Tag: Adele

  • Beyonce-Adele rematch set to dominate 2023 Grammys

    NEW YORK: Pop royalty Beyonce and Adele will face off at the Grammys once again, after the music titans released blockbuster albums that vaulted them to the front of the list of 2023 nominees.Beyonce leads the pack with nine chances to win during the performance-heavy ceremony on February 5 that honors the industry’s best, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

    Rapper Kendrick Lamar notched eight nods, while Adele and fellow balladeer Brandi Carlile scored seven each.

    Beyonce’s “Renaissance,” a pulsating club track collection, will face off with Adele’s introspective, ugly-cry ode “30” in the most prestigious categories — six years after the British artist shut out Queen Bey’s culture-shaking “Lemonade”.

    Adele’s sweep left both women in tears, with the crooner calling Beyonce her “idol” and telling the audience her fellow megastar’s paradigm-shifting record should have won.

    That contest fueled criticism that the Academy consistently fails to pay Black artists their due.

    The 2023 nomination slate sees Beyonce continue on her history-making path: she moved into a tie with her husband, Jay-Z, as the most nominated artists ever with 88 each.

    Already the woman with the most Grammys, Beyonce could overtake classical conductor Georg Solti for the most wins by any artist, with four victories; she’s already tied for second place with music power player Quincy Jones.

    Bad Bunny, Mary J and Taylor redux

    After years of pandemic-induced delays and scalebacks, the 65th annual Grammys will head to Los Angeles early next year for what looks primed to be the Recording Academy’s most star-studded gala in recent memory.

    Bad Bunny, indisputably the world’s biggest commercial artist, came away with three nominations for his major drop “Un Verano Sin Ti,” which is in the running for Album of the Year.

    It’s the first time an all Spanish-language album has a chance at that coveted award, and the Puerto Rican reggaeton megastar’s first time landing a solo nomination in the major Grammy categories.

    R&B legend Mary J. Blige won a surprise six nominations off her album “Good Morning Gorgeous.” She is tied with rapper Future, who dominated the rap categories, and DJ Khaled, for his album “God Did.”

    Pop juggernaut Harry Styles, who the Academy has repeatedly snubbed, will also vie for six awards, including alongside Beyonce, Lamar, and Adele for Record and Album of the Year.

    Beyonce’s “Renaissance” was a boon for songwriters, including Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, who received six nominations thanks to his work on the album.

    Lizzo and Doja Cat also figure among the top nominees, cementing their status as Grammy regulars.

    Taylor Swift — who’s been making good on a vow to re-record her first six albums so she can control the rights to them — returned to her country roots by earning one of the genre’s down-ballot nominations for “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault).”

    She also snagged a nod for best music video, and another in the prestigious Song of the Year contest, which celebrates songwriters, for her 10-minute version of “All Too Well.”

    The song came out in 2012 on Swift’s album “Red,” but qualified for inclusion because the expanded version contained more than 50 percent new material.

    “I want to ramble about the magic and mystery of time and fate and reclaiming my art but instead I think I’ll go scream for ten minutes straight,” the artist posted in her Instagram stories.

    Surprises and snubs

    The Best New Artist field was once again one of the ballot’s most eclectic, featuring Brazil’s Anitta, Mexican-American Omar Apollo, and Eurovision winners Maneskin, who hail from Italy.

    The Academy — comprised of music-makers including artists, composers and engineers — also honored a coterie of the industry’s enduring stars, with Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson and ABBA garnering a handful of nominations each.

    Familiar faces cropped up in the global categories, including Angelique Kidjo and Burna Boy, while South Korea’s boy band sensation BTS — who earlier this year declared they were taking a hiatus — will vie once again for their first elusive Grammy.

    After complaining that her song “Super Freaky Girl” was moved from the rap categories to pop, Nicki Minaj didn’t make it into either.

    Silk Sonic’s Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — who scooped both Record and Song of the Year in 2022 — meanwhile abstained from submitting work from their 1970s easy listening project this time around.

    Meanwhile, the Weeknd continued to boycott the awards after being left out in 2021.

    And it wouldn’t be the Grammys without a few amusing morsels: icon Neil Young will compete against pop stars including Adele, Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber for top music film.

  • Adele scoops up five awards at Creative Arts Emmy 2022

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES; ‘Rolling in the Deep’ hitmaker Adele will need to expand the size of her award cabinet as she has scooped a string of gongs at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy.

    The 34-year-old chart-topping star can add Emmy awards to her endlessly growing list of accolades – to sit nicely alongside her Oscar and multiple Grammy Awards, reports Mirror.co.uk.

    On Saturday evening (London time), she was honoured in the USA for her special TV show ‘Adele: One Night Only’ which aired via CBS last year as she prepared to unleash her chart-topper, ’30’. Her show was up for five awards – and won all of them.

