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Ella Mai Howell (born November 3, 1994 in London ) is a British R&B musician.
biography
Ella Mai is the daughter of a Jamaican mother and an Irish father and grew up in south-west London . She moved to Queens, New York when she was twelve, but returned to England after graduating from high school. Together with two other singers, she formed the R&B group Arize . They applied to The X Factor in 2014 , but were not accepted by the jury and disbanded a little later.
In 2015 she released four of her own songs on the music platform SoundCloud and was discovered by DJ Mustard and signed to the 10 Summers label . The first official EP Time was released in early 2016 . She was supported by Ty Dolla Sign as a guest. In the same year EP number two followed, Change , with which she already made it to number 20 on the US R&B charts. The third EP Ready , produced by DJ Mustard, was released in 2017, but it took a year before the breakthrough came with the song Boo'd Up on it . In the US, it rose to number 1 on the R&B charts and was certified quadruple platinum . In the official charts in the USA and Great Britain and other English-speaking countries, the song was also able to place. Another R&B hit followed with Trip , which was released as a precursor to their debut album Ella Mai , which was released in October 2019 . The album reached number 5 on the official album charts and reached platinum status . It was also nominated for an award in the Best R&B Album category at the Grammy Awards .
Discography
Albums
- Time (EP, 2016)
- Change (EP, 2016)
- Ready (EP, 2017)
- Ella May (2018)
Songs
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She Don't ( feat.Ty Dolla Sign , 2016, US:
gold)
- Lay Up (2017)
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Naked (2017, US:
platinum)
- Boo'd Up (2018)
- Trip (2018)
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Whatchamacallit (feat. Chris Brown , 2018, US:
gold)
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10,000 Hours (2018, US:
gold)
- Don't Waste My Time (2019, Usher feat. Ella Mai)
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120,000 | musiccanada.com |
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- | 37,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
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12,500,000 | riaa.com |
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- | - | 260,000 | bpi.co.uk |
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Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Official YouTube channel
- Ella Mai at SoundCloud
- Ella Mai at Allmusic (English)
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SURNAME | Ella Mai |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howell, Ella Mai (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British R&B musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |