hello Amelia, how are you feeling about your interview today? a: hello, i am feeling good, very excited as this is my first magazine interview, so slightly nervous as well. ... go easy on me.

lm: you will be fine, youR A PROFFESIONAL. FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IS HOW YOU ARE FEELING ABOUT YOUR NEW ALBUM 'LOVE ME' THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED?A: ITS GOING GREAT AND I COULDNT BE HAPPIER WITH THE FEED BACK FROM IT, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS! I DIDNT QUITE KNOW HOW PEOPLE WERE GOING TO REACT TO IT BECAUSE I HAVENT EVEN RELEASED A SINGLE BEFORE THIS BUT THE RESPONSE TO IT IS BRILLAINT. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT IT WAS IN THE ALBUM CHARTS AT NUMBER 2 FOR 5 WEEKS RUNNING. THIS IS A GREAT ACCIVEMENT FOR ME AND ME AND MY TEAM THAT WORKED VERY HARD ON IT ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.

LM: THATS BRILLAINT TO HEAR AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ALBUM BEING AT NUMBER 2 IN THE CHARTS! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MADE YOU REALISE YOU WANTED TO BE A SINGER AND WHEN YOU KNEW IT WAS DEFINTELY FOR YOU?A: I HAVE ALWAYS SANG. WETHER IT BE AT HOME INFRONT OF MY FAMILY AND IN THE STREETS OF MANCHESTER BUSKING AS A TEENAGER. MY LOVE FOR SINGING HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE AND I HOPED THAT ONE DAY I WOULD GET THE OPPORTUINTY TO BECOME SOMETHING I HAD ALWAYS DREAMED TO BE.

LM: WHAT AGE DID YOU START BUSKING AND WHAT WAS THE REPSONSE FROM THE PEOPLE WATCHING YOU IN THE STREETS?A: I STARTED WHEN I WAS ABOUT 14 AND I LOVED IT. I USED TO GO DOWN TO THE CITY CENTRE EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH MY MUM . THE RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE WATCHING WAS THE ONLY REASON I CARRIED ON DOING IN, I LOVED THAT PEOPLE ENJOYED WATCHING ME DO SOMETHING THAT I LOVED, EVEN THOUGH I DID WISH IT WAS ON A BIGGER SCALE. I USED TO ICLOSE MY EYES AND PRETEND I WAS ON A HUGE STAGE WITH HUNDERED OF PEOPLE WATCHING ME,, AND THEN I WOULD OPEN THEM AND I WOULD SNAP BACK TO REALITY.

LM: WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DID YOU START OF SINGING?A: THE MAIN TYPE I SANG WAS CHART MUSIC. I FELT LIKE EVERYONE OF ALL AGES WOULD KNOW THE MUSIC THEN AND MAYBE IF THEY RECONISED IT AS THEY WALK DOWN THE STREET THEY WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED TO STOP AND LISTEN TO ME SING. I ALSO ENJOYED DOING COVERS OF OLD CLASSICS SUCH AS TAKE THAT, AS EVERYONE WOULD KNOW THESE SONGS.

LM: HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR LIFE WOULD BE NOW IF YOU DID NOT GET GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRESS AND BECOME A SUPERSTAR? WOULD YOU STILL BE BUSKING? A: MY LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I WOULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON ALL TOGETHER. I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A BORING OLD

JOB WORKING IN AN OFFICE AND DREAMING about my dream job of becoming a singer. this is why i apprecate everything that has and will come my way as i know now from here things are only going to get better.

lm: how did you come about getting your big break and becoming the singer you always wanted to be?a: luck! i was busking in manchester on a normal saturday afternoon. after i had finished one of my songs the growd went and a man amerged beside me. he told me that he thought i could go far with a voice like mine, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A COMPLIMENT FROM A STRANGER. HE THEN WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT HE WAS OVER FROM lA ON A BUSINESS TRIP AND THAT HE WORKED FOR A BIG MUSIC PRODUCER THERE. HE TOLD ME HE THOUGHT IT HAD THE TALENT TO GO FAR AND HE WAS GOING TO REFER ME TO HIS BOSS IN AMERICA AND THAT HE WANTED ME TO FLY OVER AND GO AND SING FOR THEM. AND IT HAPPENED; THEY FLEW ME AND MY MUM OVER TO LA WHERE I HAD TO PERFORM INFRONT ON THE BOSSES OF THE Company.

LM: HOW DID YOU FEEL AT THE TIME?A: I DIDNT BELIEVE HIM, I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST TRYING TO SCAM ME AT FIRST TILL I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM LA TELLING ME THEY WANTED ME TO COME OVER AND SING, FLIGHTS AND ACCOMINDATION PAYED FOR. I LOOKED UP THE NAME OF THE COMPANY AND IT WAS REAL. I COULDNT BELIEVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED TO IT. MARIA CAREY, JUSTIN BIEBER, RIHANNA. I WAS SO SHOCKED BUT I KNEW IT WAS THE OPPORTUINITY OF A LIFE TIME EVEN IF NOTHING DID COME FROM IT, I WAS GOING TO SING FOR A MASSIVE MUSIC PRODUCER IN LA!!

LM: HOW WAS THAT EXPERIANCE?A: EVEN THOUGH I AM IN LA ALL THE TIME NOW AND THAT IS WHERE I MAINLY STAY. NEVER WILL I FORGET THAT TRIP. IT WILL FORVER BE IN MY MEMORY AND I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET IT. THE PEOPLE THAT I MET AND BEING THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. SINGING FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE SO INFLUENCAL IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WAS AN EXPERIANCE YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO FORGET.

LM: HOW DID IT TAKE OFF FROM THERE.?A: THEY SAID THEY WANTED ME SIGNED TO THE LABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WANTED ME TO MOVE OUT TO LA AND WE WERE GOING TO WORK AS HARD AS WE COULD TOGETHER TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL ARTIST.

LM: DID YOU KNOW FROM THEN ON THAT YOUR LIFE WAS GOING TO CHANGE?A: YES, IT WAS CRAZY AND SO UNEXPECTED. IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AND I WOULD NEVER IMAGINED SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME. I WAS IN AMAZEMENT FOR A LONG TIME. I DIDNT BELIEVE IT WAS REAL AND I DIDNT FOR A LONG TIME.

lm: where would you be without this opportunity?a: i dont even know., probably still buscking away. trying to work as hard as possible. i have so many people to thank that im not in that place anymore

and i am in a far better one. io love my life and im happy ive acieved everything i have in this short amount of time.

lm: whAT STYLE WOULD YOU CALL YOUR MUSIC? A: MY STYLE OF MUSIC WOULD BE DESCRIBED AS INDIE MUSIC. IT IS MORE OF A NICHE AUDIENCE.