Katy B.

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Katy B.
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
On a mission
  UK 2 
gold
gold
04/16/2011 (26 weeks)
Little Red
  CH 61 02/16/2014 (1 week)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
silver
silver
02/22/2014 (16 weeks)
Honey
  UK 22nd 05/05/2016 (1 week)
Singles
Katy on a mission
  UK 5 
platinum
platinum
04.09.2010 (30 weeks)
Perfect Stranger (with Magnetic Man )
  UK 16 10/16/2010 (6 weeks)
Lights On (feat. Ms. Dynamite )
  UK 4th 
gold
gold
01/01/2011 (20 weeks)
Broken Record
  UK 8th 04/09/2011 (6 weeks)
Easy Please Me
  UK 25th 05/28/2011 (12 weeks)
Anywhere in the World (& Mark Ronson )
  AT 68 08/17/2012 (1 week)
  CH 40 07/27/2012 (6 weeks)
  UK 55 05/26/2012 (1 week)
What Love Is Made Of
  UK 21st 07/20/2013 (3 weeks)
5 AM
  UK 14th 11/16/2013 (4 weeks)
Crying for No Reason
  UK 5 
gold
gold
02/08/2014 (15 weeks)
Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) (with KDA & Tinie Tempah )
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
platinum
platinum
October 29, 2015 (18 weeks)
Who Am I (with Craig David & Major Lazer )
  UK 89 02/18/2016 (1 week)
Freak like Me (with Lee Walker, DJ Deeon & MNEK )
  UK 80 
silver
silver
07/21/2016 (8 weeks)

Katy B (born May 8, 1989 ; actually Kathleen Anne Brien ) is a British singer-songwriter and music producer .

Life

Katy B at the Sónar Festival 2011

Kathleen Brien aka Katy B grew up in Peckham, a district of the London Borough of Southwark . She received her musical training at the famous BRIT School , where she sat in a class with, among others, the young British dubstep artist James Blake . She graduated in popular music at Goldsmiths College . In 2007 she worked as 'Baby Katy' on DJ NG's Tell Me production , which was initially released on a white label and later on Ministry of Sound . Together with Geeneus a cover version of the song Good Life originally produced by Kevin Saunderson was created . Her debut single Katy on a Mission appeared on his record label Rinse in August 2010 . She is also on the debut album of the DJ duo The Count & Sinden ( Mega Mega Mega , 2010) with the song Hold Me . She also gave her voice to the second single Perfect Stranger by the group Magnetic Man , released in October 2010 (the song appeared on the album Magnetic Man of the same name , where she can also be heard on the track "Crossover"). Before their album was finally released, the second single Lights On was released , a collaboration with the London singer Ms. Dynamite . She gave her first concert in Germany at the Melt! Festival 2011.

music

Musically, she moves in the genres of hip-hop , dubstep , drum and bass , R&B , funk , house and garage . She also appears with the hip-hop band The Illersapiens , among others . Her debut album On a Mission was released on April 4, 2012 and reached second place on the UK album charts. In 2012 she won an NME Award in the Best Dancefloor Anthem category for her song Broken Record .

She was involved in Mark Ronson's song Anywhere in the World , which serves as a song for the 2012 Summer Olympics and also contains elements of Coca-Cola. On December 7, 2012, she released the four-track EP Danger for free download on her website.

On July 5, 2013, her single What Love Is Made Of was also released in Germany . On March 4, 2016, the album Honey was released in Germany , which was named album of the week by Musikexpress magazine .

Discography

Albums

  • 2011: On a Mission
  • 2014: Little Red
  • 2016: Honey

EPs

  • 2011: iTunes Festival: London 2011
  • 2012: Danger

Singles

  • 2008: Tell Me (DJ NG feat. Katy B & MC Versatile)
  • 2008: Take Me with You ( DJ Zinc feat. Katy B)
  • 2008: I Try (Jelly Jams feat. Katy B)
  • 2008: As I (Geeneus feat. Katy B)
  • 2010: Good Life RMX (Geeneus feat. Katy B)
  • 2010: Katy on a Mission
  • 2010: Louder
  • 2010: Perfect Stranger (Magnetic Man feat. Katy B)
  • 2010: Crossover (Magnetic Man feat. Katy B)
  • 2010: Lights On (feat. Ms. Dynamite )
  • 2010: Fade Away (DJ Zinc & Makoto feat. Katy B)
  • 2010: Open Your Eyes (Horsepower Productions feat. Katy B)
  • 2011: Broken Record
  • 2011: Easy Please Me
  • 2011: Witches' Brew
  • 2012: Anywhere in the World (Mark Ronson & Katy B)
  • 2013: What Love Is Made Of
  • 2013: 5 AM
  • 2014: Crying for No Reason
  • 2014: Still
  • 2015: Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) ( KDA . Feat Tinie Tempah & Katy B)
  • 2016: Who Am I (Katy B x Craig David x Major Lazer )
  • 2016: Freak like Me (Lee Walker & DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK )

swell

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: AT CH UK
  2. ↑ a b Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ discogs.com .
  4. ↑ Katy B Interview on Channel 4 Freshly Squeezed . Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  5. ^ Yates Kieren Yates, Kieran (September 3, 2010): Katy B: the girl on a mission to shake up the underground, The Guardian . Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ Katy B (No 828) . Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Lester, Paul (July 9, 2010): New band of the day - No 822: Magnetic Man, The Guardian . Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  8. ↑ NME Awards History
  9. ↑ Danger EP - Katy B - News: . December 7, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ Review of Honey at Musikexpress
  11. ↑ iTunes Festival: London 2011 - EP in the iTunes Store

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personal data
SURNAME Katy B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brien, Kathleen Anne (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1989