Nao (singer)

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Nao (Oslo, 2018)
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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
For All We Know
  CH 68 08/07/2016 (1 week)
  UK 17th 08/11/2016 (2 weeks)
Saturn
  UK 56 11/08/2018 (1 week)

Nao (* 1987 in Nottingham ; actually Neo Jessica Joshua ) is an English alternative R&B singer.

Career

Neo Joshua grew up in east London and learned to play the piano as a child. She later began singing and took jazz singing lessons at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama . She graduated and worked as a singing teacher for several years.

She was also active as a background singer for Kwabs and Jarvis Cocker , among others , and sang in the girl group The Boxettes for six years . Eventually she started making her own music. From 2014 she published songs on SoundCloud . The song So Good got her a lot of attention on the net, it was played on BBC Radio 1 and was on the electronic charts on iTunes . She then got a label offer, but decided to publish on her own. Two EPs were released in 2014 and 2015 on their own label Little Tokyo . She was featured as a guest singer on the number one album Caracal by the DJ duo Disclosure , which made her even more popular.

At the beginning of 2016 she took 3rd place at Sound of 2016 , where the most promising newcomers for the new year are selected. For the release of her debut album she found a big label with RCA . For All We Know was released in July 2016 and debuted at number 17 on the UK album charts . It also hit the charts in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. In the US, Nao reached number 8 on the R&B and number 3 on the dance / electronic charts.

The second album Saturn was released in 2018. Commercially it lagged significantly behind the debut. For this it got a nomination at the US Grammy Awards in the category Best Urban Contemporary Album .

Discography

Albums

  • For All We Know (2016)
  • Saturn (2018)

EPs

  • So Good (2014)
  • February 15 (2015)

Songs

  • So Good (featuring AK Paul, 2014)
  • Zillionaire (2014)
  • Bad Blood (2015)
  • Fool to Love (2016)
  • Girlfriend (2016)

Guest Posts

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK / CH / US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ a b Nao , Presentation of Brighton Music Hall for a performance on September 15, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Nao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joshua, Neo Jessica (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English R&B singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham , England