Adele is set to perform live at the 85th Acadamy Awards on Feb. 24. The show will mark the singer's first live performance since she performed at the Grammy Awards in 2012. The multi-award winning British singer will give a live performance of Skyfall, the theme to to the latest James Bond movie, written by her and Paul Epworth.

The song, which is up for an Oscars nomination, is the first Bond theme to be nomiated for the original song award since 1981's For Your Eyes Only.

The February 24 show will be Adele's first live performance since the Grammy Awards last April and the first time she will perform "Skyfall" live, as she has kept a low profile since giving birth to a son last October.

"It's an honor to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again," Adele, 24, said in a statement. "It's something I've never experienced and probably only ever will once!"

The 24-year-old recently won the best original song prize for Skyfall at the Golden Globes.

Adele topped the charts in 2012 with the bestselling album two years in a row.

Her 2011 album '21' was the top seller last year as well as the year before marking the first time that one album has reigned for two consecutive years, according to figures released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan.

"It's a sort of a once-in-a-lifetime album," Keith Caulfield, associate director of charts at Billboard, told Reuters about Adele's achievement. "Only a few of these albums come along in history."

'21' sold 4.4 million copies in the United States last year, after selling 5.8 million in 2011.

"It's really the right combination of artistry and hit singles," Caulfield said about the right chemistry it took to make the album a hit. "She really crossed over from pop to Latin to adult contemporary to dance," he added. "Young and old consumers bought it, and because of its mixture of fans, she was able to sell it as well as she did."

The record contains a few of Adele's top hits such as "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You."

The singer gave birth to a baby boy with partner Simon Konecki in October last year and has kept a low-profile since.

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