    According to Mirror.co.uk, the on-off special — which saw the singer interact with fans and celebrities while singing a number of her songs — scooped the Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) award; beating Dave Chappelle for his Netflix show ‘The Closer’.

    She also defeated ‘One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett’, Norm Macdonald’s Netflix special, and the Harry Potter 20th anniversary special ‘Return to Hogwarts’.

    ALSO READ | Check out the 23 films competing for Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

    Mirror further states that Adele’s show also won Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special and Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction.

    Paul Dugdale was awarded Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, and the show also nabbed Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special.

    Adele’s wins give her a chance to become an EGOT winner – if she were to perform on the theatrical stage and win a Tony Award as she now has an Emmy and already has a Golden Globe and Oscar.

    LOS ANGELES; ‘Rolling in the Deep’ hitmaker Adele will need to expand the size of her award cabinet as she has scooped a string of gongs at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy.

    The 34-year-old chart-topping star can add Emmy awards to her endlessly growing list of accolades – to sit nicely alongside her Oscar and multiple Grammy Awards, reports Mirror.co.uk.

    On Saturday evening (London time), she was honoured in the USA for her special TV show ‘Adele: One Night Only’ which aired via CBS last year as she prepared to unleash her chart-topper, ’30’. Her show was up for five awards – and won all of them.

    According to Mirror.co.uk, the on-off special — which saw the singer interact with fans and celebrities while singing a number of her songs — scooped the Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) award; beating Dave Chappelle for his Netflix show ‘The Closer’.

    She also defeated ‘One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett’, Norm Macdonald’s Netflix special, and the Harry Potter 20th anniversary special ‘Return to Hogwarts’.

    ALSO READ | Check out the 23 films competing for Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

    Mirror further states that Adele’s show also won Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special and Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction.

    Paul Dugdale was awarded Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, and the show also nabbed Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special.

    Adele’s wins give her a chance to become an EGOT winner – if she were to perform on the theatrical stage and win a Tony Award as she now has an Emmy and already has a Golden Globe and Oscar.

  • ‘Weekends with Adele’: ‘Easy on Me’ singer announces Las Vegas Residency beginning in January 2022

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: British musician Adele has announced a Las Vegas residency, beginning from January 2022 and titled “Weekends With Adele”.

    The singer will perform on Friday and Saturday nights in the Colosseum theatre at Caesars Palace Hotel from January 21 until April 16, 2022, reported Variety.

    “See you at Caesars in Vegasss,” Adele wrote in a post on Twitter, announcing the LA residency.

    The British star will take one weekend off in mid-February.

    Adele recently came out with her fourth studio album ’30’, which became No.1 on the Billboard 200 last week.

    It is already one of the biggest selling albums of 2021.

    See you at Caesars in Vegasss pic.twitter.com/VngaofduHQ
    — Adele (@Adele) November 30, 2021

  • Tracklist of Adele’s new album ’30’ revealed! Check full list here

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: The tracklist for Grammy-winning singer Adele’s highly anticipated album ’30’ is here. The album, which marks her comeback to the music scene, is set to release on November 19.

    On Monday, the tracklist for ’30’ was revealed via a listing for Target’s exclusive deluxe CD. The standard tracklist is 12 songs, with an additional three songs listed on the deluxe album, reported People magazine.

    The deluxe version of the album, which is Adele’s first since she released ’25’ in November 2015, includes a version of her latest single, ‘Easy On Me’, with Chris Stapleton.

    See the entire tracklist below:

    1. Strangers By Nature

    2. Easy On Me

    3. My Little Love

    4. Cry Your Heart Out

    5. Oh My God

    6. Can I Get It

    7. I Drink Wine

    8. All Night Parking (with Erroll Garner) Interlude

    9. Woman Like Me

    10. Hold On

    11. To Be Loved

    12. Love Is A Game Bonus Tracks:

    13. Wild Wild West

    14. Can’t Be Together

    15. Easy On Me (with Chris Stapleton)

    Last week, the singer announced that she will perform twice in London’s Hyde Park in July 2022, her first shows since 2017.

    “Oiii Oiiiiiiiiiiiii,” Adele wrote with a heart emoji, dropping details on presale ticket information for the July 1 and 2, 2022, shows. Fans can follow the link to a page with the official music video for her new single ‘Easy on Me’. Once there, those interested are able to sign up for Hyde Park presale access.

    When announcing ’30’ to the world earlier this month, Adele said that she started working on the album nearly three years ago, and was in a completely different place than she expected to be.

    “I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago,” the hitmaker said in a statement at the time.

    She added, “Quite the opposite actually. I rely on routine and consistency to feel safe, I always have. And yet there I was knowingly — willingly even, throwing myself into a maze of absolute mess and inner turmoil!”

