The Year Of Adele!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know, don’t own a radio, or watch TV then you have heard of Adele. Honestly even if for some reason you were living under a rock the moment you stepped out to read this blog you were bombarded by her music. If you turn on a radio you will hear one of Adele’s big hits.  If you turn on a TV you will see the Glee kids performing her songs, or see an SNL skit about how you can’t help but cry when you hear her songs.

Adele has taken the states and pretty much the whole world by storm. Adele’s “Someone like you” has spent 44 weeks on the top 10 of the Billboard charts, and it only left the top 5 spot for one of those weeks. Her album is the highest grossing album since 2004, and her single “Rolling in the Deep” had over 5.81 million downloads which has made it the biggest selling digital song of any year since SoundScan started tracking digital sales in 2003.

Although Adele had such an amazing year in 2011, and she will probably take home every Grammy she’s nominated for, she had to face her biggest fear. She lost her voice. Well actually she did not just lose her voice, she had to have surgery on her vocal chords because she had a benign polyp. That is truly a singer’s biggest fear. Adele had to cancel many of her tour dates, and finally just had to cancel the rest of her tour. Luckily she is now in the healing process, and we can’t help but ask, how is her voice going to be when she’s all healed. Will she have her same amazing voice? Did she learn her lesson, and take better care of her voice?

As a fan, I am hopeful that Adele will continue to perform and share her beautiful voice and amazing music with us for many years to come. I believe this past year we all learned that there really is not “Someone (else) Like You,” Adele!