Tag Archives: Adele

Aretha Franklin – Rolling In The Deep

Billboard reports: Aretha Franklin is showing some R-E-S-P-E-C-T to her fellow divas: The Queen of Soul will release an album Oct. 21 covering classic songs from other female singers. Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics will include songs such as Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Barbra Streisand’s “People” and Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman.” The most contemporary track …

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Adele – Skyfall

Here’s the full track.

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A Snippet Of Adele’s Bond Theme

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Pawdele – Rolling In The Deep

I’m pretty sure this is an ad for something, but it’s worthwhile for its production values and shot-for-shot takes on the original.

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Gay Secret Behind Adele’s Heartache?

Adele’s sophomore release 21 has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide and is frequently cited as one of the most blistering “breakup albums” of all time. And according to an unauthorized biography, there’s a gay angle to all that heartache. The heartbreak that inspired Adele to pen her Grammy-award-winning music was inspired by an ex-boyfriend who left her for …

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Another Chart Record For Adele

Tomorrow Adele’s 21 returns to the top of Billboard’s Top 200 album chart for the 24th week, placing it in the stratosphere of only seven other albums with #1 runs of six months or longer. It was the album of the year for 2011 and is on track to repeat in 2012. 54 weeks: West Side Story – Soundtrack (1962–63)37 …

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Shirley Bassey, Nancy Sinatra, Lulu….

Rumors are flying that Adele has signed to record the next James Bond title song. And when you think about it, who else could it possibly be? Adele has told a French radio station she will have a new single out by the end of the year, but her next album will take “a good two years” to record. The …

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Adele Meets Brokeback Mountain

Zack Ford: “The heartbreaking mash-up nobody needed.”

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Adele Vs Newt Gingrich

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Photo Of The Day

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Spotify’s Most-Played Tracks Of 2011

The top chart is America, the bottom chart is Britain. You can also see charts from around the world and the full Top 100 most-played from the U.S.

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The South Korean Adele

The other contestants are SO unhappy with her talent.(Source)

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Rolling Stone’s Top Singles For 2011

Eight of which I’ve never heard. Top albums.

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Top Hit Songs Of 2011

By weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, here are the longest-running chart toppers of the year. This year saw an unusual number of long-lasting #1 singles, hence a fewer number of songs reached the top overall. Seven Weeks: Adele – Rolling In The DeepSix Weeks: LMFAO – Party Rock AnthemSix Weeks: Lady Gaga – Born This WayFive …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Fly Life, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is a double diva DVD package of concert films from gay icons Lady Gaga and Adele, both of which are available today online and at music/video retailers nationwide. Adele: Live At The Royal Albert Hall Live At The Royal Albert Hall was recorded on September 22 at the height of what …

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Seven Year-Old Boy Covers Adele

Via Kathleen Hanna: Our Hit Parade is a once a month show at Joe’s Pub in NYC that my bandmate, Kenny Mellman hosts (along with Neal Medlyn and Bridget Everett). The basic premise is that people perform cover versions of current hits. You never know who will walk out next. This performance is by my friend Peter Yanowitz and Tenzin, …

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Adele – Someone Like You

Almost a year after her sophomore album topped every chart in the world, we finally have a production video for Adele’s tear-jerker Someone Like You. Trivia: This is the first purely vocal + piano single to reach #1 in the 53 year history of Billboard’s pop singles chart. Many similarly sparse ballads also reached #1, but according to Billboard, all …

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Fake Adele – Angry Birds

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Adele Vs. Madonna

As her sophomore release re-hits #1 on the U.S. album chart, Grammy winning gay favorite Adele is poised to dethrone Madonna as Britain’s longest-running female album chart-topper. Adele has matched Madonna’s record with nine weeks at number one in the UK album chart – the longest for a female solo artist. Her second album, 21, has now spent the same …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Fly Life and Columbia/XL Records, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is 21, the sophomore release from Grammy and Brit Award winner Adele. The album is available online and at retailers across North America beginning today. Recorded in Malibu and London, 21 offered Adele the opportunity to work with such luminary producers and songwriters as Rick Rubin, Paul Epworth, Ryan …

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