Adele says there's a reason she's only released four albums, and she's not what most people might think.
While accepting the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment event, Adele admitted on stage that she felt "a little out of place" receiving the award, considering she only released four albums in her 17-year career.
"I feel like I just arrived," she said.
Following the success of her debut album '19' in 2008, she released '21' in 2011, '25' in 2015 and '30' in 2021.
During her speech, Adele said she sometimes wonders "if people think I'm calculating when I disappear for years" between albums, or that she's "elusive" and believes "less is more".
Well, according to Adele, it's none of the above.
The "real reason" she's only released four albums to date is based on a decision she made after getting "pregnant" amid her hugely popular 2011 album 21, which she says many would be considered "career suicide".
"However, I've always wanted to go against the grain, it was there and then I chose to reject scarcity as excess and the idea that you had to be constantly relevant to be successful and that maybe, just maybe, I could be a hit both on and off the stage," she said.
"And you'll never guess what. [I] got away with it," she proudly declared on stage as the audience cheered her on./BGNES
