Adele News

So when Spotify announced a playlist of tunes designed for air travel, I rubbed my ears in disbelief.

According to their study conducted by Dr. Spelman, Adele's "Someone Like You" was the best song to calm nerves because of its tempo of 67 beats per minute- optimum is 60 bpm.

Croydon North MP Steve Reed was among the borough's great and good recognised in the Queen's latest birthday honours list.

As if winning an Oscar for her James Bond theme song Skyfall wasn't enough, she has now been awarded an MBE for her services to music as part of the Queen's Birthday honours list.

Adele and PJ Harvey became Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire this week when Queen Elizabeth II awarded them MBEs in her annual Birthday Honors, the BBC reports .

It might not be the biggest surprise to know the queen thinks of the singer in the highest regards.

The 'Skyfall' hitmaker - who was awarded an MBE for her services to music in the Queen's Birthday Honours list yesterday - is taking no chances despite her house being in the same neighbourhood as the likes of the Beckham family.

The figure would mark a large increase for the singer after her earnings rose over $5 million from the previous 12 months.

The announcement continues a memorable year for the Tottenham-born star who picked up the Academy Award for Best Original Song for her Bond theme Skyfall at this year's Oscars.

In Wirral, an MBE has been awarded to Dr Paul James Randle Cuthbertson, chairman of Wirral Hospice St John's, for services to palliative care.

Grammy Award-winning singer Adele and Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson were among more than 1,000 people recognized by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in her Birthday Honors List on Friday.

Adele has added another award to her fast-growing collection as she receives an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.

This is a Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 file photo of Adele as she poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Karl Lagerfeld claims his new line of sunglasses help camouflage ''ugly faces'' in a frank video teaser for his upcoming ad campaign.

Adele's label keeps her music, such as 'Skyfall,' off all-you-can-listen subscription plans until download sales peter out.

Despite one of her songs charting on iTunes' Top 10 list, Amber Carrington, a member of Team Adam, didn't make the final three.

British singer Laura Mvula released her debut album, Sing to the Moon , earlier this year.

Jake Shimabukuro first became widely known when a YouTube video of the ukulele virtuoso strumming George Harrison's " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " went viral, online, in 2006.

Amber Carrington is showing that you don't need to be on Team Blake to be a successful country singer on " The Voice ."

IF this is not the most entertaining night out you will have, it must be pretty close.