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This Grammy Award winning soul diva -- known for her powerful voice and poignant lyrics -- recently announced she's expecting her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki. Here are five things you may not know about Adele.

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1. Revealed in an interview that she wrote some of the lyrics for her popular second album 21 while drunk. She added that she would keep a "drunk diary" to read later for lyric ideas and other inspiration.

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2. Has a miniature dachshund named Louis Armstrong that got his name after howling along to music of the jazz legend.

3. Received a letter from Britain's ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown praising her for keeping up the spirits of citizens during tough economic times and calling her "a light at the end of the tunnel."

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4. One of her friends posted some of her demos on MySpace in 2006 and she was offered a recording contract later that year by XL Recordings.

5. The names of her albums 19 and 21 correspond to her age at the time the albums were composed.

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