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. 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“.

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:Sande’s 1st official single from debut album was "Heaven" and was released on 14th Aug.’11. She achieved her 1st No.1 single on the UK Singles Chart after "Read All About It" entered at number-one. 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.” 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 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. Jan’13 revealed that Ella Henderson has anticipated working with Sandé on her debut album.

Second Studio Album 2013: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.

Awards & Nominations:The success of Emeli’s debut album won her several awards, including 3 brits, and 4 MOBO Awards. Overall Emeli Sandé has received 18 awards from 43 nominations.

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

Award – Best British Single Result – Nominated

Second Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Our Version Of Events

Award – Best British Album Result – Nominated

Third Award: Year – 2012 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best British Music Act Result - Nominated

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 – Nominated

Second Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – Best International Artist-UK Result – WON

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

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 – Nominated

Second Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – International Newcomer Result – Nominated

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

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

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 – WON

Second Award: Year – 2013 Nominated Work – Herself

Award – PRS for Music Most Performed Work Result – Nominated

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

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

Award – Breakthrough Artist Result – WON

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

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

Award – American Express Innovation Award Result – WON

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

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

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

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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