The 23-year-old returned from Los Angeles with six Grammys, marking her as one of Britain's most successful pop exports in years – a remarkable feat given the throat problems that last year threatened to end her career.
Adele is now up for three awards in her home city: best British single for “Someone Like You”, British female solo artist and British album of the year for “21”, which topped the charts in Britain and the United States.
After what she dubbed “the most incredible night of my life”, fans were shocked to read an interview in which Adele said she was taking five years off to “be in love and be happy”. But the singer later laughed this off.
Writing in her personal blog shortly after the Grammys, she said: “I've a few days off now, and then it's the Brit Awards here at home and then I'm straight into the studio. BOYYAHH! 5 years? More like 5 days!”
At the O2 Arena ceremony, Adele goes head to head in the best British single and album categories with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who has shot to fame in the past year with single “The A Team” and the album “+”.
She has a mixed record in the Brits, having failed to secure a trophy since her debut success in winning the Critics Choice award in 2008. The following year she was nominated in three categories but lost out in all of them.
Other contenders for the best single award include JLS, Jessie J and Pixie Lott, as well as a choir of military wives who grabbed the Christmas number one chart position with “Wherever You Are”.
In the British album category, Adele and Sheeran are up against Coldplay's “Mylo Xyloto”, Florence and the Machine's “Ceremonials” and PJ Harvey's “Let England Shake”.
In the female artist category, Adele is competing with Florence and the Machine, Jessie J, Laura Marling and Kate Bush, who last won the award 25 years ago.
Meanwhile Sheeran, who is set to perform at the ceremony along with Rihanna and Coldplay, is nominated in the male solo artist category with James Blake, James Morrison, Noel Gallagher and Professor Green.
Blur are also set to perform at the ceremony as they receive an outstanding contribution award. — AFP-Relaxnews
