Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 February 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. She has attained several charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye", featuring Sean Paul, which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm", "Ciao Adios", "Friends" and "2002".[2] Her debut studio album Speak Your Mind was released on 27 April 2018, and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart.[3] She was nominated for four awards at the 2019 Brit Awards, including Best British Female Solo Artist. In 2015, she signed a record deal with Asylum (a sub-label of Atlantic Records) and, till 2018, she was releasing her work through the label. In late 2018, Anne-Marie left Atlantic and signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records, owner of Atlantic.

Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie performing at MTV EMAs 2018
Born
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson

(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991
East Tilbury, Essex, England
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
Years active2013–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Associated acts
Websitewww.iamannemarie.com

Early life

Anne-Marie was born and raised in East Tilbury in Essex.[4] Her father was born in East London, while her mother is from Essex.[5] She has one sister, Samantha.[6] She appeared in two West End productions as a child—Les Misérables when she was six,[7] and Whistle Down the Wind, alongside Jessie J, when she was 12.[1]

Anne Marie is a black belt in Shotokan karate, having started taking karate lessons aged nine.[8] She won Double Gold in the 2002 Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships, Gold and Silver in the 2007 Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships, and Gold in the United Kingdom Traditional Karate Federation National Championships.[9][10] She credits this with teaching her "discipline and focus – basically everything I need for this career"[11] but now does not have time to practise it frequently, due to her performing commitments.[8] She attended Palmer's College in Thurrock as a teenager.

Career

2013–2015: Career beginnings and Karate

Anne-Marie performing with Rudimental at V Festival 2014

Anne-Marie cut a solo demo for Rocket Records in 2013 called "Summer Girl".[1] Her solo career was curtailed for her to develop herself as an artist;[12] in the interim, she guested on tracks by Magnetic Man, Gorgon City and Raized by Wolves, after which she caught the attention of Rudimental;[1] one of their vocalists left, and so they asked Anne-Marie to replace her.[11] She featured on four tracks on their album We the Generation,[7] of which two were co-features with Dizzee Rascal and Will Heard;[1] the latter, "Rumour Mill",[13] reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart.[14] She spent two years touring alongside them.[12] On 10 June 2015, Anne-Marie released her debut EP Karate, which went out on the new label Major Tom's; two singles were released from it, "Karate" and "Gemini", which led to Anne-Marie making her first solo live performances.[1] That November she released "Do It Right", which peaked at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart.[14] It was originally intended to appear on Anne-Marie's debut full-length album,[1] which at the time, had the working title of Breathing Fire.[15]

2016–2018: Speak Your Mind

On 20 May 2016, Anne-Marie released "Alarm", the first single from her debut album.[16] It spent one week at number 76 in June before resurfacing a month later; it later peaked at number 2[14] and was certified Platinum in the UK.[17] In October 2016, Anne-Marie was confirmed to play at the thirty-first edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, Netherlands.[18] The same month, Clean Bandit released their song "Rockabye", with Anne-Marie as main vocalist and featuring Jamaican rapper Sean Paul.[19] It spent nine consecutive weeks at number one, and gained the coveted Christmas number one.[20] The song has since been certified multi-platinum across most of Europe, North America, and Oceania.

Anne-Marie performing at the SWR3 New Pop Festival in 2017
Anne-Marie performing at the Queen's 92nd birthday party in 2018

On 10 March 2017, Anne-Marie released "Ciao Adios",[21] which she had previously performed live at KOKO on 28 November 2016. The single became a top 10 hit in the UK, charting at number nine and being certified Platinum by the BPI.[17] Anne-Marie's next single saw her collaborate with Snakehips on "Either Way", which also featured Joey Badass.[22] On 21 September Anne-Marie released "Heavy",[23] followed by "Then" on 15 December.[24] In 2018, Anne-Marie collaborated with Marshmello on "Friends". The song was released on 9 February 2018,[25] and was Anne-Marie's second top five UK hit as a lead artist.[26] On 22 February, Anne-Marie announced that her debut studio album, Speak Your Mind, would be released on 27 April 2018.[3] Prior to the release of her album, Anne-Marie released the single "2002" on 20 April in response to constant urging by Ed Sheeran, the co-creator of the song.[27] In July 2018, Anne-Marie featured on a David Guetta song titled "Don't Leave Me Alone", which peaked at 18 on the UK Singles chart. In November 2018, Anne-Marie and James Arthur recorded "Rewrite the Stars" from The Greatest Showman for the re-recording of its soundtrack, The Greatest Showman: Reimagined.[28]

