I swear some of the things you will see Beyonce stans say.
We could have a thread reading "Beyonce loses legs in tragic train derailing" and her stans would be in the thread posting iTunes updates of self-titled saying "ha #iMPACT hunTy"
ADELE's debut was inspired by Amy, sure. But to say that 21 was is way too far-fetched b/c it happened many years later, and ADELE was already making music in that vein anyway.
& let us not forget that Legend X started the retro trend. Back 2 Basics dropped before Back To Black. ANOTHER trend that Legend X was way too ahead of. Ugh!
Now let's not get ahead of ourselves. I don't think Amy listened to Back 2 Basics in August, promptly started to rearrange the original sound for her album (because she thought X's record was "cute") and released it in October.