Adele is an English singer-songwriter. After signing a contract with record label XL Recordings in September 2006, Adele began to work on her debut studio album, 19, which was ultimately released in 2008.[1] At this time, the singer contributed guest vocals on the song "My Yvonne" for Jack Peñate's debut studio album Matinée (2007). The first single released from 19 was "Chasing Pavements", which Adele wrote in collaboration with Eg White. They co-wrote two other songs for the album: "Melt My Heart to Stone" and "Tired". She also collaborated with Sacha Skarbek on the single "Cold Shoulder" and recorded a cover version of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love". However, most of the songs were written solely by Adele, including "Best for Last", "Crazy for You", "First Love", and "My Same", as well as her debut single, "Hometown Glory".
Adele appeared as a featured artist on another song by Peñate, entitled "Every Glance", from his second studio album, Everything Is New, and on Daniel Merriweather's "Water and a Flame" from his second studio album, Love & War, both released in 2009. Adele released her second studio album 21 in 2011.[2] In addition to reuniting with writers with whom she had previously worked, the singer collaborated with several new writers and producers. The album's lead single, "Rolling in the Deep", was co-written by Adele and Paul Epworth. It has since been certified eight-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[3] and won two awards at the 54th Grammy Awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[4] Adele and Epworth also wrote "He Won't Go" and "I'll Be Waiting". Adele collaborated with Dan Wilson on the album's second single, "Someone Like You". She co-wrote with Fraser T Smith on "Set Fire to the Rain" and with Ryan Tedder on "Rumour Has It" and "Turning Tables". She reunited with White on the song "Take It All". Adele released "Skyfall" in October 2012, a song co-written with Epworth for the James Bond film of the same name. Her third album, 25, was released in 2015. Adele co-wrote its songs "I Miss You" and "Sweetest Devotion" with Epworth and co-wrote "Hello", "Million Years Ago", and "Water Under the Bridge" with Greg Kurstin.
In 2021, Adele announced her fourth studio album 30, scheduled for release on 19 November 2021. The album release was preceded with the single "Easy on Me", co-written with Greg Kurstin.
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| Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Album | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | "All I Ask" | Adele | Adele Adkins Bruno Mars Philip Lawrence Christopher "Brody" Brown | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "All Night Parking" | Adele with Erroll Garner | Adele Adkins Erroll Garner | 30 | 2021 | [5] | |
| scope=row | "Be Divine" | Ricsta featuring Adele | Ricsta | 2006 | [6] | ||
| scope=row | "Best for Last" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | [7] | |
| scope=row | "Can I Get It" | Adele | Adele Adkins Max Martin Karl Johan Schuster | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Can't Be Together" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 Target deluxe edition | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Can't Let Go" | Adele | Adele Adkins Linda Perry | 25 Target and Japanese edition | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Chasing Pavements" | Adele | Adele Adkins Eg White | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Cold Shoulder" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Crazy for You" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Cry Your Heart Out" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Daydreamer" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Don't You Remember" | Adele | Adele Adkins Dan Wilson | 21 | 2011 | [8] | |
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "Every Glance" | Jack Peñate Paul Epworth | 2009 | [9] | |||
| scope=row | "Easy on Me" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 | 2021 | [10] | |
| scope=row | "Easy on Me" (feature version) | Adele featuring Chris Stapleton | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 Target deluxe edition | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "First Love" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Fool That I Am" (cover) | Adele | Floyd Hunt | iTunes Live from SoHo | 2009 | [11] | |
| scope=row | "He Won't Go" | Adele | Adele Adkins Paul Epworth | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Hello" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 25 | 2015 | [12] | |
| scope=row | "Hiding My Heart" (cover) | Adele | Tim Hanseroth | 21 Limited edition | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Hold On" | Adele | Adele Adkins Dean Josiah Cover | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Hometown Glory" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "I Can't Make You Love Me" (cover) | Adele | Mike Reid Allen Shamblin | iTunes Festival: London 2011 | 2011 | [13] | |
