That's why I can't support ADELE like that(tryin to figure out how u do

)....she clearly replaced the bellowing black female rnb singer(or at least they tryin)...Adele is London's push onto to soul charts...hands shook and Jill had to go...I'm cool on CAC REPLACEMENTS
It's not the same as Fergie,Gwen Stefani, and Ke$ha being direct white, PG, watered down replacements for black female rappers. Hollaback Girl and all that other bullshyt was a friendly, kidz bop version of rap that white moms could let their daughters get into. So female rappers disappeared, til Nicki became a star.
I don't think it's even the same as Justin Timberlake or Robin Thicke being the clean cut versions of Usher, Maxwell, etc.
I think Adele content wise appeals to a sentiment in people, and grown women in particular, that a lot of people relate to. Mary J Blige and Alicia Keys became stars by making the same emotional music and even white women related to it somehow.
And the sound/style of music Adele makes reaches the broadest audience. But that's because the UK loves pop and soul music and they produce/adore/consume the purest version of pop music. So they churn out pop/soul artists that are inspired by the great black soul artists of the past. That's how we got The Beatles,Rolling Stones, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Jessie J, Sam Smith, Emeli Sande, etc. Even The XX are making their white version of the R&B music they love from the 90s.
The UK has been behind this 60s/70s soul revival that was missing from American music. So Adele isn't replacing current black artists. She's just making music everyone always loved, that wasn't really being made by many female mainstream artists. It's pure pop/soul, like Alicia Keys, Whitney, or Mary J when she got to the No More Drama/Be Without You stage of her career.