Jess Glynne

Jess Glynne (2015)

Jessica Hannah "Jess" Glynne (* 20th October 1989 in Muswell Hill , London , England ) is a British pop - singer and songwriter . She has had seven number one hits in the UK charts so far , the record for most number one hits by a British artist. The song Rather Be , which she released with Clean Bandit , won a Grammy . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 27.9 million records in her career, including over 15.9 million in her home country alone. Glynne's most successful release is the single Rather Be with over 8.3 million units sold.

Career

Jess Glynne grew up in north London and had an early relationship with the music business through her mother, who worked in the A&R division of Atlantic Records . She attended Fortismere School , a renowned school with a musical branch. She applied to talent shows and musical theater performances, but had little success. After graduating from school in 2008, she worked in various jobs and only pursued her music career on the side. Eventually she found a job with a management company, where she learned a lot about the music business and made new contacts.

After finding the right connections, she left the company in August 2013 and signed a recording deal with Atlantic Records . One of her first record was the song Rather Be as a singer for the British electro - band Clean Bandit . It was released in January 2014 and was number 1 on the UK charts for four weeks . The song sold over 1.1 million copies by the end of the year and was the second top selling song as well as the most streamed song of the year. The song also became an international hit and reached the top 10 in many countries and number 1 in Austria and Germany, among others. In the USA it was sold over two million times, in England over 1.8 million times and in Germany about one half a million times and got the corresponding awards. At the 2015 Grammy Awards , the song won the Best Dance Recording of the Year category.

Just six weeks after the first release, their next recording was released, the song My Love with the London DJ Route 94 , which also entered the UK charts at number 1. It reached number 14 in the annual charts. Internationally it was not quite as successful, but it also made it into the charts in most countries and was also awarded a gold record in Germany.

In July 2014, Glynne released her first own chart single, Right Here , which, however, did not go beyond number 6 in her home country and received little international attention. That's why she teamed up with Clean Bandit again at the end of 2014 and had a number 2 hit in the UK and Germany with Real Love . In March 2015, she finally managed her first own number one placement with Hold My Hand . Just three months later she had another number one with rapper and MC Tinie Tempah and Not Letting Go, and just two months later she topped it for the fifth time with her own single Don't Be So Hard on Yourself . She is only the second British singer after Cheryl Cole to have so many number one positions in the UK charts.

The last single was also the pre-release for their first album I Cry When I Laugh , which was released on August 21, 2015.

In June 2019 she gave six concerts in Great Britain as a special guest together with the Spice Girls.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	I Cry When I Laugh	DE27 (5 weeks) DE	AT46 (1 week) AT	CH12 (6 weeks) CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (… Where.)UK	US25th gold (12 weeks)US	First published: August 21, 2015 Sales: + 1,740,000
2018	Always in between	DE33 (1 week) DE	AT58 (1 week) AT	CH32 (1 week) CH	UK1 platinum (… Where.)UK	US109 (1 week) US	First published: October 12, 2018 Sales: + 300,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Right Here I Cry When I Laugh	DE25 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH23 (4 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (14 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 6, 2014 Sales: + 400,000
	Real Love I Cry When I Laugh / New Eyes	DE2 (13 weeks) DE	AT22 (11 weeks) AT	CH37 (10 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (28 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 16, 2014 Sales: + 695,000; with Clean Bandit
2015	Hold My Hand I Cry When I Laugh	DE19 (15 weeks) DE	AT27 (14 weeks) AT	CH20 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)UK	US86 platinum (6 weeks)US	First published: March 20, 2015 Sales: + 2,470,000
	Don't Be So Hard on Yourself I Cry When I Laugh	DE46 (12 weeks) DE	AT65 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (37 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 14, 2015 Sales: + 1,320,000
	Take Me Home I Cry When I Laugh	DE66 (1 week) DE	-	CH52 (1 week) CH	UK6th platinum (26 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 3rd, 2015 Sales: + 815,000
2016	Ain't Got Far to Go I Cry When I Laugh	-	-	-	UK45 silver (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 26, 2016 Sales: + 200,000
2018	I'll Be There Always In Between	DE92 (1 week) DE	-	CH66 (5 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (27 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 4, 2018 Sales: + 1,495,000
	All I Am Always In Between	-	-	-	UK7th platinum (18 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 17, 2018 Sales: + 660,000
	Thursday Always In Between	-	-	-	UK3 platinum (31 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 9, 2018 Sales: + 600,000
2019	No One Always In Between	-	-	-	UK88 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 22, 2019
	One touch single track	-	-	CH88 (1 week) CH	UK19th gold (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 24, 2019 Sales: + 400,000; with Jax Jones
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2015	Why Me I Cry When I Laugh	-	-	-	UK68 (1 week) UK	-	Chart entry: August 13, 2015
2018	Come Alive The Greatest Showman: Reimagined	-	-	-	UK80 (1 week) UK	-	Chart entry: November 29, 2018 with Years & Years

