Adele turns 30! Facts and quotes about the heart-healing songstress

Adele - It's been 10 years since a 20-year-old Adele burst onto the airwaves with her breakout single 'Chasing Pavements'. Since then she's won 15 Grammys, broken 3 Guinness records, and has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. In honour of Adele's 30th birthday, here's a gallery of facts and quotes of one of the world's most streamed artists.

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Mummy's girl - Adele's mother was just a teen when she had her. Her father walked out on her mother when she was just three years old, leaving her mother to raise her alone.

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Mummy's girl - "Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents."

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Heart healer - During the economic recession, former prime minister Gordon Brown wrote to Adele thanking her for keeping people's spirits up.

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Not untouchable - "I think I remind everyone of themselves. Not saying everyone is my size, but it’s relatable because I’m not perfect, and I think a lot of people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable."

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Creative juices - The singer has admitted that she's at her most creative when she's had a few too many to drink.

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Creative juices - "“I can see from an outsider's perspective that I will never write songs as good as the ones that are on '21', but I'm not as indulgent as I was then, and I don't have time to fall apart like I did then. I was completely off my face writing that album, and a drunk tongue is an honest one."

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Drunk text - But, she's also admitted that her drinking can get her in trouble at times, especially if she's on social media.

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Drunk text - "When Twitter came out I was drunk tweeting and nearly put my foot in it quite a few times. [Now] my management post my tweets for me."

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Cutting back - In an interview with Rolling Stone, Adele admitted that she's cut back on the alcohol after becoming a mother.

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Cutting back - “I used to be able to drink anyone under the table and still be able to put on an all-right show,” she says. “But with kids, hangovers are torture. They just know. They pick up on it and just go for you.”

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Anxiety - Despite being a world-renowned singer, Adele still struggles with severe stage fright and anxiety. She's even admitted to throwing up backstage.

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Anxiety - "I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes, it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver."

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Anxiety - "I'm scared of audiences. One show in Amsterdam I was so nervous, I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don't like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot."

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Not bothered about it - Adele has never really felt the pressure to be thin and has stressed, on a number of occasions, that she makes music is for people's ears, not their eyes.

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Not bothered about it - "I love seeing Lady Gaga’s boobs and bum. I love seeing Katy Perry’s boobs and bum. Love it. But that’s not what my music is about. I don’t make music for eyes, I make music for ears."

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Not bothered about it - "Being told how to look is about being a product, and I don’t want to be a product."

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Not bothered about it - "People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look."

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Confidence is key - "I’ve never seen magazine covers or music videos and been like, ‘I need to look like that to be a success.’"

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Confidence is key - "No matter what you look like, the key is to, first of all, be happy with yourself. And then you know if you want to try to improve things that you don’t like about yourself, then do it after you appreciate yourself."

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Beyoncé - She is obsessed with Beyonce! After going on stage to receive her Grammy for Album of the Year, Adele broke it in two and gave half to Beyoncé.

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Beyoncé - "I was about to meet Beyoncé, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God'". Looks like the feeling is mutual.

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Six Grammys - Both Adele and Beyonce hold the record of most Grammys won by a female artist in one night. Adele took home a total of six in 2012.

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Over it - In an interview with Rolling Stone, Adele says her days of being heartbroken and writing breakup songs are done.

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Over it - “A cliché, not even tragic! It’d be such a cliché. What if I was heartbroken? What the f**k would I write about? ‘Cause I can’t write a f*****g heartbreak record again! So just flip and reverse it.”

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Tottenham - No matter where life takes her, she never forgets her roots. In her interview with Rolling Stone, she admitted that she still gets star struck.

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Tottenham - "I’m not sure if I’ll ever not feel a bit overwhelmed when I go to places where there are loads of stars, I always feel like I’m gonna get thrown out. Or it’s going to turn out to be some, like, hidden-camera show. Like someone’s gonna send me back to Tottenham.”

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Trailblazer - At just 30 years old, Adele has broken the following records: First Album to Sell More Than 3 Million Copies in a Week, Most Downloaded Song in a Week, Most Downloaded Album in UK History, Fastest Selling Album in the UK, US, and Canada.

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Adele - There's been no word on when her next album will be released or what age she'll be when she finally does, but as she most probably knows, We're all sitting tight. Happy Birthday, Adele!

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