21 (Adele album) broke the record for the longest-charting album by a female artist on the "Billboard" 200, surpassing "Tapestry" by Carole King. In Canada, "21" spent 28 weeks at number one, and was certified diamond in January 2012 by Music Canada for shipment of 800,000 copies of the album. "21" had sold over 1.489 million copies by January 2013, making it the third best-selling album in Canada, since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales. The album was nominated for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize. In November 2011, Adele won three American Music Awards including Favorite Pop/Rock Album for "21". Adele has seven Grammys
Eleanor (singer) Eleanor (singer) Eleanor Academia (born August 13, 1958 in Los Angeles, California), or simply known as Eleanor, is a dance music singer and producer. Academia, of Filipino Hawaiian descent, released her debut album entitled "Jungle Wave" in 1987 on Columbia Records. Singer Maurice White also provided background vocals on the album. From the LP the 1988 single "Adventure" rose to number one upon the "Billboard" Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Academia also released another album, "Global Conversations" on Epic Records. She would later launch her own record label known as Black Swan Records. Academia went on to release on this