Adele's 2nd CD set for February release

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Columbia Records has announced plans to release "21," the new studio album from British singer-songwriter Adele, early next year.

The CD is to go on sale Feb. 22 in the United States and Canada. It is the follow-up to Adele's debut album "19." Both sets are named after her age at the time the songs were written.

"I discovered lots of artists I'd never heard of, particularly Wanda Jackson, Allison Krauss, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Lady Antebellum and Steel Drivers who I fell in love with. Then I delved into more from artists I've loved forever -- Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits and Sinead O'Connor. There's something in every single one of these artists that have really really inspired '21,'" Adele said in a statement Wednesday.