Adele, who captured the world’s heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at the 2012 Grammy Awards, picking up six trophies including the prestigious triple of record, song and album of the year. The singer, who also made a triumphant comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage, sobbed as she won the night’s final award, album of the year, for 21. It was last year’s top-selling album with more than six million copies sold.
