Adele

Adkins was the daughter of a young single mother, raised in various working-class London neighborhood. Adkins was a fan of contemporary pop music as a child and also learning how to play the clarinet, as well as the guitar. She discovered Etta who was a mid-century Rhythm-and blues vocalist, in her teens and began to consider a career as an artist. While she was honed in her skills at a school that was funded by the government that specialized in performing arts, one of her friends began posting songs Adkins composed and recorded onto the social networking site Myspace. She was soon discovered by record labels and was signed a contract with XL Recordings in 2006.