Adele Is Named Billboard’s ‘Artist Of The Year’; “Haven’t Even Thought About My 3rd Record”

It’s been no surprise since the beginning of 2011 – that Adele had this year on smash. Selling over 12 million albums around the world, 21 topping the charts in the United States on 10 different occasions, delivering #1 singles like “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You”. There is no question why Adele was chosen as Billboard’s ‘Artist Of The Year’. She talks to Billboard in an exclusive interview and talks about her year, her surgery, and why she isn’t even thinking about her third album.

What do you envision for your future, your next couple of years?
I’m really looking forward to some time to do nothing. I imagine I’ll be 25 or 26 by the time my next record comes out, as I haven’t even thought about my third record yet. I’m just gonna lay some concrete, set up home and just “be” for a bit. I’ll disappear and come back with a record when it’s good enough. There will be no new music until it’s good enough and until I’m ready.
Have you begun writing songs for the next album?
Nope!

It’s been a long year. Have you found love again?
It’s been the most erratic year. It’s been fucking brilliant and exciting and emotional. Professionally, it’s been a year that will define my life forever. But because of the success, obviously things have been unearthed and people have crawled out of the woodwork publicly and privately. But that’s to be expected. And those things personally have forced me to address things I wouldn’t have. I probably wouldn’t have until my thirties.

Not having someone to share all this with made me miserable at times, to be honest. I wanted nothing more than to be in love and be loved back. That was until I remembered I was sharing it with millions and millions and millions of people!! I haven’t been ready to be in love again since summer 2009… until now. And I hadn’t met anyone along the way who has changed that.

I love that Robyn lyric from “Call Your Girlfriend”: “The only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again.” I was bitter as fuck and so sad about my relationship that “21″ is about. Obviously it was intensified because the record exploded, and it was a constant reminder of him that I couldn’t avoid. But I hadn’t met anyone else.

I missed him because I didn’t like feeling lonely and so I just kept going over and over the fuck-ups and resenting him and regretting our time together. But really recently, I realized that that had to happen for me to know what I want and need from myself. And of course in someone else.