The legendary waxwork company are currently working on a lifelike figure of the '21' star as they add another famous face to their collection.

The model is due to go on show at Tussaud's London base from July, with an Amsterdam unveiling also mooted.

A photo has now emerged of the singer's head being worked on, with the piece bearing a striking resemblance to the 'Someone Like You' star.

Adele follows on from fellow Brits One Direction, whose five members were recently transformed into wax for a worldwide tour.

The 'Kiss You' stars are currently on show in London before going on to travel to New York and Sydney.

The news comes as the Official Charts Company report that the total number of digital single sales in the UK has now surpassed one billion.

The milestone was reached on Monday night (April 8) as the UK continues its penchant for digital downloads.

Adele's 'Somone Like You' meanwhile has been named as the most popular download in the country, followed by Maroon 5's 'Moves Like Jagger'.

Gotye's smash hit 'Somebody That I Used To Know' meanwhile is placed at No.3 on the list.

Official Charts Company Managing Director Martin Talbot commented: "The explosion in download sales over the past nine years means we are genuinely now living in the digital music age - with Adele as our queen!"

The singer gave birth to her first child last year with partner Simon Konecki, with the singer keeping her new son out of the limelight.

The 'Someone Like You' star celebrated her first Mother's Day on Sunday (March 10) with the child, who is said to have been born in October.

Speaking on Twitter, Adele revealed that she is currently the happiest she has ever been in her life. The songstress said:

"Happy mamas day to all of us! This is my first one! Never been happier :) xx."

It's been a busy start to the year for Adele meanwhile, with the singer picking up the Best Original Song Oscar and Golden Globe for her 'Skyfall' theme.

The clip is just under 30 seconds long, but is a compilation of her telling packed auditoriums "fank you" for crowning her the winner of various different categories.

We are only three months into 2013, but the vocal superstar has already picked up a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her Bond theme, 'Skyfall', and she also won a BRIT Award for the same track in the Best Single category.

Earlier this week, the songstress told her Twitter followers that she is now back in the UK following her extended stay in Los Angeles after the Academy Awards and shared an adorable photo of her Oscar next to a miniature one she bought for her baby son.

Watch the endearing video below:

The Oscar-winning songstress is famed for her heartbreak hits, but Carr has suggested that her next offering may be different thanks to her newfound happiness in her personal life.

He told Capital FM: "I mean she's so happy now it will probably be a disco album. She'll be doing the running man in her video."

Adele and her partner Simon Konecki welcomed their first baby boy together at the end of last year and the star is continuing with her industry success having recently scored an Oscar for 'Skyfall.'

The international songstress is famed for not speaking about her personal affairs - something Carr greatly admires.

He gushed: "Do you know what I love about her? She's old school. She's glam. She's [got that] mystique and I love all that."

Writing on her official Twitter page this afternoon (March 4), the 'Someone Like You' hitmaker explained that she's finally back in the UK and brought her golden statue home with her, which she won for 'Skyfall', along with one for her little son: "...and we're home! What an epic trip. Thanks for having us Hollywood!"

Meanwhile, her aunt Anita Adkins recently gave an interview to Britain's The Sun newspaperand explained that the songstress is a very down to earth girl:

"She doesn’t get any special treatment — of course not. Why would she? There’s plenty of nieces, nephews and grandchildren in this family so no one gets any special treatment, I can tell you. They’re all treated the same.

She added: “Adele comes round and she’s still got to go and make her nan a cup of tea, I’m afraid.”

Watch her stunning performance of 'Skyfall' from the 2013 Oscars here:

The international superstar's aunt Anita Adkins says the mother-of-one is very down-to-earth despite being a chart-topping songstress.

In an interview with British newspaper The Sun, Adkins revealed: “I’m a fan and I cried over her, but she’s my niece and that’s as far as it goes. She doesn’t get any special treatment — of course not. Why would she? There’s plenty of nieces, nephews and grandchildren in this family so no one gets any special treatment, I can tell you. They’re all treated the same.

She added: “Adele comes round and she’s still got to go and make her nan a cup of tea, I’m afraid.”

Adele recently won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Skyfall', and her aunt says the family couldn't be more proud of the singer's accolades.

Adkins explained: “We didn’t expect her to get it, but good on her.There’s not a lot more for her to top now, is there? She’s worked her way through all the awards.

She continued: “All the cousins sat up watching it, and of course they’re proud. Adele’s the same as us — when she burst into tears, we all did too.

“We’re all quite strong but we’re all quite emotional. Adele’s one of us — she burst into tears because she’s happy and overjoyed, and we are too. We feel what she feels.”

When told by Britain's Daily Star newspaper that people are desperate for new music, she joked: "Tell me about it, so am I. They'll come when they're ready, and when I've got something to sing about."

2013 has already been an incredible year for the hitmaker as so far she has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and BRIT award, and it's only March 1.

In addition to her trio of award wins, Adele also was honoured after her last album, '21', was named the best-selling record in the world last year for shifting 8.3 million units globally.

Watch Adele's backstage interview from the 2013 Oscars here:

The Grammy-winning 'Rolling In The Deep' singer will join the likes of fellow pop stars Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé and Rihanna in being immortalised in wax at the famous London landmark.

Madame Tussauds London PR manager Nicole Fenner said of the new aquisition: "Adele is the perfect addition to the music line-up here in London. She's one of the world's hottest properties right now and one of our most requested personalities.

