Sophie Ellis Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer, songwriter and model. Sophie Ellis Bextor first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s. Her music is a mixture of mainstream pop, disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic influences. Sophie Ellis Bextor has released three solo albums: Read My Lips, Shoot from the Hip, and Trip the Light Fantastic. Sophie Ellis Bextor is due to release her fourth solo album, Straight to the Heart, in October 2010.
Sophie Ellis Bextor will be performing in UK this year to promote her new album. She will kick off her "Straight to the Heart" Tour on December 12, 2010 in Brighton. Sophie Ellis announced 6 dates in UK so far.
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Fourth album of Sophie Ellis Bextor, titled Straight to the Heart, is to be released in 2010. Calvin Harris has contributed two songs, "Calling It Love" and "Off and On", an outtake from Róisín Murphy's 2007 album Overpowered written with Cathy Dennis; he also remixed "Off and On" for club play. At one point, "Off and On" had been chosen as the second single from the album. She also worked with Armin van Buuren ("Not Giving Up on Love"), Richard X ("Magic", "Starlight"), Groove Armada, The Hoosiers, Dimitri Tikovoi, Hannah Robinson, Metronomy, and Matt Prime and Liam Howe from the Sneaker Pimps.
The first single from the album, "Bittersweet" (co-written by Freemasons and Hannah Robinson), was released in May 2010 and reached number twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart. "Not Giving Up on Love" was released as the second single from the album, on 20 August 2010 in Europe, Australia. and America.
In early 2005, Sophie Ellis Bextor performed on a track by the duo Busface, entitled "Circles (Just My Good Time)"; she was credited as "Mademoiselle E.B." in order to not have this be mistaken for a single from her next album.
In 2006, her track "Dear Jimmy" was released on the Popjustice compilation. It is believed to have been recorded in the same sessions as those for her third studio album, Trip The Light Fantastic, and was originally intended for use as the B-side to her single Catch You.
In October 2008, Sophie Ellis Bextor covered the Dolly Parton song "Jolene"; the track was released on the soundtrack to the BBC2 sitcom Beautiful People.
In early November 2008, Sophie Ellis Bextor recorded a track with the French DJ Junior Caldera, and the song's title is "Can't Fight this Feeling, released in 2009. However, the release of the single was put on "jeopardy", as Junior Caldera released it as the fourth single from his first album "Début". A fan made video with the radio edit of the song was released on Youtube in 24 February 2009, and reached #78 Top Favorited in France the same day. The single was released in February 2010, in France, and was a Top 20 hit in the country. The Armin van Buuren track " Not Giving Up On Love " features Sophie's vocals.
According to Sophie Ellis Bextor in April 2008, recording sessions for her greatest hits collection proved fruitful, so she decided to release a fourth studio album before a hits compilation. She further indicated that she was considering a change in musical direction after the release of these two albums.
In November 2008, Sophie Ellis Bextor confirmed her next single would be "Sophia Loren", which was used in a Rimmel London ad campaign in which she also starred, but a single release never materialised. In August 2009, she released a five-track live EP from the 2009 iTunes London Festival, during which she performed previous singles of hers and a new track, "Starlight" (not included on the EP). Freemasons worked with Ellis-Bextor for their album Shakedown 2 on "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)", which was released as a single in June 2009 and peaked at number thirteen in the UK. Sophie Ellis Bextor performed at Birmingham's Nightingale Club in January 2010.
Sophie Ellis Bextor supported George Michael on his UK tour leg in June 2007. Her own UK tour, the Trip the Light Fantastic Tour, was due to start in August 2007, but it was postponed after Sophie Ellis Bextor was invited to be the "special guest" on the forthcoming Take That European Tour, which commenced in October 2007. Sophie Ellis Bextor stated that her tour would be re-scheduled for March 2008, with all tickets purchased being valid for the rescheduled concerts. The tour was never re-scheduled, and Ellis-Bextor subsequently refused to discuss the issue in interviews. In September 2007, Ellis-Bextor took part in Sopot Festival 2007 in Poland, representing the UK.
The song "If I Can't Dance" was announced as a single but later retracted, as was "Love Is Here"; Sophie Ellis Bextor was supposed to release a single in late November to promote a greatest hits album, but the release date was pushed back to March 2008, and subsequently cancelled. However, "If I Can't Dance" was released in Spain as the second single following "Me and My Imagination". The song has appeared on several compilations such as Supermodelo 2008 CD and Disco Estrella 2008.
