迎合‘任何人’，而將全部歌曲變成開放式的。”接受公告牌雜志采訪時，阿黛爾說，“我想讓其中一些作品盡量個性化。”

阿黛爾還表示，自己在寫歌時可能并沒有一個旋律的牽引或者某個特定的關于歌詞的想法，但她總是知道自己想說什么，而且她的確總會有一個“全盤性計劃”。

狄金斯猜測，這或許就是這位歌手成功的原因——感情上的篤定。“成為偉大歌手的關鍵在于去相信他們唱出來的每個詞。”他說，“而我認為，你會去相信每個出自阿黛爾之口的話語。通過她的聲音，你能體會到她的生命力。”