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Adele

Singer and songwriter

Born 1988

Adele is an English singer-songwriter whose four studio albums — 19, 21, 25 and 30 — turned a conversational, soul-rooted writing style and commanding mezzo-soprano into one of the defining pop careers of the twenty-first century. Raised mainly by her mother across Tottenham, Brixton and West Norwood, she studied at the BRIT School before emerging with Chasing Pavements and winning the Grammy for Best New Artist. She achieved a global breakthrough with 21 and songs including Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You. Surgery for a vocal-cord haemorrhage in 2011 later made protecting her voice a firm boundary on performance. She followed with the Oscar-winning James Bond theme Skyfall, the record-setting 25 and its single Hello, and 30, a self-reckoning record shaped by motherhood and divorce. Her honours include 16 Grammys and an Academy Award. From 2022 to 2024 she headlined Weekends with Adele in Las Vegas and a ten-show Munich residency before beginning an extended performance break. Her next announced creative step is her screen-acting debut in Tom Ford's adaptation of Cry to Heaven, planned for late 2026.

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ConnectionRich PaulPartner since 2021 and publicly acknowledged fiancé; Paul discussed how the relationship developed in a 2026 interview.

ConnectionSimon KoneckiFormer husband and co-parent of their son; Adele discussed their divorce and cooperative family life in Vogue.

ConnectionPaul EpworthCo-writer of Skyfall.

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Untamed by Glennon Doyle

A 2020 recommendation. Adele did not identify a format; the catalog cover is a clearly labelled publisher-verified reference edition, not a claim about the copy she read.

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Untamed: Reese's Book ClubGlennon Doyle

Adele publicly praised the work. The linked hardcover and its thumbnail are a publisher-verified reference edition, not a claim that she read or owned that format.

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Amy Winehouse · Beyoncé

Adele said Winehouse's first album inspired her to pick up the guitar and described Beyoncé's regularly released music as a formative companion.

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Kai

A dated rapid-fire interview answer, not a permanent endorsement or dietary claim.

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Weights, hiking or boxing, and cardio with trainer support

Adele described this as a time-specific way of managing anxiety and building strength; it is not a general recommendation or a claim about her current schedule.

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Not located in the reviewed sources

Diet and meal-plan claims were challenged against Adele's direct interviews through 2026-09-26. She rejected the widely repeated Sirtfood narrative, and no qualifying first-person everyday diet was found.

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Adele beauty interviews and demonstrated skincare routines were searched through 2026-09-26; no authoritative first-person routine with reliably identified products met the publication threshold.

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Adele perfume, fragrance and signature-scent interviews were searched through 2026-09-26; no qualifying direct use claim was found.

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Adele reports about older pets were reviewed through 2026-09-26, but no current first-person or representative-confirmed companion-animal record met the publication threshold.

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