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.
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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.
Third album of Sophie Ellis Bextor, entitled Trip the Light Fantastic, was released in May 2007 and debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. Fred Schneider of The B-52s, Richard Barone (formerly of The Bongos), Shelly Poole (formerly of Alisha's Attic), Cathy Dennis and Kerin Smith (formerly of theaudience) contributed to produce an album of disco-pop music. Before the album, two singles were released: "Catch You", which charted in the UK at number eight, and "Me and My Imagination (number twenty-three). Trip the Light Fantastic was certified Gold in July 2008, for selling 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The third single, "Today the Sun's on Us", debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number sixty-four.
Second album of Sophie Ellis Bextor, Shoot from the Hip, was released in October 2003. Although it was not as commercially successful as her previous material, it held two further top-ten singles. The album reached no higher than number fourteen on the UK charts; its two singles were "Mixed Up World", which reached number seven, and "I Won't Change You", reaching number nine. Around this time, rivalry against Victoria Beckham was suggested again; Beckham's single "This Groove"/"Let Your Head Go" reached number three, a higher position in the charts than "I Won't Change You". During this time Sophie Ellis Bextor became pregnant and plans for a third and fourth single from the album, as well as the Shoot from the Hip Tour, were scrapped. After that, Ellis-Bextor took a break from her musical career to take care of her first child.
In 2001, Sophie Ellis Bextor released her debut album, Read My Lips. It reached number two on the UK charts and spawned four top-twenty hit singles. Her rework of Cher's "Take Me Home" reached number two, as did "Murder on the Dancefloor", which became Ellis-Bextor's biggest single and was on charts for twenty-three weeks. "Murder on the Dancefloor" became Europe's most played song of 2002. In 2002, Read My Lips was re-released with two new songs (and a live version of "Groovejet") and Sophie Ellis Bextor won the Recording Artist Award at that year's Showbusiness Awards. Her third single, "Get Over You"/"Move This Mountain", was released in June 2002 and reached number three. The fourth single, "Music Gets the Best of Me", rose to number fourteen in December. At the beginning of 2002, Sophie Ellis Bextor was nominated for the "British Female Solo Artist" BRIT Award, going on to be nominated for a further two consecutive years.
After theaudience split, Sophie Ellis Bextor took a year off from singing. In 2000, Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Italian DJ Spiller on adding vocals to his then-instrumental club track "Groovejet", her first recorded work since that with theaudience. "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" entered the UK charts at number one, just beating former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham on her first solo outing to the top spot. Since then, the two have been described as rivals. Both women deny, however, that there is any rivalry between the two of them. "Groovejet" won several awards: No. 1, Pop Top 20; No. 1, ILR; No. 1, Radio 1; No. 8, top dance track of 2000 and single of the year in Melody Maker. In the Metro Newspaper, it received ninth place in the contest for the Greatest No. 1 of all time. In 2000, it was a finalist in The Record of the Year. In that same year, it won the awards for Best Single and Best Ibiza Tune at the Ericsson Muzik Awards.
Sophie Ellis Bextor began her musical career in 1997, with an indie band called theaudience. She sang the lead vocal in the band. While she was a band member, readers of Melody Maker elected her to the number-one position among the 'most sexy people in rock'. She recorded a duet with Manic Street Preachers—"Black Holes for the Young"—as a B-side for their 1998 single "The Everlasting". Several songs released by theaudience are "I Got the Wherewithal", "If You Can't Do It When You're Young; When Can You Do It?", "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)", and "A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed" (perhaps their best-known single). The band split in December 1998. In 1999, Ellis-Bextor made an appearance on the Departure Lounge album Out of Here.
Sophie Ellis Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer, songwriter and model. She 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.
Ellis-Bextor has released three solo albums: Read My Lips, Shoot from the Hip, and Trip the Light Fantastic (album). She is due to release her fourth solo album, Straight to the Heart, in October 2010.
