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Adele is born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins in London. Her albums are named after her age when they're released, starting with 19 in 2008. Her second album, 21, goes stratospheric, with visceral songs about her ex that make a deep connection with fans.

Adele is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing "Cold Shoulder" and "Chasing Pavements." Sarah Palin is on the show, which leads to a huge audience and lots of exposure for Adele, giving her a big boost in America.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are the big winners at the Grammy Awards, taking Album Of The Year for their collaboration Raising Sand and Record Of The Year for "Please Read the Letter." Lil Wayne wins four awards, and Adele takes Best New Artist, banishing any curse associated with that award.

Adele releases her second album, 21, in the US. The record becomes the best-selling album of 2011, shifting a total of 5.82 million copies. Many of the songs, including "Rolling In The Deep" and "Set Fire To The Rain," are about the devastating breakup with her ex-boyfriend.

Adele, just 23, has laser surgery on her vocal chords at a hospital in Boston. The singer had to cancel many tour dates in 2011 because of her throat problems.

Adele flips off producers at the Brit Awards when she is ushered off stage before she can finish the acceptance speech for her Album of the Year win.

Adele becomes the first female British artist to have three #1 songs from the same album top the Billboard Hot 100 chart when "Set Fire to the Rain" hits the top spot, following "Rolling In The Deep" and "Someone Like You" from the album 21.

Adele posts her new theme to Skyfall, the 23rd film in the James Bond series. The theme song, written by Adele and her songwriting partner Paul Epworth, features a 77-piece backing orchestra. In an informal Billboard poll, 69% of responses vote it the best theme to a Bond film ever.

Adele dresses up like George Michael for her 27th birthday. "I was my hero," she Tweets.More

Adele debuts the music video for her new single "Hello." In the dramatic clip, the teary-eyed singer reminisces about her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, played by Tristan Wilds of the TV series The Wire. It has the distinction of being the first music video to be filmed using IMAX cameras.

Adele releases her third studio album, 25. Bolstered by the smash single "Hello," it surpasses Oasis' Be Here Now (1997) as the fastest-selling album of all time in her native UK. It also becomes the fastest-selling album of the 21st century, as well as the best-selling album of the year, in the US, where it sells 3.38 million copies in its first week.

Adele opens the Grammy Awards with a performance of "Hello," which wins for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Later, she sings "Fastlove" in a tribute to George Michael, who passed away on Christmas day, 2016. Before she can finish the first chorus, she stops the song and starts over, saying, "I can't mess this up for him."More

Adele releases her fourth studio album, 30. Following the theme of her previous albums, the British soul singer expresses the agony of a breakup - only this time it's a divorce and there's a child involved. She tells her side of the story through song so her son will understand her point-of-view someday and "why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness."