Emeli Sandé
Emeli Sande MBE (* 10. March 1987 in Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England ; bourgeois Adele Emeli Sandé Gouraguine , born Adele Emeli Sandé ) is a Scottish soul - and R & B - singer .
biography
Life
Emeli Sandé was born on March 10, 1987 in Sunderland . Her father Joel is from Zambia , her mother Diane from England . Sandé's talent was already evident in childhood: at the age of 11 she wrote her first song, at 15 she was invited to London by the radio station ChoiceFM to take part in their “Rapology” competition. Although she was offered a recording contract for the first time while she was still at school, she initially decided to study medicine at the University of Glasgow , as a career as a full-time singer and the associated move to London still seemed too risky for her at that time. By appearing in various Glasgow hotels, she earned extra income while studying; At the same time, she also tried her hand at songwriting, but, according to her own account, hardly found the leisure for non-study texts. After several trips to London had led to fruitful contacts with the music industry, Sandé devoted himself increasingly to songwriting. When she was finally signed to Virgin Records because of her creative and vocal talents , she dropped out of medical school in early 2010 and has since focused entirely on her music career.
After the English pop, soul, jazz, R&B and rock singer Adele had successfully established herself in the international music business, the Scottish woman decided to only appear under her second name Emeli in future in order to avoid any risk of confusion with Adele.
In June 2012, Emeli Sandé spoke in an interview about her engagement to her long-term boyfriend, initially not named, whom she referred to as a “scientist” at the time. On the occasion of the wedding in his home country Montenegro on September 15, 2012 it was finally announced that it was the marine biologist Adam Gouraguine, with whom Sandé had been in a relationship for seven years.
Career
2003-2010: beginnings
At the age of 16, Emeli Sandé was first noticed nationwide in Great Britain. At the time, she was still studying at high school in rural Alford and was working in her spare time in the supermarket when she reached the final of Trevor Nelson's BBC Urban Music competition. Her sister had filmed them while Sandé was playing the song “Nasty Little Lady”, which she had written a few months earlier, on the piano, and the siblings had sent this video to the BBC.
As one of the winners of the radio competition, she was then offered a record deal, but Sandé turned it down at this point; instead, she first finished school and began studying medicine. In the following years, her mother sent several CDs with recordings of the singer to the radio station BBC Radio 1Xtra, which specializes in urban music, whose DJ Ras Kwame took the young talent seriously and presented it to the listeners as part of his "homegrown sessions". During an appearance in Soho initiated by the radio station, Sandé, who had traveled from Madrid especially for a medical internship , met the producer and songwriter Shahid Khan alias Naughty Boy ; this was previously already for artists such. B. Ms. Dynamite and Bashy. Together with him, Sandé began to write for other artists on the music scene; one of her first compositions was "Diamond Rings" for the British rapper Chipmunk. Sandé took part in the recording herself as a singer, and in the summer of 2009 the title Chipmunks and - as part of her singing career - simultaneously reached Sandé's first top ten in the British singles charts.
The successful work of the Scottish singer was not hidden from the record industry; In August 2009, Sandé, who could now imagine a career in the music business, was finally signed by the record label EMI / Virgin Records .
In March 2010, the Scottish woman was again represented in the British Top10 together with the British rapper Wiley; Shahid Khan was again instrumental in the success of the title "Never Be Your Woman".
2011–2018: Our Version of Events and the international successes
Sandé announced that her first solo single would be released in spring 2011. The first official single from their debut album was Heaven and was released on August 14, 2011. The song received positive reviews from blogs like This Must Be Pop and Robot Pigeon .
Sandé announced that Daddy would be released as their second official single from Our Version of Events . In October 2011, the single Read All About It was released , where she was a guest singer with Professor Green . It rose to number 1 in the British singles charts. The song also reached the top 100 in many other countries. On November 26th, Sandé performed at the LG Arena in Birmingham for BRMB 2011. On December 15, 2011, she won a Brit Award. Her album Our Version of Events reached number one in Great Britain after its release in February 2012. It also reached the top 30 in Germany and the USA as well as number 37 in Austria and number 12 in Switzerland. Sandé's debut album features songs that have been written by her and have been described by critics as richly melodic , heavily classic, and retro-futuristic soul pop songs . On January 12, 2012, Sandé received a nomination for a BRIT Award 2012 in the British Breakthrough Act category . The winner in this category was Ed Sheeran .
In January 2012, Sandé announced that she was working on songs for the original line-up of the Sugababes . On January 24th, 2012 she gave a one-off concert for the Q -Magzine at the XOYO in London . She was supported by the British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka . She recorded a version of David Guetta's hit single Titanium and presented it at the NRJ Music Awards in France. Sandé is also on a track on Naughty Boy's upcoming LP. The title is called Hollywood , which also includes soul singer Gabrielle . Its release was announced for November 2012.
On July 27, 2012, Sandé sang Abide With Me at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics . On August 12, 2012, Sandé sang an unplugged version of Read All About It at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics, while a video montage shows emotional scenes from the games. This version also appeared as a single under the title Read All About It Part III . It reached the top 20 in many countries and became the singer's most successful single.
The release of Clown was announced for December 23, 2012 as the fifth single from the studio album Our Version of Events . Clown introduced her to The X Factor (United Kingdom) on December 9th. Our Version of Events was the UK's best-selling studio album in September 2012.
In 2013 she won the BRIT Awards in the categories British Female Solo Artist and MasterCard British Album of the Year and won the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA).
