Adele: 'Laura Marling just gets better'

'I Speak Because I Can' by Laura is favorite album of this year expressed by Adele.

Before she released her first album Alas I Cannot Swim in 2008,she was a big fan of Laura,Adele revealed to BBC Newsbeat.

Adele said: "I'm such a fan of Laura Marling and always was before she even released her first album. She just gets better.

"She leaves me wanting more and I'm always really curious about her songs. Sometimes I can relate to them but sometimes I don't understand."

She added: "She constantly leaves me curious. That's what I like in an artist. She really sticks to her guns."

Adele upcoming new album 21

Singer Adele will perform songs from her upcoming new album 21 at a Smooth Radio concert in the The Cavern on the Liverpool upcoming month. This album 21 is available from 24th January.

When Adele 19, she was the first recipient of the Brits Critics Award. She will release song Rolling In The Deep on XL Recordings on 16 January.

Adele performance is part of the station's Love Live Music series, in this series include Smooth Radio for an exclusive performance at The Cavern in Liverpool on Wednesday 5 January.

Adele heads Radio 1 festival line-up

The line-up for Radio 1 annual Festive Festival has been unveiled with the bill bringing together Adele and Bullet For My Valentine with five of the hottest prospects for 2011.

In the event at BBC Maida Vale Studios on Monday, December 20,James Blake, Katy B, Wretch 32, The Vaccines and Yuck will all participate with each act taking part due to perform three songs between 7 and 10pm that evening.

DJs Zane Lowe and Nick Grimshaw will host, while the last hour from 10pm will feature sets from DJs Toddla T, Benji B and Jaymo and Andy George.

Previous Festive Festival events have featured the likes of Plan B, Marina and The Diamonds, The xx, Mumford & Sons and Florence + The Machine.

Adele: 'Album title is obvious'

I was not keen on my album title initially revealed by the Singer Adele.

She further added that she didn't like the title at first because it was "obvious".Currently the singer is busy in gearing up for the release of her sophomore effort 21.

She told Dutch TV host and comedian Paul de Leeuw: "I didn't want to call it 21 but so much in my career [and] in my life [has happened] as well and it was the only thing...sometimes obvious is good, you know?"

Describing her forthcoming record, she said it has a "mature" sound and deals with overcoming intense relationships.

She explained: "I deal with things a lot differently now. Obviously I'm more mature and more patient when it comes to things, and I'm aware that I'm not the greatest girlfriend in the world. I used to think I was, but I'm really not!

"It's about intense relationships and the ups and downs of it and how you learn to be on your own again, which is pretty hard. It's quite blues; quite Americana-sounding."

Adele releases 21 on January 24.