Adele Covers Elle's Women in Music Issue, Sings "Happy Birthday" to Photographer

Magazine, which hits stands April 23, also features Rita Ora and Alicia Keys

By Rebecca Macatee Apr 09, 2013 6:59 PMTags
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Oh, Adele, can we please be best friends?

The "Someone Like You" singer looks absolutely flawless on Elle magazine's Women in Music issue's cover, but that's not all. She also made the day (or year!) of a staffer.

During her shoot at L.A.'s East West studios, it also happened to be Elle photgrapher Thomas Whiteside's birthday. And Adele, coolest woman ever, "sang 'Happy Birthday'" to him, which Thomas described as the "best present ever!'

Alicia Keys and Rita Ora are also featured on the mag's rolling covers, which hit newsstands April 23.