has a keen ability to cut close to the heart with the power and sincerity of her voice and lyric. It's actually the more stripped down arrangements - simple voice and piano - that seem to have the ...

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(Reuters) - That Adele's "21" will rank as the year's top-selling album is no surprise - the English singer-songwriter's hits "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" dominated playlists in 2011.