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Adele Spotted Smoking Again
Tsk tsk — someone has been a bad, bad girl! Adele has been spotted smoking even though she committed to quit after having a benign polyp removed from her vocal cords at the end of last year. Adele was not psyched at all about giving up her bad habit, since she expressed such joy over it, but she resigned herself to becoming a non-smoker as it was better for her voice. However, she’s fallen off the wagon on which she never wanted to be in the first place!
Adele’s ’21′ Will Match ‘Titanic’ Soundtrack for Chart Record [VIDEO]
Sounds like Adele indeed turned her sorrow into treasured gold — then into treasured platinum, and next week into a Billboard chart record. Billboard reports that amid a week of few new releases, the British chanteuse is slated to top their Billboard 200 chart for the 16th nonconsecutive week, tying the record previously set by the ‘Titanic’ soundtrack.
Jessie J, Adele + Ed Sheeran Lead 2012 Brit Awards Nominations
While the American music industry prepares for next month’s Grammy Awards, the U.K. equivalent, the Brit Awards, just announced its nominees for the 2012 ceremony, led by Adele, Jessie J, and Ed Sheeran.
Adele Attending the Grammys + Hopefully Performing!
Adele is on the road to recovery following vocal cord surgery last November, and will be attending the 2012 Grammy awards ceremony in February. Fingers crossed she’ll be well enough to sing!
Cady Groves Heads on Tour With Hot Chelle Rae, Covers Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’
Hotly tipped singer-songwriter Cady Groves has been making a major splash with her killer video ‘This Little Girl,’ featuring a cameo from ‘The Voice’ judge Blake Shelton, and the Oklahoma chanteuse’s star is just continuing to rise: She’s set to head out on tour with Hot Chelle Rae on their Beautiful Freaks Tour.
American Idol Judges Sick Of Hearing Adele During Auditions [VIDEO]
American Idol returns to Fox for its 11th season Jan. 17 and 18, and the Idol judges have been busy listening to potential contestants during the audition process. They tell TV Guide to get ready to hear a lot of Adele during the audition phase of the show.
Adele Spotted Making Out With New Boyfriend
Foster the People + Adele Rank High on Spotify’s Top Tracks of 2011
Here in the United States, we’ve only had (legal) access to the music streaming service Spotify for less than six months, but it’s already one of the most popular online destinations for music lovers. The Swedish-founded, U.K.-headquartered service took a look at what we’ve been streaming, crunched their year-end numbers and published their list of the service’s 100 most popular tracks in the U.S.
So what do we like to listen to on Spotify? Pretty much the same thing we want everywhere else: Lots and lots of Foster the People, Gym Class Heroes and Adele.
Adele Breaks Another Album Record With ’21′
We’ve heard a lot in recent weeks about the records being tied, set, and/or broken by Katy Perry and Rihanna — which has made it easy to forget that Adele‘s ’21′ is still the top-selling album of 2011. Well, here’s an even more impressive reminder of the ‘Rolling in the Deep’ singer’s success: ’21′ not only outpaced sales of all other releases this year, it posted the biggest one-year sales total since 2004.
Entertainment Weekly’s Best & Worst of 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, it is time for just about every entertainment outlet to release their best and worst list recapping the year. Entertainment Weekly has released their list and the usual suspect is on the top of one list but doesn't appear on another.
Female Stars Ruled Billboard’s Charts [VIDEO]
For the first time ever, female artists rule the Billboard year end charts.

