In reply to You tried.

Nobody ever said Adele turned Bey down. The rumor was they recorded a song together and it just didn't make it onto Adele's album (Adele and Bey did in fact hit the studio together last winter.) no shade, no tea but they're voices wouldn't work well together. Adele sings.... Beyoncé over sings, screams, grunts, tries to upstage, and roars like a damn pirate. Everyone in the industry DOES indeed respect Beyoncé for her resume and credentials but her days near the top of the hot 100 are LONG GONE. Look how she struggles to maintain a solid hit! No one would benefit from a collaboration with Beyoncé (look at Feelin' Myself, Runnin', so on and so forth) it just wasn't a smart choice and it wasn't shade on Adele's behalf.