I don't listen to Adele, but your description makes her sound more intrigueing, bit like Vettriano's paintings.

I'll take Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and Motorhead for the repressed lower class feelings; Led Zeppelin, Joe Bonamassa and Santana for actual romance; sadness of women that they'll never know true passion? Been done to death. And I'll take Megadeth, Metallica, Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen for musicality, existentialism, politics and basically everything other than one note "love" songs. Pop is boring because its always about "love" (i.e. sex or idealistic unrealistic love) or clubbing. At least the bands I've listed talk about something other than those things and involve themselves in issues that make you think, are still personal, and use actual musicality in their work.

Jeez, look at some other artists who've sold records by the bucketloads such as Steps, S Club 7, Girls Aloud, for example but can you honestly say they've greatly contributed to the cause of good music? People buy records for all sorts of reasons and I think the reason Adele is successful is because the music media are showing her in a good light but as with everybody they'll soon grow sick of her and given time they'll move on to the next thing. Look at how Britney Spears was portrayed when she started out, she could do no wrong, now she is just a gimmick.