2019 – today: Real Life
In September 2019 the album "Real Life" was released. The tracks Sparrow and Extraordinary Being have already been released in advance . The album "Real Life" contains a total of eleven tracks with a playing time of 44:15 minutes. The title Extraordinary Being is also part of the soundtrack for the film X-Men: Dark Phoenix , which was released in theaters in June 2019.
Songwriting
Emeli Sandé kept working as a songwriter and said: “I have just finished the song Lifetime for Cher Lloyd's new album . Another one will be on the next Leona Lewis album . I also wrote one for Susan Boyle . That's probably what I'm most proud of right now. Another work is called River, which I hope she will record for her new album as well. "
While working on her debut album, Sandé began working with Tinie Tempah . She was engaged as a co-writer for the song Let Go, on which she also participated as a guest singer. She also began recording the track Dreamer with Devlin . Sandé also later recorded an album track called The Entertainer with Alesha Dixon . She also co-wrote Shahid Khan's hit single Radio and wrote several pieces on Cheryl Cole's albums as well as Professor Green's album, on which Sandé also appeared as a guest singer. She said she is Simon Cowell's favorite songwriter right now because of her songs for Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle. Sandé said in an interview that she would like to meet Susan Boyle to introduce her to a few songs: “I haven't met her yet. I sent her the song. I'd really like to meet her because I think she's got rock star talent. ” Sandé co-wrote a song on her new album, This Will Be the Year . Leona Lewis heard a few of her songs and worked with her for a week in her studio. “Leona and I worked really well together. We spent a second week in the studio together. It was very natural and she recorded two of my songs. They are called Trouble and Mountains . I look forward to hearing her on her album. ”It emerged after Professor Green announced his album's tracklist that her songs At Your Inconvenience and Read All About It were on the album. The single Read All About It was released in October 2011 as an announcement for the album. The song was featured on The X Factor .
Sandé's music is inspired by artists such as Nina Simone , Joni Mitchell and Lauryn Hill . She said all of her songs are about world peace and political issues. She also notes that the key to a good song is songwriting. Honesty and sheer emotion, they are the best way to write. She said if she tried to write something “too smart” the creative process wouldn't work for her. Kill the Boy was one of the first ideas that came to Sandé's head. If she had to work on a song for more than a day, stop writing because getting back into it wouldn't work. If she wants to start, an idea for a song comes up immediately.
Discography
Studio albums
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2012 | Our version of events |
DE7th  × 3
(60 weeks)DE |
AT17 (26 weeks) AT |
CH6th (80 weeks)CH |
UK1  × 8
(136 weeks)UK |
US28 (42 weeks)US |
First published: February 13, 2012
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| 2016 | Long Live the Angels |
DE12 (8 weeks) DE |
AT30 (1 week) AT |
CH9 (12 weeks) CH |
UK2 (23 weeks)UK |
US41 (1 week) US |
First published: November 11, 2016
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| 2019 | Real life |
DE31 (1 week) DE |
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CH9 (2 weeks) CH |
UK6 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: September 13, 2019
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- ↑ Jon O'Brien: Emeli Sandé. In: AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC., Accessed September 2, 2013 .
- ^ Brit Awards: Emeli Sande wins two awards. BBC, February 21, 2013, accessed on September 2, 2013 (English): "Sande was born in Sunderland"
- ↑ Interview with Emeli Sandé ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article about her dream that came true
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Brit Awards 2014 - Emeli Sandé ( Memento from October 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d Digitalspy reports on the reason for the name change
- ↑ Interview on "thenext2shine.com" ( memento of the original from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on "BBC Newsbeat"
- ↑ a b Article on heraldscotland.com ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article about her record deal with Virgin Records and the EMI Group
- ↑ Article about Naughty Boys another hit
- ↑ Questions + Answers about Emeli Sandé at Flensburg-Online
- ↑ Heaven on YouTube
- ↑ Review of This Must Be Pop ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Review on Robot Pigeon ( memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Emeli Sande wins Brits Critics Choice award. BBC, December 15, 2011, accessed September 2, 2013 .
- ↑ Article about her at Digital Spy
- ↑ Our Version of Events on Amazon
- ↑ Review of the album
- ↑ List of artists who were nominated for a BRIT Award
- ↑ Report on your Titanuim appearance ( memento of the original from November 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Announcement for the single Hollywood
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a441039/one-direction-emeli-sande-for-x-factor-final.html
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a441829/emeli-sande-claims-biggest-selling-uk-album-of-2012-so-far.html
- ↑ Emeli Sandé presents the album 'Real Life' on mix1.de
- ↑ Emeli Sandé - Sparrow - official music video on YouTube
- ↑ Emeli Sandé - Extraordinary Being official music video on YouTube
- ↑ Emeli Sandé presents the album 'Real Life' on mix1.de, accessed on July 3, 2019
- ↑ Power meets soul: Emeli Sandé's third album “Real Life” on universal-music.de, from April 24, 2019, accessed on July 3, 2019
- ↑ Real Life by Emeli Sandé (album) on rateyourmusic.com, accessed on July 3, 2019
- ↑ Emeli Sandé "Extraordinary Being" on jumpradio.de, May 24, 2019, accessed on July 3, 2019
- ↑ Article on heraldscotland.com ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Announcement of the single Read All About It ( memento of the original from August 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on the live appearance at X-Factor ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- official website (English)
- Emeli Sandé at Allmusic (English)
- Interview with Emili Sandé on songwriting on bonedo.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sandé, Emeli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sandé, Adele Emeli (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British R&B singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England |