| scope=row | "I Drink Wine" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "I Found a Boy" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 21 Japanese edition | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "I Miss You" | Adele | Adele Adkins Paul Epworth | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "I'll Be Waiting" | Adele | Adele Adkins Paul Epworth | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "If It Hadn't Been For Love"(cover) | Adele | Chris Stapleton Michael Henderson | 21 Limited edition | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Lay Me Down" | Adele | Adele Adkins Tobias Jesso Jr. | 25 Target and Japanese edition | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Love in the Dark" | Adele | Adele Adkins Samuel Dixon | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Love Is a Game" | Adele | Adele Adkins Dean Josiah Cover | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Lovesong" (cover) | Adele | Boris Williams Lol Tolhurst Porl Thompson Robert Smith Roger O'Donnell Simon Gallup | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Make You Feel My Love" (cover) | Adele | Bob Dylan | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Many Shades of Black" | The Raconteurs with Adele | Brendan Benson Jack White | Consolers of the Lonely and 19 Expanded edition | 2008 | [14] | |
| scope=row | "Melt My Heart to Stone" | Adele | Adele Adkins Eg White | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Million Years Ago" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "My Little Love" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "My Same" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8" | "My Yvonne" | Jack Peñate | Jack Peñate | Matinée | 2007 | [15] | |
| scope=row | "Need You Now" (cover) | Adele featuring Darius Rucker | Dave Haywood Charles Kelley Hillary Scott Josh Kear | 21 Deluxe edition | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Now and Then" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 Japanese and New Zealanders edition | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Oh My God" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "One and Only" | Adele | Adele Adkins Dan Wilson Greg Wells | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Painting Pictures" | Adele | Adele Adkins | 19 Japanese and New Zealanders edition | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "Remedy" | Adele | Adele Adkins Ryan Tedder | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Right as Rain" | Adele | Adele Adkins Clay Holley Jeff Silverman Leon Michels Nick Movshon | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "River Lea" | Adele | Adele Adkins Brian Joseph Burton | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Rolling in the Deep" | Adele | Adele Adkins Paul Epworth | 21 | 2010 | ||
| scope=row | "Rumour Has It" | Adele | Adele Adkins Ryan Tedder | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | Adele Adkins Karl Johan Schuster Max Martin | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Adele | Adele Adkins Fraser T Smith | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Skyfall" | Adele | Adele Adkins Paul Epworth | 2012 | [16] | ||
| scope=row | "Someone Like You" | Adele | Adele Adkins Dan Wilson | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Strangers by Nature" | Adele | Adele Adkins Ludwig Göransson | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Sweetest Devotion" | Adele | Adele Adkins Paul Epworth | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Take It All" | Adele | Adele Adkins Eg White | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Tired" | Adele | Adele Adkins Eg White | 19 | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On" (cover) | Adele | Del Serino Roy Alfred | 19 Japanese and New Zealanders edition | 2008 | ||
| scope=row | "To Be Loved" | Adele | Adele Adkins Tobias Jesso Jr. | 30 | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Turning Tables" | Adele | Adele Adkins Ryan Tedder | 21 | 2011 | ||
| scope=row | "Water and a Flame" | Daniel Merriweather featuring Adele | Daniel Merriweather | Love & War | 2009 | [17] | |
| scope=row | "Water Under the Bridge" | Adele | Adele Adkins Greg Kurstin | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "When We Were Young" | Adele | Adele Adkins Tobias Jesso Jr. | 25 | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Why Do You Love Me" | Adele | Adele Adkins Rick Nowels | 25 Target and Japanese edition | 2015 | ||
| scope=row | "Wild Wild West" | Adele | Adele Adkins Ludwig Göransson | 30 Target deluxe edition | 2021 | ||
| scope=row | "Woman Like Me" | Adele | Adele Adkins Dean Josiah Cover | 30 | 2021 |