Emeli Sandé

Background:Emeli Sandé was born in Sunderland, to a Zambian father, Joel Sandé, and Cumbrian mother, Diane Sandé-Wood, on 10 March’87. She study a 6yr medicine at the University of Glasgow, but she stopped in her fourth year. She has stated that education was one of the most important things to her, because, if her music career failed, she would have something to fall back on. Further, Sandé said that her manager, Adrian Sykes, waited patiently from when she was 16; "Adrian really respects that I want to get an education behind me. He also knows my parents are keen that I finish university". Sandé wrote her first song at age 11, for her primary school talent show. She remembers "That was the first time I thought I might be a songwriter. I always knew I wanted to be a musician and I knew I wanted to write because the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs. The first song she wrote was called "Tomorrow Starts Again" – the song had proper structure and even a middle eight. Choice FM invited the 15yr old to London to take part in their "Rapology" competition. Richard Blackwood also had her down to MTV's Camden studios to sing gospel. Sandé went to the same secondary school (Alford Academy) at which her father was a teacher. She said "I hated to be ill and to miss a day because I was so hungry to learn. I was very shy, nerdy and extremely well-behaved. Inevitably, throughout secondary school, it was part and parcel of my identity that I was Mr. Sandé's daughter. No way could I muck about or get into trouble, because it would've got back to him within minutes. And Dad was strict, let me tell you".

Career Begins 2008 - 2010:Sandé's sister sent a video of her playing the piano and singing, "Nasty Little Lady“ to Trevor Nelson's BBC Urban music competition. She won the show and was offered a record deal, but the management decided against the deal. Her parents sent BBC Radio 1Xtra a CD of her songs. Ras Kwame played on her "Homegrown Sessions", and 4 artists that year were asked to do a show in Soho. She met with Watford-born music producer/writer Shahid Khan aka Naughty Boy, and began writing tracks for artists such as Professor Green and Tinie Tempah. She soon signed a record deal with Virgin Records and EMI Records. In an interview, she said "I was doing a show in London for 1Xtra and I met this guy called Naughty Boy. We got in the studio and we clicked work wise. We just started writing, not necessarily for me, we just thought ‘let's write a pop tune’ and experiment. And we wrote the Chipmunk track and I thought nothing of it. Naughty Boy sent it off to Chipmunk who really liked it and wrote his stuff around it.“ She signed a record deal with Virgin Records in 2010. She later signed another deal with EMI Records in early 2011. She made her singing career debut in 2009 after appearing on the track she wrote for Chipmunk's first debut single, "Diamond Rings". The single charted at No. 6 on the UK Singles Charts, making it Chipmunk and Sandé's first ever Top 10 Hit. She later appeared on another single singing guest vocals, after collaborating with Wiley on his comeback single "Never Be Your Woman", the single charted at number-eight on the UK Singles Charts becoming her second consecutive Top 10 Single.

