Royal Albert Hall who had died six years earlier. It forms the practical part of a memorial to the Prince Consort – the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by Kensington Gore. In 1851, the Great Exhibition (for which the Crystal Palace was built) was held in Hyde Park, London. The exhibition was a great success and led Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, to propose the creation of a permanent series of facilities for the enlightenment of the public in the area, which came to be known as Albertopolis. The Exhibition's
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele album) artist, and has sold more than three million copies worldwide. The live version of "Set Fire to the Rain" taken from "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards. "Live at The Royal Albert Hall" was well received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". "The Boston Globe" labeled the release "Our DVD pick" and said, "the performances are routinely