Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor was born on 10 April 1979 and is an English singer and songwriter.
40 Facts About Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's music is a mixture of mainstream pop, disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic influences.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor released a Latin-inspired sixth studio album, Familia, in 2016 to critical acclaim.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor was born in London to Janet Ellis, who was a presenter on BBC's children's television programmes Blue Peter and Jigsaw, and Robin Bextor, a film producer and director; they separated when she was four.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor attended St Stephen's School and later the independent Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor began her professional musical career in 1996 while singing lead vocals in indie band Theaudience.
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In 2001, Sophie Ellis-Bextor released her debut album, Read My Lips.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 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.
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In 2002, Read My Lips was re-released with two new songs and Sophie Ellis-Bextor won the Recording Artist Award at that year's Showbusiness Awards.
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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.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor supported George Michael on his UK tour leg in June 2007.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor stated that her tour would be rescheduled for March 2008, with all tickets purchased being valid for the rescheduled concerts.
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The tour was never rescheduled and Sophie Ellis-Bextor has refused to discuss the issue in interviews.
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In June 2009, Sophie Ellis-Bextor was featured on the Freemasons single "Heartbreak ", which reached number 13 in the UK.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor said that her decision to leave Universal was spurred on by the departure of the head of Fascination Records, the sub-label to which she was signed following the release of "Bittersweet".
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor worked with Calvin Harris, Richard X, Dimitri Tikovoi, Hannah Robinson, Metronomy, and Liam Howe from the Sneaker Pimps.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor resumed touring internationally in 2011, playing venues such as Jakarta's SoulNation festival, as well as returning to Australia by performing in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed a headline sold-out show to support Wanderlusts release in January 2014 at Bush Hall, London, and performed at Union Chapel, London in April.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor then announced a 10-date UK tour, which finished in Glasgow in April 2014.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Guena LG and Amir Afargan on the track "Back 2 Paradise", which was released in June 2014.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor then featured on the song "Only Child", produced by electronic music project DedRekoning, which was released in September 2014.
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In January 2015, Sophie Ellis-Bextor said that she had begun working on her sixth studio album, with Ed Harcourt.
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Familia is the Spanish word for "family" and Sophie Ellis-Bextor described the album's sound as closer to that of her earlier albums.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor explained that she "wanted something with a Spanish or Italian feel" and that it continued some stories from Wanderlust.
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In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK, Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed live weekly "Kitchen Disco" concerts featuring herself and her family, streamed live from their kitchen on Instagram.
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On 16 July 2020, Sophie Ellis-Bextor announced the greatest hits album Songs from the Kitchen Disco.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed the single on The Graham Norton Show on New Year's Eve.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor said the album was inspired by a trip to Japan, taken before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor was depicted as a female alien at the closure of the story singing the song "Supersonic", the last track on her third solo studio album Trip the Light Fantastic.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor appeared as an advocate for Verdi on BBC World News classical music programme Visionaries.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor was a contestant in the eleventh series of the televised dance competition Strictly Come Dancing in late 2013.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor was partnered with Brendan Cole and reached the final, placing fourth.
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In September 2014, the Pretty Polly hosiery company announced that Sophie Ellis-Bextor was their latest "face and legs", and would be designing and modelling for them.
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In March 2019 Sophie Ellis-Bextor appeared as an extra in Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episode 3 "The Long Night".
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In December 2022, Sophie Ellis-Bextor partnered with Vodafone to unveil its Pro II Broadband during a special Christmas concert in London.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor met her future husband, the Feeling bassist Richard Jones, when he auditioned for her tour band in 2002.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor suffered from pre-eclampsia during her first two pregnancies, resulting in both deliveries being premature.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor is an ambassador for Borne, a medical research charity looking into the causes of premature birth.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's father, Robin Bextor, was a candidate for the South East Region.