Adele By Numbers: 25 Facts You Need To Know
Adele's hugely anticipated third studio album, 25, is out 20 November, and we literally cannot wait.
During her three-year break, Adele has been enjoying some much-needed time to herself and her new family. But now she has released the video for her new song, Hello, we're just loving have her back in our lives.
So in honour of her return, and her anticipated 25 album, here are 25 random, and not-so-random facts about our favourite, loud-mouthed, South London pop star...
Splash News94 – The number of days she kept her son’s name a secret before it was revealed on her necklace. Angelo, aww!
Adele tries to keep Angelo away from the spotlight, and told Ellen DeGeneres: "There was a period when I had my kid where I didn’t leave my house for a while. And then I asked like a fellow musician I was, he sort of said 'how are you feeling? You’re not becoming a recluse are you?' And I was like 'no, but maybe'. And he was like 'if you’re going to become a recluse you need a big enough house to be a recluse in!' and that was when I was like 'no way'. I was fine after that."
Adele also asked if Angelo is musical, she said "a little bit" and that if he wants to go into music, she'll help him.
PA30 – The number of seconds Adele's advert played for during the adverts of X Factor on 18 October 2015. She teased her new music, and the Twittersphere went wild with excitement.
PA Photos1 – The number of tours she had to cancel because of a vocal cord haemorrhage. She’s also admitted that a lot of it was down to a turbulent relationship with a boyfriend.
PA Photos31 – The combined weight in pounds (plus another 8 ounces) of Adele’s six Grammys weigh. That’s equivalent to four newborns, 20 dozen eggs, or the average amount of cheese an American eats ever year.
Adele/Twitter1 – The number of times Adele has dressed up as George Michael.
PA Photos2 – The number of sugars she used to have in her tea. She ditched the spoonfuls of sugar and admits that's how she lost weight.
60 minutes10 – The number of bedrooms Adele’s mansion had, but she admitted only 9 out of 10 would ever be used. She’s subsequently sold the house and now lives in what’s described as “Hove’s Millionaire’s Row” in Brighton.
Bigpicturesphoto.com3 – The number of Guinness World Records she holds. Firstly for being the first female to have two singles and two albums simultaneously in the UK Top 5, next for being the first female solo artist to hold the number one spot in the UK for the most consecutive weeks with her album ‘21’ (11), and finally 21 broke the record for the most cumulative weeks for a solo female artist at number one in the UK (18).
PA Photos23 – The number of weeks her album 21 spent at number one in the USA, making it the longest running in that top spot since 1985.
PA Photos6 – The position Adele was in on Forbes’ 2012 list of the world’s highest paid celebrities under 30.
3 - The number of celebrities she's been on a date with. Well, this is going back to when she was a GLAMOUR cover star in 2011. She said: "I've been on a few dates with celebrities but I don't like it. You go out and everyone looks at you both. I'm not going to say who. We go to really established places that know how to keep their fking mouths shut. But then, everyone wants to fk a celebrity so I wouldn't trust them."
4 – The number of times her album ‘19’ went platinum in the UK.
PA Photos4– The number of years Adele spent at the prestigious BRIT School where she graduated alongside classmates Jessie J and Leona Lewis.
PA Photos4 – The age she began singing.
Getty Images5 – The number of known tattoos she has: two on her left wrist, one on each hand, and one behind her right ear.
Getty Images10 – The number of minutes it supposedly took Adele to record the vocals for Skyfall. However producer Paul Epworth has denied this.
Getty Images19 – The number of seconds Adele’s Oscars speech lasted before she got all emotional – don’t worry though, she shouted, “you’re all amazing,” to the crowd as she walked off.
Wenn16 – The age she wrote her debut song, Hometown Glory, about her hometown of West Norwood in South London.
PA Photos13,000 – the number of dollars Adele collected for charity SANDS on the UK and European leg of her Adele Live tour by making backstage visitors contribute a minimum of $20 to enter.
Annique Delphine51 - The number of months Adele has had her dog Louis, after Louis Armstrong. Other potential names were Britney and Aaron Lennon after her favourite football player.
PA Photos86 – The number of awards she has won, including 13 Billboard music awards, 10 Grammys, 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe and 2 Glamour Women of the Year awards.
PA Photos223 – The amount of times Adele has tweeted from her account with a following of 23.5 million. She’s had her profile for over 5 years, so that’s only 3.5 times a month (we like our maths)!
Rex Features1 – The number of fan mail letters she has received from British Prime Ministers. Gordon Brown called her “a light at the end of the tunnel” in a note thanking her for “keeping Britons’ spirits up during the global economic crisis.”
Getty26 – The number of countries her album 21 reached number one in.
