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By Melinda Newman
Special to MSN Music
Talk to Adele even briefly and you notice she frequently
punctuates her sentences with one word: "amazing." And with good reason: The
past year has been nothing short of extraordinary for the 20-year-old.
In the past 12 months, the British singer's debut, "19," came in at No. 1 in the United Kingdom, bolstered
by her confessional lyrics and soulful, jazzy singing. With most eyes turned to
Duffy and Leona Lewis when the Grammy nominations were announced
Dec. 3, Adele swooped in and nabbed three nominations in the top four
categories, and a quartet of noms overall.
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nominees
Her nominations didn't draw a collective, "Who?" But even Adele admits she
was surprised at the nominations, because her fame in the United Kingdom has far
outstripped her success stateside. In fact, she endearingly admits that she only
Googled the results to see if her girl crush and fellow Brit Academy graduate
Lewis had been nominated.
MSN Music: How did you hear about your Grammy nominations in
December?
Adele: I was home in England. It was the day before I was flying out to L.A.
[to] play a show with John Mayer at the Nokia Theatre. And I was told that I
had a shot, but it was a really long shot because not a lot of people know about
me in America up until [my October appearance] on "Saturday Night Live." ... I
started Googling because I love Leona Lewis and thought she'd be nominated for
everything, and then my phone started buzzing and I thought, "Oh my God, I've
been nominated."
I had a million e-mails, and Perez Hilton told me I'd been nominated. He
e-mailed me; he was there at the announcement ... My mom was with me because she
always stays with me the night before I go away. It was really amazing and my
mom left all these Post-its around the house [that said], "Oh my God, four
Grammys." It was really exciting!
Is she going to be your date for the Grammys?
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