2019–present: Second studio album

In a March 2019 interview with Music Week, Anne-Marie provided information on her upcoming second studio album, stating "I love the studio. I was able to get in there and have some sort of therapy with my own brain for a week and that's going towards the next album". She further commented that "the first album was made up of so many songs that people had heard for years and that's amazing. But for me as a creative person, I'm writing something new all the time and all I want to do is put it out straight away. That wasn't the way it happened with [the debut] album so, for this next one, I'm hoping to be more active on writing and put something out straight away that's fresh and no one's heard before."[29] Anne-Marie featured on the single "Fuck, I'm Lonely" by American singer Lauv for the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3. The single was released on 1 August 2019.[30] Anne-Marie released the song "Birthday" as the lead single form her upcoming second studio album on 7 February 2020. On Mother's Day, "Her" was released as the second single from her upcoming second studio album. The third single, "To Be Young", was released on 17 July 2020, featuring American rapper Doja Cat.

On 12 November 2020, Anne-Marie released the single "Problems".[31]

On 2 January 2021, she made her first appearance as the newest coach for the tenth series of The Voice UK, replacing Meghan Trainor.[32]

On 15 January 2021, Anne-Marie released the single "Don't Play" in collaboration with English rapper KSI and English DJ, Digital Farm Animals.[33]

Personal life

In 2018, Anne-Marie revealed that she is attracted to both men and women, but that she doesn't identify with the label bisexual. She said, "I just feel like I'm attracted to who I like."[34][35]

Controversies

Anne-Marie's posts on social media contributed to the spread of a conspiracy theory that blames 5G telecommunications technology for the spread of COVID-19.[36][37][38]

Discography

Studio albums

Tours

Headlining

  • Speak Your Mind World Tour (2018–19)

Supporting

  • ÷ Tour (Europe and North America legs) (2017–18)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result
2016MTV Europe Music AwardHerselfBest Push ActNominated
MTV Brand NewMTV Brand NewWon
MOBO AwardsBest NewcomerNominated
2017Nordoff Robins O2 Silver Clef AwardsJack Daniel Best Newcomer AwardWon
Brit AwardsCritics' ChoiceNominated
British Breakthrough ActNominated
"Rockabye" (with Clean Bandit)British Single of the YearNominated
British Video of the YearEliminated
Teen Choice AwardsChoice Music: Dance/Electronic SongNominated
LOS40 Music AwardsInternational Song of the YearNominated
GaygalanInternational Song of the YearNominated
MTV Europe Music AwardBest SongNominated
2018Billboard Music AwardTop Dance/Electronic SongNominated
iHeartRadio Music AwardsDance Song of the YearNominated
WDM Radio AwardsBest Global TrackWon
HerselfBest Electronic VocalistNominated
Teen Choice Awards"Friends" (with Marshmello)Choice Music: Dance/Electronic SongNominated
iHeartRadio Much Music Video AwardsSong of the SummerNominated
Best CollaborationNominated
MTV Video Music Awards JapanBest New: InternationalWon
Video of The YearWon
BreakTudo AwardsHerselfArtista em AscensãoNominated
LOS40 Music AwardsInternational New Artist of the YearWon
MTV Europe Music AwardBest New ActNominated
Best UK & Ireland ActNominated
Brit Awards"Ciao Adios"British Video of the YearEliminated
2019 Brit Awards[39] Herself British Female Solo Artist Nominated
Speak Your Mind British Album of the Year Nominated
"2002" British Single of the Year Nominated
British Video of the Year Nominated
Global Awards Best Song Nominated
Herself Best Female Nominated
Best British Artist or Group Nominated
Best Pop Won
iHeartRadio Music Awards "Rewrite the Stars" Best Cover Song Nominated
"Friends" (with Marshmello) Dance Song of the Year Nominated
Remarkable Women Awards 2019 Herself Artist of the Year Won
2020 Spotify Awards[40] Herself Most-Streamed Female Artist on Consoles Pending

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