Adele was afraid to participate in talent shows

Adele claimed that before becoming famous singer she had thoughts of participating in talent shows such as X Factor. However, she never actually went to auditions because she felt too embarrassed.

"We'd be watching The X Factor, and my family would tell me I should go on. But then you'd see a parent on the show saying: "My child is the next Mariah Carey", and the kid would be rubbish. So I'd look at them and think: "You just want me to be embarrassed for a good laugh", and I never went there", claimed singer.

Recently it was announced that Adele's second studio effort 21 was named the biggest selling album of 2011 in Britain. Moreover, the record – that was bought 3.4 million times – has become the most demanded disk of the whole 21st century in UK.

Second place for year 2011 also belongs to Adele – her first studio effort 19 that hit the stores in 2009 was sold 1.1 million copies. Bruno Mars became third with his debut record Doo Wops & Hooligans (976 000 copies).