In her NBC special – which you can watch below – Adele revealed the talent that has propelled her to stratospheric heights and set her apart from her pop peersWhen Adele’s 25 was released final month,hopes were tall that it would revitalise the music industry – but in fact it exceeded the wildest expectations of most commentators, immediately fitting the fastest-selling album of all time, and shifting well over 5.2m copies in three weeks in the US alone (it just effortlessly sold three times Coldplays original album on its third week on the charts). Adele was already stratospherically famous,but now she’s regarded with a respect verging on awe. Her special, Adele: Live in original York City, and which aired on Monday night on NBC and was taped at Radio City Music Hall in November,fully expressed her extraordinary power; not just in the way she effortlessly commands the stage, but in the intensity of the emotions she can pull out of people – and even herself. You can watch the whole expose below if you’re in the States (it’s geoblocked outside).
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Source: theguardian.com