1. Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor was born on 10 April 1979 and is an English singer and songwriter.
50 Facts About Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Theaudience.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's music is mainstream pop and dance with influences of disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic music.
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In 2000, Sophie Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Italian DJ Spiller on "Groovejet ", which reached number one in the United Kingdom and in 2015 became the UK's biggest-selling vinyl single of the millennium so far.
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Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor was born on 10 April 1979 in Hounslow, 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.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor attended St Stephen's School, Twickenham 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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On 8 February 2023, Sophie Ellis-Bextor revealed a new track, "Breaking the Circle", the lead single from her seventh studio album, Hana, which was released on 2 June 2023.
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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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In July 2023, it was announced that Sophie Ellis-Bextor will collaborate with film composer David Arnold and lyricist Don Black for the track to Channel 4 and Universal Pictures film, "Mog's Christmas", based upon the children's book series by Judith Kerr.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Robbie Williams and his electronic music project 'Lufthaus' on the track "Immortal", which is taken off of the group's debut album, "Visions, Volume 1".
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On 1 February 2024, it was revealed that Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be performing at Valley Fest 2024 in Chew Magna in August 2024.
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On 25 October 2024, it was announced that Sophie Ellis-Bextor's forthcoming eighth studio album would be released in the summer of 2025.
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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 launched Capital Radio's Capital 95.8 "Lights Out London" campaign, which asks Londoners to switch off their lights for one hour in a bid to save 750 MWh and send a message to the world on the importance of climate change.
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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 2021, Sophie Ellis-Bextor wrote the memoir Music, Men, Motherhood and Me.
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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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In October 2023 Sophie Ellis-Bextor was a guest celebrity judge in the episode Club Bangers of the British reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race UK broadcast on BBC Three.
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On 3 August 2024, Sophie Ellis-Bextor opened the set for Brighton Pride's Fabuloso concert in Preston Park.
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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 is an ambassador for the children's charity Lumos which promotes an end to the institutionalisation of children worldwide, as well as mothers2motherswhich provides healthcare to families most in need by women in their communities who know them best.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's father, Robin Bextor, was a candidate for the South East Region.