    Adele’s last two albums, ’25’ and ’21’, both won album of the year at the Grammys. Her total Grammy haul sits at 15, starting back in 2009 when she won best new artist.

    She has plenty of material to draw from — in the years since releasing her last record, Adele split from husband Simon Konecki after seven years together and recently began dating sports agent Rich Paul. 

  • Adele opens up about her upcoming album ’30’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Grammy-winning singer Adele recently opened up about her forthcoming album ’30’, her divorce and her inevitable return to the spotlight.

    As per Variety, Adele had her first sit-down interview in five years with British Vogue. The star, who gave her last one-on-one interview in 2016, said, “I have to sort of gear myself up to be famous again, which, famously, I don’t really like being.”

    In the past five years, the ‘Hello’ star has been raising her son Angelo and gotten married and divorced from her now ex-husband, Simon Konecki.

    Adele said the new album explains her life changes but is ultimately a letter to her now 9-year-old son.

    “My son has had a lot of questions. Really good questions, really innocent questions, that I just don’t have an answer for … (like) why can’t you still live together?… I just felt like I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when he’s in his twenties or thirties, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness. It made him really unhappy sometimes. And that’s a real wound for me that I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to heal,” she said.

    Adele married the businessman in 2018 when she was 30 — the titular name of the album — and said the record will encourage those lost in a relationship to move on.

    She said, “Can you imagine couples listening to it in the car? It’d be so awkward. I think a lot of women are going to be like, ‘I’m done.’”

    The star explained what she hopes for in ’30’, comparing it to her two previous blockbusters: “I was drunk as a fart on ’21’; I really don’t remember much, I just remember being really sad. On ’25,’ I was obviously sober as anything because I was a new mum. That one, I was sort of more in tune with what I thought people might want or not want. With this one, I made the very conscious decision to be like, for the first time in my life, actually, ‘What do I want?’”

    What she wanted, in part, was to resume working with Greg Kurstin, who paired famously well with her on ’25’, and Max Martin, Inflo (known for his work with Sault) and Swedish composer and producer Ludwig Goransson, who won an Academy Award for his ‘Black Panther’ score and has worked closely with Childish Gambino. There are no featured guests on the record.

    Ultimately, Adele said ’30’ contains a rollercoaster of emotion: “I feel like this album is self-destruction, then self-reflection and then sort of self-redemption. But I feel ready. I really want people to hear my side of the story this time.”

    Adele also appeared on the cover of the American edition of Vogue, with a completely different story as well as different cover shoots. It marks the first time the same person has fronted both Vogues simultaneously.

    ‘Easy On Me’, the first single from ’30’, is dropping on October 15.

  • Adele, Simon Konecki finalise divorce nearly two years after announcing split

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Grammy-winning singer Adele and her estranged husband Simon Konecki have finalised their divorce nearly two years after they announced their decision to split.

    As per Us Weekly, a judge signed off on the divorce settlement on Thursday, meaning Adele and Simon are officially divorced now.

    The outlet had earlier reported that Adele and her former husband submitted a judgement packet last month, but it was not signed by the judge until now. In the document, filed by the Grammy Award-winning singer, the pair opted to determine rights to community property and debts through mediation. Adele and her ex represented themselves in the case.

    The duo, who share eight-year-old son Angelo, first announced their split in April 2019 following seven years together. “Adele and her partner have separated,” the singer’s representative announced in a statement to Us Weekly at the time of the separation announcement.

    “They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy. There will be no further comment,” the rep had added.

    Early filings showed that both Adele and Konecki were seeking joint custody and visitation of their son. They planned to negotiate those details with a mediator as well.

    In May 2020, a source told People magazine that Adele and Simon have been living across the street from each other in L.A. as they co-parent their child amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

    Adele and Simon made their relationship public in January 2012. Six months later, the Grammy winner announced that she was pregnant. The ‘Hello’ singer and Simon welcomed their son on October 19, 2012. The two married in December 2016, however, she managed to keep the news private for a few months.

    This was Simon’s second marriage. He was previously married to stylist Clary Fisher from 2004 to 2008, and they have a daughter.

    Meanwhile, Adele, who has been extremely low-key about her private life, was rumoured to be dating British rapper Skepta after they exchanged some flirty Instagram messages in June 2020.

    However, the singer cleared the air surrounding the dating rumors with an Instagram post on Oct. 28, 2020, that expressed her gratitude for hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’.”Had the best time on SNL! Thank you to the most wonderful cast, crew, writers, and producers,” she wrote.

    She concluded the message with, “I’m going back to my cave now to be the (single) cat lady that I am! Peace out till next year [black heart emoji].”

    Adele also debuted her dramatic weight loss amid her divorce, shedding more than 100 pounds. She continues to showcase her drastic transformation and focus on making new music, teasing her yet-unfinished album during a 2020 appearance on Saturday Night Live.