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Singer Adele is crowned as Queen of Brits
She wins 4 awards at Brit Awards 2016
The singer dedicates thw Best British Female Solo Artist trophy to Kesha
London-born singer Adele has been crowned Queen of the Brits after winning four prizes, including best British female and best album, at the Brit Awards 2016.

In an article written by Mark Savage, music reporter of BBC, it was disclosed that Adele won the Brit award for British single of the year for her song Hello, Best British Female Artist, Best British Single and the Global Success award.

"To come back after so long away and be so warmly received means so much," she said.

Support to Kesha

Receiving the award for Best British Female Artist, Adele said she dedicates her trophy to Kesha.
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I’d like to thank my management and record label for embracing the fact that I’m a woman and being encouraged by it," she said.

"I would like to take this moment to publicly support Kesha," she added.

Adele is currently the biggest and most profitable artist signed to Sony, the same label that recently won a court battle against Kesha. Kesha tried to leave their artist roster because she claims she was raped and drugged by producer Dr. Luke.

A winner

Meanwhile, Adele has also been receiving a number of awards and recognition in the past years -- one of the most recent is that of from Billboard.

Adele’s “21,” which was released in 2011, was recently deemed as the greatest album of all time by Billboard. It was disclosed that the British singer racked up the most week — with a total of 24 weeks — for an album by a woman atop the Billboard 200 album charts. Moreover, the album was included in the Top 10 for a total of 78 weeks.

The ranking was based on the chart positions dating to 1963. Billboard rankings used a descending point system that awarded the highest value for weeks that an album spent at No. 1, while giving consideration for changes in chart-ranking methodology over the

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