More singles

• 2016: Kill the Lights (with Alex Newell & DJ Cassidy feat. Nile Rodgers )
• 2016: If I Can't Have You
• 2020: Lie For You (with Snakehips feat. Davido & A Boogie wit da Hoodie )

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Rather Be New Eyes	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (56 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (33 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (58 weeks)CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (90 weeks)UK	US10 × 4 Quadruple platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: Jan 17, 2014 Sales: + 8,345,000; Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
	my love	DE6th platinum (27 weeks)DE	AT11 (22 weeks) AT	CH21 (23 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (34 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 28, 2014 Sales: + 1,640,000; Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne
2015	Not Letting Go Youth	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (21 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 19, 2015 Sales: + 685,000; Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne
2018	These Days Toast to Our Differences	DE3 platinum (33 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (34 weeks)AT	CH2 (49 weeks) CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (54 weeks)UK	US- platinum US	First published: January 19, 2018 Sales: + 4,543,333 Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen
	Mind on It	-	-	-	UK47 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 16, 2018 Yungen feat. Jess Glynne
2020	Times Like These	-	-	-	UK1 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 23, 2020 as part of Live Lounge Allstars Original: Foo Fighters (2003)
	Number one singles	DE1DE	AT2AT	CH-CH	UK8thUK	US-US
	Top 10 singles	DE4thDE	AT2AT	CH2CH	UK13UK	US1US
	Singles in the charts	DE9DE	AT6thAT	CH9CH	UK19thUK	US2US

Further guest contributions

• 2016: I Can Feel It (DJ Serge Wood feat.Jess Glynne)
• 2018: So Real (Warriors) ( Too Many Zooz & KDA feat.Jess Glynne)
• 2020: Real Love × Sunchyme (VIP Mash Up) (Clean Bandit & Dario G feat. Jess Glynne)

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : Jess Glynne / Music Sales Awards

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	19 × platinum19th	-	1,400,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	105,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	-	225,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	1,150,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	diamond1	483,333	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	4 × gold4th	14 × platinum14th	-	790,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	-	680,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	-	platinum1	-	60,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	5,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	80,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	120,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	30,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	160,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	6,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	2 × gold2	27 × platinum27	-	15,900,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	21 × gold21st	103 × platinum103	diamond1

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1. ↑ Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be on www.top40.nl
2. ↑ ^{a b} GRAMMY (R) Award-Winning Singer / Songwriter Jess Glynne Unveils Eagerly Anticipated Solo Debut "I CRY WHEN I LAUGH" , press release at MarketWatch, June 22, 2015
3. ^ Jess Glynne: The chart-topper who lives with her mum , Paul Lester, The Jewish Chronicle Online, July 24, 2014
4. ↑ The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2014 , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, January 1, 2015
5. ↑ Jess Glynne tops the Official Singles Chart and enters the history books: "This is the best feeling ever!" , Rob Copsey, Official Charts, August 21, 2015
6. ↑ The Spice Girls return - who is supposed to replace Victoria Beckham. In: stern. November 6, 2018, accessed November 6, 2018 . 

Web links

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