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- Birth nameAdele Emeli Sandé
- Height5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)
- Emeli Sandé was born on March 10, 1987 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. She is a music artist and actress, known for Trance (2013), The Great Gatsby (2013) and BBC Music: God Only Knows (2014). She was previously married to Adam Gouraguine.
- SpouseAdam Gouraguine(September 15, 2012 - 2014) (divorced)
- Studied Medicine at the University of Glasgow, but quit in her 4th year in order to pursue a career in music.
- Married her boyfriend of 7 years, marine biologist Adam Gouraguine, in New York City, in a small ceremony before family and friends (15 September 2012).
- Daughter of a Zambian father and Scottish mother.
- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Music in London, England.
- Parents, Joel and Diane.
- [on attending school at Alford Academy, where her father was a teacher] I hated to be ill and to miss a day because I was so hungry to learn. I was very shy, nerdy and extremely well-behaved. Inevitably, throughout secondary school, it was part and parcel of my identity that I was Mr. Sandé's daughter. No way could I muck about or get into trouble, because it would've got back to him within minutes. And Dad was strict, let me tell you.
- [on writing her first song at the age of 11, for her primary-school talent show] [That] was the first time I thought I might be a songwriter. I always knew I wanted to be a musician and I knew I wanted to write because the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.
- Adrian [her manager Adrian Sykes] really respects that I want to get an education behind me. He also knows my parents are keen that I finish university.
- [on deciding against using the name Adele Sandé, due to Adele's growing success] I changed it as soon as Adele came out. I just thought, 'You've kind of taken the [name] now', so I went with my middle name. She was just getting bigger and bigger, so I thought I just really need it.
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