Talk:Adele

Possible trolling

There's no way she's ACTUALLY signed to a label called "extra large". That HAS to be a troll. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.237.6.129 (talk) 07:09, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

As unbelievable as that may be, she did. [1] Shuipzv3 (talk) 07:33, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Encyclopedia style for refering to persons

Hello. The subject of this article is named Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, but the article text her 'Adele' throughout. 'Adele' is her chosen stage name, but proper encyclopedic style should be to use her last name to refer to her in the text. Compare the article on 50 cent, which correctly refers to him by his last name 'Jackson'. Accordingly I think that general references to the subject in the text should be changed from 'Adele' to 'Adkins', since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a pop music magazine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.91.146.116 (talk) 22:16, 13 February 2012‎

See WP:COMMONNAME. Adele is the most common name associated with her, and very few people looking Adele up would know her full name. For the same reason, Eminem is not referred to with his last name Mathers, and United Kingdom is not referred to by its full name, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Shuipzv3 (talk) 11:56, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

I see you have had filed similar requests at other articles such as Bono, but if we are to name the article Adele (since that is the most common name she is known as, and like you said it is her chosen stage name), then switch to Adkins for the rest of the article, that would confuse a lot of readers. Shuipzv3 (talk) 12:05, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 13 February 2012

reference 114 as quoted need to be censored for obsenity.

Ngordontt (talk) 14:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

 Not done, Wikipedia is not censored--Jac16888 ^Talk 14:48, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Archiving this talk page

This page has threads dating back to 2007. It is time to archive this page. Shuipzv3 (talk) 21:18, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Life's relevations

In Vogue's US March edition of "Adele: One and Only", Adele's long history were finally viewed online or on format, including the long-rumored names of Adele's troubled parents Mark Evans and Penny. Could you also add references of Adele's early years, the vocal cord surgery on November 3rd, pitfalls ... long story short, add most references, please? Here's the URL for you below.

http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/adele-one-and-only/#1

Acknowledgement

On the day after The Baftas 2012, Lady Gaga wrote on her Facebook page "What a beautiful night last night was, Adele deserved every award she won and perhaps an extra one for being such a kind and lovely woman." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.90.91 (talk) 01:37, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

IPA

There is no need for a "(pronounced...)" IPA link here. Her using "Adele" only as one name makes the name seem less common, when it actually is common. She has been massively famous for a while now like Madonna and Duffy so there is no point to this redundant info. It goes against Wikipedia guidelines. The IPA pronunciation is on the Adele name page, where there are 100 other Adeles listed. John Cengiz talk 06:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Spelling Error - 'Personal Life'

Just a small change, but in the 'Personal Life' section it says she's renting a mansion with 'boyfiend Simon Kusecki.'

I imagine this should read 'boyfriend Simon Kusecki.'

24.146.20.130 (talk) 04:48, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done The error has been fixed. Shuipzv3 (talk) 05:29, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 21 February 2012

Adelefan21 (talk) 20:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

What is your edit request? Shuipzv3 (talk) 22:05, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Miles Robertson

I think it would be worth mentioning on Adele's site the pianist who accompanies her everywhere and is her prima musical colleague, if I understand matters right. Does anyone know better?

Vronks (talk) 01:55, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit Request February 22 2012

February 22 (or 23rd, depending on your part of the world) marked the 21st non-consecutive week that her album “21” has spent on the Billboard charts. This broke the previous record for the longest running No 1 album by a woman set by Whitney Houston with “The Bodyguard” in 1992. This is a notable event and should be included, but I can't edit the page directly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/adele-breaks-billboard-record-wins-more-awards-howard-theater-set-to-open-in-dc/2012/02/22/gIQAhurITR_blog.html

http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/adele-breaks-whitney-houstons-chart-record-222321.html

Broadheada (talk) 04:06, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 March 2012

As of March 14, 2012 Adele's reign of 23 consecutive weeks atop the the Billboard 200 at No. 1 [List for the Top Selling Albums in America] formally ended. "21" was barely nudged out of 1st place by Bruce Springsteen's release of his new Album "Wrecking Ball" by less than 2,000 albums -per Billboard.com, 15March2012 Sitting firmly at No.2, to date "21" has sold more than 23 Million Albums Worldwide [per worldcharts.com] and has never dipped below No5 in the Billboard 200 since "21" was released 55 weeks ago, back in January 2011. - per Billboard.com, MTV.com 15Mar2012

Nybunnymom (talk) 09:12, 16 March 2012 (UTC) Thank you. I had added this info/relevant figures to date back in Jan2012 but I did not go thru this process. Sorry. Trying to add culmative sales figures & "21" just knocked out of no1 spot that "21" earned for 23 consecutive weeks spanning Dec 25, 2011 through 14 March 2012. While she failed to tie Prince & Saturday Night Fever for 8th place, Adele's "21" is firmly seated at no7 for "21" remaining atop of the Billboard 200. 2 Albums released; 23 years of Age; 25+ MILLION Albums sold Worldwide to date. You would think Wikipedia would include these highlighted achievements & facts to the singer's Bio Page. Nobody has sold as many Albums in as short of time since 1985!! Hello!! Wikipedia editors...are you paying attention?????

 Not done: I can't make out what exactly you are requesting. Could you express it in a 'please change X to Y' degree of detail and provide the actual URLs of the sources? Thanks, Celestra (talk) 05:40, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Isn't it Strange...?

Isn't it strange that this "Adele" errierly resembles the recently deceased artist "Teena Marie"? Further coindidence is that Teena Marie was ready for a comeback, and also poised to receive music industry honors when she mysteriously died? I also take issue with "Adele"s music style, which sounds so much like K.T. Tunstall ("Black Horses and a Cherry Tree"). --67.86.111.161 (talk) 04:42, 22 March 2012 (UTC)--67.86.111.161 (talk) 04:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)Veryverser — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.111.161 (talk)

Requested move

• Adele (singer) → Adele
• Adele → Adele (name)

– A discussion almost a year ago indicated some interest in this arrangement. Though participation was low, a slim majority favored it; only the nominator and one other editor favored what became the status quo. Since then, the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC argument for Adele (the singer) has only gotten stronger, especially as evidenced by her Grammy haul. The comparison to Madonna in that previous discussion is misleading, as that term has a broad and long historic usage having nothing to do with the singer. No one else with the given name or surname "Adele" seems to use it as a mononym, and it's reasonable to assume that users interested in the name in general will use (name), whereas the majority of users who simply type in "Adele" are indeed looking for the singer. BDD (talk) 18:59, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Madonna isn't the singer. This is WP:RECENTISM since she is a very recent star, unlike Madonna. 70.24.244.198 (talk) 03:44, 6 April 2012 (UTC)