Breakthrough 2011 - 2013:Sandé 1st solo single would be released in early ‘11. Some speculation surrounding what track she would release, after newspapers stated "Daddy". 1st official single from debut album was "Heaven" and was released on 14th Aug.’11. The song has received positive reviews from blogs. Confirmed that "Daddy" would be the 2nd official single released from Our Version of Events. She achieved her 1st No.1 single on the UK Singles Chart after "Read All About It" entered at number-one. 26th Nov, performed at the LG ARENA in Birmingham for BRMB’11. 15th Dec’11, named Brit Awards Critics' Choice for ‘12. Our Version of Events reached No.1 in the UK after its release in Feb’12. Debut album includes songs written by her and has been reviewed as having "richly melodic, classically powerful, retro-futurist soul-pop songs.“ Announced she was up for another BRIT Award’12 (British Breakthrough Act). Wrote material for the original line-up of Sugababes. 24th Jan’12, Sandé performed a one-off gig XOYO, London. Was supported by Michael Kiwanuka. Recorded a version of "Titanium - David Guetta" the pair performed NRJ Music Awards, France. Sandé has penned a track for Naughty Boy's "Hollywood - ft. Gabrielle”. It is about fame coming and going and will be released in Nov. 27th Jul’12, sang "Abide with Me" at opening ceremony of Summer Olympics’12 , her song "Heaven" accompany the section with Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Both appear on the Isles of Wonder CD of the opening ceremony's music. NBC also used her song "Wonder" during the credits roll at the end of the tape-delayed ceremony broadcast in the United States. 12th Aug’12, she sang "Read All About It (Part3)" at the closing ceremony, while a emotional scenes from the games were shown. She also covered a version of John Lennon's "Imagine" exclusively for the BBC, who used it as a conclusion of the Olympics. Sandé is a winner of the ‘13 European Border Breakers Awards. The European Border Breakers Awards honour the best new music acts in Europe. The award ceremony takes place at the Eurosonic Noorderslag music festival in Groningen (NL). She won 2 BRIT’13 awards for Best British female and Album. Jan’13 revealed that Ella Henderson has anticipated working with Sandé on her debut album. The song "Next to Me" won two Ivor Novello Awards for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" and "PRS for Music Most Performed Work" in ’13.

Second Studio Album 2013:In May’13, she performed at the White House in Washington, D.C., as one of the featured artists at the award ceremony when President Obama presented Carole King with the Library of Congress Gershwin Medal. From Jun’13, Sandé will be writing for second upcoming studio album, which is slated for release in summer 2014. She has already written several songs called "Pluto", with Naughty Boy, "Enough", "Call Me What You Like", "You and Me" and "This Much Is True", which was written for her husband, Adam. During U.S. Summer Tour in Jul’13, Emeli performed "Free" from Rudimental's album Home, "Lifted" from Naughty Boy's album Hotel Cabana and a new song called "Who Needs The World" which is the title of Emeli's upcoming EP which is released in Autumn.

Awards & Nominations:The success of Emeli debut album won her several awards, including 3 brits, and 4 MOBO Awards. Overall Emeli Sandé has received 18 awards from 43 nominations.1. BBC RADIO TEEN AWARD2. BET AWARD3. BRTIS AWARD4. ECHO MUSIC AWARDS5. ELLE SYTLE AWARDS6. HARPER’S BAZAAR WOMEN OF

THE YEAR AWARDS7. IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS8. MOBO AWARDS9. NARM MUSIC BIZ AWARDS10.O2 SILVER CLEF AWARDS

11.Q AWARDS12.SCOTTISH FASHION

AWARDS13.SOUL TRAIN MUSIC

AWARDS14.SWISS MUSIC AWARDS15.THE SUN BAZARRE

AWARD16.TEEN CHOICE AWARDS17.URBAN MUSIC AWARDS18.VIRGIN MEDIA MUSIC

AWRDS

01. BBC RADIO TEEN AWARD:First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Read All About It

Award – Best British Single Result – NominatedSecond Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Our Version Of Events

Award – Best British Album Result – NominatedThird Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best British Music Act Result - Nominated

02. BET AWARD:Established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment Sandé has won one of two nominations.First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself Award – Best International Artist-UK Result – NominatedSecond Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best International Artist-UK Result – WON

03.BRITS AWARD:The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry’s (BPI) annual pop music awards Sandé has 3 BRITS from 6 nominations.First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Critics Choice Result – WONSecond Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – British Breakthrough Act Result – NominatedThird Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – British Female Solo Artist Result – WONFourth Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Our Version Of Events

Award – British Album Of The Year Result – WONFifth Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Next To Me

Award – British Single Of The Year Result – NominatedSixth Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Beneath You Beautiful

