BRITISH
SINGERS:
Hello
we’re Júlia and Clàudia and today we are going to talk about four
British singers and we will explain a little bit their biography. They
are: Adele, Leona Lewis, Jessie J and Amy Winehouse. We chose those
singers because they are the most famous British singers.
ADELE:
Adele
Laurie Blue Adkins, better known as Adele was born the 5th May of
1988 in the north of London. She is an English recording artist and
songwriter. She grew up in a simple family and her mother took care
of her alone. Since she was little she loves and she was interested
in the world of music. She studied in a music School (the sames as
Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis...). Then she wrote some songs and finally
she sings a contract with XL Recondings. With her second single she
won a Grammy. After that, her voice became famous. She sings soul and
pop. The most famous song of Adele are: “Rolling in the deep”,
“someone like you” and “Set fire to the rain”.
She
is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in
a year in the UK. Adele became the first artist in history to lead
the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number
ones. Adele is also the first female artist to have three singles in
the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and the first
female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200
and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100
simultaneously.21 (her last album) is the longest running number one
album by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart and is the
longest running number one album by a female in Billboard history. In
2011, Billboard named Adele artist of the year.
LEONA
LEWIS:
Leona
Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. She was
born the 3rd April of 1985 in London.
She is known because she
won
the
third edition of
the British television series The
X Factor.
Lewis
released her debut
studio album Spirit in 2007
features the single "Bleeding
Love",
which reached number one in over thirty countries around the world,
and was the best-selling single worldwide in 2008.
Lewis
was the fourth best-selling artist worldwide in 2008. She released
her second studio album,
Echo, in 2009.
She
was proclaimed Top New Artist by Billboard magazine in 2009.
JESSIE
J:
Jessica
Ellen Cornish better known by her stage name Jessie J is an English
singer and songwriter. Born the 27th march of 1988 in London. She
raised also there. She studied at the BRIT School before signing with
Gut Records. She signed a contract with Island Records and she
started recording her debut album: Who you are, which was released
the 25th February of 2011. It arrived at the second position in the
British lists. After that she wrote songs for: com Justin
Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown and she
became famous for the single: "Party in the U.S.A." that
she wrote for Miley Cyrus. The 7th January of 2011 Jessie J arrived
at the top of the BBC songs list. Then she released her first single
as Jessie J called: “Do it Like a dude", which get the second
position in the UK. Second single “Price tag” became immediately
the number 1 in the UK.
AMY
WINEHOUSE:
Amy
Jade Winehouse also called the
queen of soul was born
in London the 14th
September in 1983.
She was an English singer and songwriter known for her powerful deep
contralto vocals. She was
recognized for her hairstyle and her makeup.
She is known for its mix of various musical generes, including jazz,
R & B, soul and ska, too.
Winehouse's
2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was
nominated for the Mercury Prize.
In
2007
she won
a prize for Best
British Female Artis.
Winehouse
died
of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011.
Her album Back to Black subsequently became the UK's bestselling
album of the 21st century.
