13 February 2012, New York – 23 year-old Adele was honoured with six Grammy Awards at the recent Grammy Awards held at Staples Centre in Los Angeles. Adele tied the record held by Beyoncé for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in a single year. Adele has taken home 8 Grammy Awards in her career.
Her six Grammy Awards this year include:
- Record of the Year (“Rolling in the Deep”)
- Album of the Year (“21”)
- Song of the Year (“Rolling in the Deep”)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“Someone Like You”)
- Best Pop Vocal Album (“21”)
- Best Short Form Music Video (“Rolling in the Deep”)
Adele’s second album 21 was the biggest selling album of 2011 with over 18 million units sold worldwide. In addition to being named Billboard’s “Artist of the Year,” Adele had the best-selling US single of the year, “Rolling in the Deep,” certified 6x Platinum, as well as the best-selling music DVD of the year, “Live at The Royal Albert Hall,” certified 7x Platinum. She has broken countless records – including becoming the first-ever artist to lead the Billboard 200 while concurrently having 3 Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles from the same parent album (“Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You,” and “Set Fire to the Rain”). 21 has spent 19 nonconsecutive weeks, to date, at #1 on the Billboard Top 100, surpassing records held by Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Some Gave All” and 1998’s “Titanic” soundtrack.
