I think pop and soul are the infobox's most relevant and prevailing genres. Contemporary R&B [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adele&diff=prev&oldid=1212803723] should be removed. [[User:Oroborvs|Oroborvs]] ([[User talk:Oroborvs|talk]]) 17:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
I think pop and soul are the infobox's most relevant and prevailing genres. Contemporary R&B [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adele&diff=prev&oldid=1212803723] should be removed. [[User:Oroborvs|Oroborvs]] ([[User talk:Oroborvs|talk]]) 17:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
== American accent? ==
Would it be possible to explain why she sees to have an American accent when she sings, but not when she talks? I can find no mention of this in the '''Voice''' section [[User:Paul Magnussen|Paul Magnussen]] ([[User talk:Paul Magnussen|talk]]) 06:44, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
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Please do not remove this line from the lead. It has been removed twice already in the past couple months with little to no explanation. Historically this line has been included in this article, as well as in several forms for other mononymous artists. If you have strong feelings against keeping the line, begin a discussion here to avoid an edit war. SSR07 (talk) 21:19, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The article page being named simply "Adele" already makes it quite clear she's known by that. Furthermore, using one's first name in opening sentence more than once is needlessly repetitive, so there's no good reason to keep in the "known mononymously" bit. Whoever added this to the opening sentence shouldn't have done so, even when I'm sure it was done with good intentions. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 16:30, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There’s nothing wrong with using someone’s name more than once in the opening sentence, but you are right that the title of the article makes it obvious that she’s known mononymously by her first name.--QueenCoatsie (talk) 23:52, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Partner parameter is for longterm unmarried life partners. Plus there are conflicting sources on their relationship, so until they confirm it themselves with a reliable source theres no rush to add it LADY LOTUS • TALK16:42, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For soul, blues, and gospel, see The New Yorker's: Carrie Battan: "Adele's contemporary take on soul, blues, and gospel has been appreciated as a monument to tradition".[16]
Contemporary R&B in the infobox is irrelevant and WP:FRINGE because it departs significantly from the prevailing views or mainstream views. Dean Van Nguyen of PopMatters describes modern R&B with "synthetic drum beats", "all singing, all dancing entertainers", "artificial production methods and contemporary R&B became distinguished by a drum machine-backed rhythms", and "digital production methods".[29] Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail describes a song on 30 as a crisp clap-happy R&B number", but it is a song. Wheeler: "Adele is a confessional singer-songwriter in favour of Motown and blues."[30] Same with The New York Times (2021): "the British pop-soul torch singer", and then, "production on some songs feels in conversation with contemporary R&B".[31] This is also why Adele's entire work doesn't fit contemporary R&B.
Phil Gallo of Variety considered Adele an R&B singer in 2008 when he reviewed the 19 album. He wrote that she has an "affinity for strains of soul music" and that "Her phrasing, for the most part, veers toward the softer R&B singers, a bit of Dionne Warwick, Minnie Ripperton and Dusty Springfield". These three singers are linked to old-style R&B, rhythm and blues. Gallo: "Adele is taking a broader perspective, assimilating various pre-disco R&B styles".[32]
Would it be possible to explain why she sees to have an American accent when she sings, but not when she talks? I can find no mention of this in the Voice section Paul Magnussen (talk) 06:44, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]