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DescriptionRead the full, enthralling story of the 20-something London girl who took the music world by storm. Topping the charts for weeks on end and winning consistent international critical acclaim, Adele already has a host of awards and record-breaking achievements to her name. Find out about her upbringing as the child of a single mother in north London and her time at the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon where her peers included Leona Lewis and Jessie J. Learn how her early performances after graduating from the BRIT school along with a MySpace demo led to her being signed up XL Records, and then voted the Brit Awards Critics' Choice even before her debut album, 19, was released. Discover how real-life heartbreak inspired many of her iconic songs, including 'Rolling in the Deep' and 'Someone Like You'; and how a diverse range of musical influences - from the Spice Girls and Gabrielle to Etta James and contemporary Nashville sounds - contributed to her record-smashing second album, 21. ReviewsScrupulously researched...interesting and enlightening...Sanderson writes very well indeed' The Stage Author descriptionA successful freelance writer of fifteen years experience, Caroline Sanderson is the author of three previous non-fiction books, she is familiar across the book trade for her long-standing regular contributions to trade magazine, The Bookseller. Her features, book reviews and interviews have also appeared in The Times, She, Mslexia and Books for Keeps. |