Award – British Single Of The Year Result – Nominated

04. ECHO MUSIC AWARD:The ECHO (music awards) were organized in1992 by German Phonoakademie, the cultural institute of the German Music Industry Association (BVMI), to recognise ‘outstanding and successful work of national and international music artists’. Award winners are determined by representatives of record companies, music publishers, Artists, critics and other professionals within the German Music Industry. Sandé has Nominated twice but no wins.First Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – International Female Artist Result – NominatedSecond Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – International Newcomer Result – Nominated

05. ELLE STYLE AWARD:The Elle Style Awards are an awards ceremony hosted annually by ELLE magazine. Emeli has been nominated once and won.First Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best Music Act Result – WON

06. HARPER’S BAZAAR WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARD:Harper’s Bazaar is an American Women’s fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s bazaar is published by Heart and, as a magazine considers itself to be the style resource for ‘women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.’Sandé won women of the year in 2012.First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Musician Of The Year Result – WON

07. IVOR NOVELLO AWARD:The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are Awards for singwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. Emeli has 2 Ivor Novello Awards for Next To Me.First Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Next To Me

Award – Best Song Musically and Lyrically Result – WONSecond Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – PRS for Music Most Performed Work Result – Nominated

08. MOBO MUSIC AWARD:The Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO), first presented in 1996, are geld annuallyin the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any race or nationality who perform black musicand ‘recognise the outstanding achievements of artists who perform music in genres rangingfrom Gospel, Jazz, RnB, Soul Reggae to Hip Hop’. Emeli has 4 MOBO’sFirst Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best Newcomer Result – WONSecond Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best UK Female Result – NominatedThird Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – My Kind Of Love

Award – Best Video Result - NominatedFourth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best R&B/Soul Act Result – WONFifth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Next To Me

Award – Best Song Result – NominatedSixth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Our Version Of Events

Award – Best Album Result – WON

09. NARM MUSIC BIZ AWARD: First Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Breakthrough Artist Result – WON

10. O2 SILVER CLEF AWARD:The Q Awards are the United Kingdom’s annual music awards run by the music magazine Q to honour musical excellence. Winners are voted by readers of Q online, with other decided by a judging panel. Emeli won a Q Award in 2012.First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself Award – Best Solo Artist Result – WON

11. Q AWARD:First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – American Express Innovation Award Result – WON

12. SCOTTISH FASHION AWARD:First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself Award – Fashion Icon Result – Nominated

13. SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARD:The Soul Train Music Awards are produced by the same makers of Soul Train to honour entertainers. Sandé was nominated 2 times but no wins, Sandé is nominated for the 2013 awards.First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best New Artist Result – NominatedSecond Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Our Version Of Events

Award – Best International Performance Result – NominatedThird Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best International Performance Result - Pending

14. SWISS MUSIC AWARD:The Swiss Music Awards are presented by the Press Play Association in conjunction with media Control Switzerland to national and international musicians in over ten categories. Sandé has 1 Swiss Music Award.First Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best Breaking Act International Result – WON

15. THE SUN BIZARRE AWARD:First Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Women Of The Year Result – WON

TEEN CHOICE AWARD:First Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Choice Music Breakout Artist Result – Nominated Second Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Next To Me

Award – Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song Result – Nominated

URBAN MUSIC AWARD:The Urban Music Awards is a British awards ceremony launched in 2003 to recognise theachievement of urban-based artists, producers, nightclubs, DJs, radio stations and record labels, meli has received 2 awards from 9 nominationsFirst Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best Female Result – NominatedSecond Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best R&B/Soul Act Result – WONThird Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Heaven

Award – Best Song Result - NominatedFourth Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best Newcomer Result – WONFifth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself Award – Best UK Female Result – NominatedSixth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Wonder

Award – Best Video Result – NominatedFourth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself Award – Best R&B Act Result – NominatedFifth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Artist Of The Year Result – NominatedSixth Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Wonder

Award – Best Collaboration Result – Nominated

VIRGIN MEDIA MUSIC AWARDS:First Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best Newcomer Result – Nominated Second Award: Year – 2011 Nominated Work – Read All About It

Award – Best Collaboration Result – Nominated

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