Mabel (singer)
Mabel (* 20th February 1996 as Mabel McVey in Malaga , Spain ) is a British - Swedish R & B - singer and songwriter .
biography
Mabel McVey is a daughter of the Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and the British music producer Cameron McVey and came into contact with music at an early age. She was born in Málaga and grew up in Stockholm . She learned to play the piano in her childhood and studied music production and music theory , after graduating she moved to London .
In September 2015, Mabel released her first single Know Me Better on the SoundCloud platform . She later signed a recording deal and appeared on the Sound of 2016 list . She achieved her first hit with the single Finders Keepers released in March 2017 in collaboration with rapper Kojo Funds , which reached the top 10 of the British music charts and later went platinum . In May she released her first EP Bedroom and in October the mixtape Ivy to Roses . At the beginning of 2018 she achieved another top 20 success with the Single Fine Line . The song was recorded with the rapper Not3s , Mabel worked with him the previous year and was involved as a songwriter on his hit My Lover .
Mabel had her big international breakthrough at the beginning of 2019 with the song Don't Call Me Up . He reached the top 10 in numerous countries, including in her native Sweden, and also made it into the US singles charts . In England, it brought her her highest ranking with 3rd place and her third platinum award. The single Mad Love was able to build on the success and with the two songs her debut album High Expectations also made it to number 3 in the UK and in numerous other countries, including the USA again, in the official charts in the summer .
In early 2020, Mabel received the award for best British solo artist at the Brit Awards .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | SE | |||
2019 | High expectations |
DE58 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH29 (1 week) CH |
UK3
gold
(… Where.)UK |
US198 (1 week) US |
- |
First published: August 2, 2019
|
Mix tapes
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | SE | |||
2018 | Ivy to Roses | - | - | - |
UK28
gold
(44 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: October 5, 2018
Sales: + 100,000 |
EPs
- 2017: Bedroom (first published May 26, 2017)
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | SE | |||
2017 | Finders Keepers Bedroom (EP) |
- | - | - |
UK8th
platinum
(31 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: March 10, 2017
with Kojo Funds ; Sales: + 600,000 |
2018 | Fine line single track |
- | - | - |
UK11
platinum
(16 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: January 19, 2018
feat. Not3s ; Sales: + 600,000 |
Cigarette single track |
- | - | - |
UK41
silver
(16 weeks)UK |
- | - | ||
Ring Ring single track |
- | - | - |
UK12
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
- | - | ||
One shot single track |
- | - | - |
UK44
silver
(11 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: August 31, 2018
|
|
2019 | Don't Call Me Up Ivy to Roses / High Expectations |
DE10 (39 weeks) DE |
AT10
platinum
(32 weeks)AT |
CH9 (57 weeks) CH |
UK3 × 2
(50 weeks)UK |
US66
platinum
(10 weeks)US |
SE10
platinum
(37 weeks)SE |
First published: January 18, 2019
Sales: + 3,080,000 |
Mad Love High Expectations |
DE54 (17 weeks) DE |
AT56 (8 weeks) AT |
CH46 (21 weeks) CH |
UK8th
platinum
(20 weeks)UK |
- |
SE75 (1 week) SE |
First published: June 7th, 2019
Sales: + 600,000 |
|
God Is a Dancer The London Sessions |
DE95 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK15th
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
- |
SE56 (1 week) SE |
First published: September 20, 2019
Sales: + 200,000; with Tiësto |
|
Loneliest Time of Year single track |
- | - | - | - | - |
SE78 (1 week) SE |
First published: November 22, 2019
|
|
2020 | Boyfriend High Expectations |
- | - | - |
UK10
gold
(21 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: February 26, 2020
|
West Ten single track |
- | - | - |
UK5
silver
(… Where.)UK |
- | - |
First published: July 3, 2020
with AJ Tracey |
|
Tick Tock single track |
DE- 1DE | - |
CH66 (... weeks) CH |
UK36 (... weeks) UK |
- | - |
First release: August 21, 2020
with Clean Bandit feat. 24k gold |
|
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: | ||||||||
2019 | Bad Behavior High Expectations |
- | - | - |
UK94 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
Chart entry: August 8, 2019
|
More singles
- 2015: Know Me Better
- 2015: My Boy My Town
- 2016: Thinking of You
- 2017: Bedroom
- 2017: Begging
- 2017: My Lover (Remix) (with Not3s)
As a guest singer
- 2018: Plug Walk ( Rich the Kid feat. Mabel)
Author participation
year | Title artist |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | SE | |||
2017 | My Lover Not3s |
- | - | - |
UK14th
platinum
(30 weeks)UK |
- | - |
First published: October 27, 2017
Sales: + 600,000 |
Awards for music sales
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | - | platinum1 | 70,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 80,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 180,000 | ifpi.dk |
France (SNEP) | - | - | platinum1 | 200,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 100,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 160,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | gold1 | - | 15,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Austria (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 30,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 40,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Portugal (AFP) | - | gold1 | - | 5,000 | Individual evidence |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 40,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | gold1 | - | 20,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United States (RIAA) | - | - | platinum1 | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 4 × silver4th | 4 × gold4th | 6 × platinum6th | 5,400,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 4 × silver4th | 7 × gold7th | 21 × platinum21st |
Web links
- Mabel at Discogs (English)
- Official website (English)
- Mabel on Apple Music
- Biography at Allmusic
- Mabel on MusicBrainz
- Author participations at austriancharts.at
swell
- ↑ Neneh Cherry's Daughter Mabel McVey Strikes Her Own Buffalo Stance , Vogue
- ↑ Mabel: 'I wrote a hit song on my way to the gym' , bbc.com
- ↑ 'Growing up, I felt I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be white' - RnB starlet Mabel , heraldscotland.com
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US SE
- ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, August 28, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Gold for Don't Call Me Up in Portugal
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mabel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McVey, Mabel (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Swedish R&B singer and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Málaga , Spain |