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"When The SF Examiner spoke to young British belter Adele last January, she was laughing about crazy promotions she was doing for her then-upcoming sophomore recording&amp;nbsp; \u201C21\u201D \u2014 like flying on a snowstorm-buffeted puddle jumper into the Midwest to perform for executives of Target and Best Buy, chains that supported her debut, \u201C19.\u201D\nThe legwork paid off, because 2011 would soon belong to Adele; \u201C21,\u201D courtesy of its single \u201CRolling in the Deep,\u201D sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. (Lady Gaga\u2019s overhyped \u201CBorn This Way\u201D was a fizzled-out dud by comparison.)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;\nThe summer, however, belonged to one song \u2014 Foster The People\u2019s happy but lyrically homicidal smash hit \u201CPumped Up Kicks.\u201D\nAnd the White Stripes-initiated trend of guy-girl duos continued unabated with new entries such as The Slow Club, Data Romance and the buzzed-about new Exitmusic from \u201CBoardwalk Empire\u201D actress Aleksa Palladino and her husband, Devon Church."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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