"In fact, we've seen a huge increase in requests for her figure since 'Skyfall' was released and the timing seems perfect to honour her after such phenomenal success with the song. She is one of the most influential British female artists and we know she is going to be a huge hit with our guests alongside our other pop greats. We're very excited to welcome her to Madame Tussauds London."

The figure is currently set to be unveiled in July at Madame Tussauds museums in the capital and Amsterdam.

Adele was awarded with a 'Best Original Song' Oscar for her James Bond theme 'Skyfall' at the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 24).

Watch Adele perform 'Skyfall' at the 85th Academy Awards below:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/adele/view/68899/ Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:38:20 +0000 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/adele/view/68899/ Adele's monolithic '21' has become the world's top selling record for the second year running.

The album, which was released back in 2011, sold 8.3 million units globally in 2012 as it saw its popularity continue to impress.

It was the world's best-selling album of 2011 too as it topped charts in the likes of the UK and the US.

The second best-selling of 2012 meanwhile was Taylor Swift's 'Red' with 5.2m units sold, whilst One Direction scored a double whammy with 'Up All Night' and 'Take Me Home' in at No.3 and No.4 respectively.

Lana Del Rey's 'Born To Die' meanwhile charted at No.5 on the list with sales of 4.4m.

Carly Rae Jepsen's monster hit 'Call Me Maybe' was the best-selling single of 2012 with 12.5m sales, whilst Gotye and Psy came in at No.2 and No.3.

Speaking with her tongue perhaps in cheek, the superstar singer told reporters at the Oscars last night (February 24) about her future plans.

The talented Brit, who won the Best Original Song gong for her 'Skyfall' theme, said she might use Beyoncé's recent US documentary as a blueprint for her own show.

The 'Someone Like You' star said before laughing: "I dunno, maybe I'll do a HBO special like Beyoncé did."

Adele then joked that she might try singing in a stage show, before dismissing the idea and revealing she doesn't like musicals.

She took the stage later in the ceremony to perform the track, which she also won a Golden Globe for earlier this year, and was accompanied by an orchestra for the song.

The British songstress was also crowned the winner of the Best Original Song category and gave an incredibly emotional speech, in which she thanked her boyfriend: "Thank you so much, this is amazing [...] Thank you my man, I love you baby."

Songwriter Paul Epworth joined her onstage to collect the trophy and praised Adele for being on the track, adding that she is "the best person I've ever worked with".

She was nominated alongside 'Before My Time' from Chasing Ice, 'Everybody Needs A Best Friend' from Ted, 'Pi's Lullaby' from Life of Pi, and 'Suddenly' from Les Misérables.

Watch her performance of 'Skyfall' from tonight's Oscars here:

The star's 'Skyfall' beat off fellow nominees including Labrinth's 'Beneath Your Beautiful',

James Arthur's 'Impossible', Robbie Williams' 'Candy', Coldplay and Rihanna's 'Princess of China'.

Adele couldn't be at the ceremony as she is currently in Los Angeles rehearsing for the Oscars, but she appeared on a video link to accept the award.

Joking about last year when host James Corden famously cut the singer's acceptance speech short to introduce Blur, Adele quipped: "I don't want to interrupt the best album speech at the end of the night," before assuring fans she'd be back in the country soon.

Meanwhile, Coldplay scooped the gong for 'Best British Live Act' beating the likes of Mumford & Sons, Muse and The Rolling Stones.

Taking to the stage, the band gushed: "Thank you very much. This is extraordinary."

Dave Grohl presented the awards for 'Best International Group' which went to The Black Keys.

They beat off competition from the likes of The Script, fun. and The Killers.

The British songstress was famously cut short when she stepped on stage to accept the award for 'British Album' at last year's coveted ceremony.

During her speech to the audience and fans at home, Adele was interrupted by host James Corden as he introduced Blur onto the stage.

The annual ceremony's chairman David Joseph has revealed last year's situation was a terrible misjudgement  and will be put right at tonight's (February 20) proceedings at London's O2 Arena.

Speaking to The Guardian, he explained: "How can you take an artist who has made the biggest cultural impact musically this country has seen globally for some time and cut her off in the middle of her speech? I very much to this day question what was happening in that control booth."

He continued: "I can hint something is going to happen this year to rewrite that wrong. I'd stay tuned to this year's show to see if there is any form of squaring of that circle."

Chart-topping star Adele is competing in the 'British Single' category at the BRITs tonight for her soundtrack to James Bond film 'Skyfall' starring Daniel Craig.

The 'Stan' singer has praised the crop of British stars currently making waves in America.

Dido, who recently took a break from the industry to have son Stanley, is impressed with the chart-topping female singers flying the flag for the UK.

In an interview with Look magazine, the star gushed: "I love it! [new female singers on the scene]. Emeli Sande, Adele...There are so many amazing singers coming out of this country and I feel proud to be any part of that."

Dido is gearing up for the release of new single 'No Freedom' and the star says her young son influenced a lot of her new music.

She explained: "I recorded a lot of the album while pregnant and I loved having a little mate kicking when I was singing. So far I've not written about him. It almost feels too big to write about. I did sing a track called Girl Who Got Away when I was pregnant and when Stanley was born that song completely calmed him down. He's my biggest critic!"