AP - It's hard not to think of Adele, the newly minted British blue-eyed soul singer, without thinking of the others who've come before her: Amy Winehouse, Joss Stone, Lily Allen, and Duffy. But if comparisons must be made, Adele's album "19" pushes her ahead of her comrades. She was the first to win the Brit Award's Critics Choice prize before she even released her debut.