Top 5 English Singer and Songwriters

Whether you’re into country, rock, or pop music, there are plenty of English singers and songwriters to keep you busy. Here are five of the biggest names in the industry.

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During the 1990s, Dua Lipa’s dad relocated to London from Kosovo. Her father, Dukagjin Lipa, was a guitarist in a Kosovan rock band called Oda. The family was targeted by Serbian president Milosevic. The family eventually returned to Kosovo, after the independence of Kosovo in 2008. In 2008, Dua’s parents started the Sunny Hill Foundation, which helps to support the most vulnerable in Kosovo.

Dua Lipa has two siblings: a younger brother, Gjin, and a sister, Rina. Dua Lipa is a Muslim, and her parents are of Albanian and Bosnian descent. She has also been featured in Rolling Stone magazine.

In the music business, Dua Lipa has been awarded three Grammy Awards. She has also won the EBBA Public Choice Award in January 2017. She has also been named one of the top five English singer and songwriters by The Independent.

Ed Sheeran

Despite being born and raised in England, Ed Sheeran is at least half Irish. This, combined with his love of hip-hop, makes him a great match for the UK’s hip-hop scene.

Ed Sheeran is a multiple GRAMMY Award winner. His song, “Thinking Out Loud”, was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance in 2016. His single, “Photograph,” was awarded the Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the Ivor Novello Awards.

Ed Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter and rapper. He has sold more than 26 million albums and more than 5 billion Spotify streams. His third studio album, /, was released in March 2017.

He has appeared in various films and television shows, including Bridget Jones’s Baby, The Vampire Diaries, and The Bastard Executioner. He has also been nominated for several BRIT Awards, including British Breakthrough Act of the Year and British Male Solo Artist.

Taylor Swift

Known for her unique lyrical style, Taylor Swift is one of the best-selling singer-songwriters in the world. She has sold over 200 million records and has won over 32 American Music Awards, 25 Billboard Music Awards, and 11 Grammy Awards. She also won the Grammy award for Album of the Year three times.

She started her career in 2006 as a country singer, and by the time she was sixteen, she was signed to the Sony/ATV music publishing company. Her first album, eponymously named, was released in 2006. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year and was a top 10 hit.

Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at age 14 to pursue her music career. She auditioned for a musical theatre program in New York and became interested in country music. She later signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records, a label owned by DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta.

Adele

Despite her young age, Adele is one of the most popular singers and songwriters of our time. Her powerful voice and emotional lyrics have gained her a global following, and her albums have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

Adele started singing at a young age. She grew up in a single-parent household in a working-class neighbourhood in London. She had a passion for contemporary pop music. She started writing her first song when she was sixteen. She later wrote a smash hit titled “Chasing Pavements.”

She studied at the BRIT School in London and made a three-track demo for a school project. This demo caught the attention of XL Recordings executives, who offered her a recording contract.

When she was 17, Adele released her debut album, 19: A True Love Story, which was named after the year she was born. It was a major success and earned her a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Ariana Grande

During her career, Ariana Grande has sold more than two million albums. She is the most streamed female artist of all time, and has broken a number of records. She is also the first female artist to hold three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the summer of 2009, Ariana Grande started teaching music and dance to children in Gugulethu, South Africa. She also worked with a youth singing group called Kids Who Care, which helped raise money for charitable causes. Eventually, she landed a role on the TV show Victorious.

Her debut album, Yours Truly, was released in August 2013. The album was a big hit, and it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and was also certified platinum in the US. It sold between 100,000 and 120,000 copies in its first week.