Adele performed with Amy Winehouse and received national recognition after winning the Brits Critic’s Choice award at the Brit Awards for upcoming artists, which has helped launch the careers of several acts! Adele scooped up this prize at Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre on February 20, 2008 after an industry panel voted her to top a list of British artists expected to “make it big” in the coming year. She beat out many other contenders for this prize. Congrats to Adele!

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