Rebecca Ferguson (singer)

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Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Caroline Ferguson (born July 21, 1986 in Liverpool ) is a British singer .

Career

Ferguson graduated from Hugh Baird College in Bootle and is a qualified legal secretary. She initially took part in the castings for The X Factor and P. Diddy's Starmaker , without success . In 2010, she applied again for the seventh season of The X Factor . There she penetrated into the final, where she was defeated on December 12, 2010 in the last vote Matt Cardle . Like the winner and 3rd place One Direction , she received a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment after the competition .

Her debut single Nothing's Real but Love , which she wrote with Eg White , was released on November 20, 2011 and reached number 10 on the UK charts . The debut album Heaven , which was released two weeks later and reached number 3, was even more successful . In spring 2012, the single and album were also released in Europe and entered the charts there. The album reached the top 20 in the German-speaking countries and in June also number 23 in the US charts .

In December 2013 the second studio album Freedom was released. For the show 30 years RTL on 3rd / 4th January 2014 and their advertising campaign she presented the title Light On.

In March 2019, the Schiller album Morgenstund was released, on which she sings the song Love .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2011 Heaven DE15 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT18 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (24 weeks)
CH 		UK3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(46 weeks)UK 		US23 (2 weeks)
US
First published: December 5, 2011
2013 Freedom DE54 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH55 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK6th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 29, 2013
2015 Lady Sings the Blues - - CH46 (1 week)
CH 		UK7 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 6, 2015
2016 Superwoman - - CH91 (1 week)
CH 		UK7 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 14, 2016

EPs

  • 2012: iTunes Festival: London 2012

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2011 Nothing's Real but Love
Heaven 		DE64 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH24 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK10
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 20, 2011
2012 Teach Me How to Be Loved
Heaven 		DE92 (1 week)
DE 		- CH66 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: April 2012
Glitter & Gold
Heaven 		DE68 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT51 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH36 (6 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: April 29, 2012
Backtrack
Heaven 		- - - UK15 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 14, 2012
2013 I hope
freedom 		- - - UK15 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 2013
Light On
Freedom 		DE40 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT41 (1 week)
AT 		CH52 (4 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: December 2013

More singles

  • 2012: Shoulder to Shoulder
  • 2015: Get Happy
  • 2016: Bones

As a guest musician

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2010 Heroes - - - UK1 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 21, 2010
with 2010 X Factor finalists

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  1. ↑ "Sony Music Page" ( Memento of the original from June 7, 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. by Rebecca Ferguson @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sonymusic.de
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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personal data
SURNAME Ferguson, Rebecca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferguson, Rebecca Caroline (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , England , UK