19 is the debut
studio album by English singer
Adele. It was first released on 28 January 2008, through
XL Recordings. Following Adele's graduation from the
BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in May 2006, she began publishing songs and recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend. The friend posted the demo on
Myspace, where it became very successful and led to interest from XL Recordings. This led to Adele signing a recording contract with the label and providing vocals for
Jack Peñate, during this session for Peñate's song she met producer
Jim Abbiss, who would go on to produce the majority of her debut album.