Adele's father abandoned her when she was 2.
Her mother was only 18 when she was born and had to raise her on her own. They lived in government subsidies housing and moved around a lot.
Adele attended over 10 different schools. She never dreamt of being famous. After graduating form school, she wanted to help others artists achieve their dreams instead of working on her own.
One day a friend of hers uploaded a 3 track demo of her singing on Myspace. The demo was found 2 years later by a recording label. She then recorded her first album, which sold more than 10 million copies.
During that time, Adele got involved in romantic relationship with a man 10 years older than her. He ended the relationship 18 months later and broke her heart. She found out shortly after that, he had gotten engaged. She used her pain to write her greatest hit " Someone Like You ".
in 2011, she had to stop singing and undergo vocal chords surgery.
She came back in 2012 stronger than ever, giving her first performance at the Grammy Awards. She won 6 awards that night.
Adele has stage freight gets anxiety attacks and even vomits when she has to face her fears.
Despite constant pressure from the media to lose weight, she refuses to conform to any stereotypical look.
At 29, she is already won over 12 Grammy Awards, sold 100 million records, been twice named one of Time's influential people in the world.