19 (LP)19 is the debut studio album by English singer songwriter Adele, released in January 2008. Following Adele's graduation from the BRIT School in April 2006, she began publishing songs and recorded a three song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend, who posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to interest from the record label. This led to Adele signing a recording contract at age 17 with the label and providing