5. Adele
While Adele might seem like a natural on stage, the singer has an extreme form of stage fright. In 2011, at the height of her fame, Adele told Rolling Stone that she regularly suffered from anxiety attacks, which are often prompted by her demanding performance schedule.
“I’m scared of audiences,” she told Rolling Stone. “One show in Amsterdam I was so nervous, I escaped out the fire exit. I’ve thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile-vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don’t like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot.”
Like so many of us, it was Beyoncé who helped Adele overcome her problems. After having a panic attack before meeting Queen Bey, Adele took a page out of the Sasha Fierce playbook and developed her own alter ego: Sasha Carter, a combination of Sasha Fierce and June Carter who exhibits grace in the face of anxiety-inducing situations. This helped Adele build her confidence and get through some of her anxiety attacks.