Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (/əˈdɛl/; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, 19 (2008), included the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love", becoming one of the best-selling debut albums ever in the UK. She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele's second studio album, 21 (2011), became the best-selling album of the 21st century. 21 holds the record for the top-performing album in US chart history, topping the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks, with the singles "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain" heading charts worldwide, becoming her signature songs. The album received a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In 2012, Adele released "Skyfall", a soundtrack single for the James Bond film Skyfall, which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Adele's third studio album, 25 (2015), broke first-week sales records in both the UK and the US. In the US, it became the first album to sell over three million copies in a week. 25 earned her five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year. The lead single, "Hello", achieved worldwide success. Her fourth studio album, 30 (2021), contains "Easy on Me", which won her a Grammy Award in 2023. 25 and 30 became the best-selling albums worldwide, including the US and the UK, in 2015 and 2021, respectively. As of 2024, all of her studio albums, except 19, have topped the yearly best-selling albums chart worldwide in the 21st century. Adele is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 120 million records worldwide. The best-selling female artist of the 21st century in the UK, she was named the best-selling artist of the 2010s in the US. Her studio albums 21 and 25 were the top two best-selling albums of the 2010s in the UK. Both are listed among the best-selling albums in UK chart history, while in the US, both are certified Diamond, the most of any artist who debuted in the 21st century. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 5, 1988 (38)
- Tottenham, London, England, UK
- Actor and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Adele's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 10 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 9 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 8 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 10 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 10 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Adele's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Adele's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 37 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
An Audience with Adele(2021)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Adele: One Night Only(2021)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsBusje Komt Zo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Adele: Live in London(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Skyfall(2012)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsRoyal Variety Performance 2010 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Ugly Betty(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Cry to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2006 to 2021.
How do Adele's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 98th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser5
Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 60. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Adele work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adele's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Simon Bryant shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Paul DugdaleShared titles: Adele: One Night Only (2021), Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Dugdale
Editors
- Simon BryantShared titles: Adele: One Night Only (2021), An Audience with Adele (2021), Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Simon Bryant
Producers
- Jonathan DickinsShared titles: Adele: One Night Only (2021), An Audience with Adele (2021), Adele Live in New York City (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Dickins
- Ben WinstonShared titles: Adele: One Night Only (2021), An Audience with Adele (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Winston
- Brian AabechShared titles: Adele: A New Chapter (2021), Adele: Someone Like Me (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Aabech