Ella Eyre

Ella Eyre
Ella Eyre on the front row at London Fashion Week 2016
Background information
Birth name Ella McMahon
Also known as Ella Eyre
Born (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994[1]
London, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2012–present
Labels Virgin EMI
Website www.ellaeyre.com

Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994),[1] known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single "Waiting All Night" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single "Gravity" (2015), and with Sigala on their single "Came Here for Love" (2017). Her debut EP, Deeper, was released in 2013 and her debut album, Feline, was released in 2015. Eyre's musical influences include Lauryn Hill, Etta James, Basement Jaxx and Hans Zimmer.[2]

Early life and education

Eyre was raised in Ealing, west London.[3] Her father was Jamaican, and her mother is Maltese. Her father was a chef, and her mother is a cake designer.[2][4] Eyre trained as a competitive swimmer before she began singing professionally.[2]

Eyre was educated at Millfield School in Somerset and the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, where she studied musical theatre.[5][6] Discovered by her management through a vocal coach in 2011, McMahon juggled school with songwriting. She signed to the publisher Warner/Chappell Music in July 2012 and a record deal with Virgin EMI followed shortly after.

Music career

2012–2016: Breakthrough and Feline

In December 2012, Eyre featured on Bastille's cover and mash up of TLC's "No Scrubs" and the xx's "Angels". Titled "No Angels", the song featured on the band's 2012 mixtape, Other People's Heartache, Pt. 2. In April 2013, she featured on drum and bass band Rudimental's single "Waiting All Night", which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Eyre's first chart entry. In August 2013, she appeared alongside rapper Wiz Khalifa on the track "Think About It" from producer Naughty Boy's 2013 album Hotel Cabana. The song was released as the fourth single from the album in November 2013. Eyre also features on rapper Tinie Tempah's album Demonstration on the track "Someday (Place in the Sun)", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 87 but was never released as a single.

Eyre's first EP, Deeper, was released in December 2013, and the title track reached number 72.[7][8] She was the runner-up for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award and came second on the BBC Sound of 2014 shortlist.[9] Her next three solo singles—"If I Go", "Comeback" (both 2014), and "Together" (2015)—reached the top twenty on the UK Singles Chart.[10] She co-wrote the UK number one single "Changing" for drum and bass duo Sigma featuring British recording artist Paloma Faith, which was released in the United Kingdom in September 2014. The following month, Eyre won Best Newcomer at the MOBO Awards 2014.[11]

Eyre featured on the DJ Fresh single "Gravity", released in February 2015. In May 2015, a song Eyre co-wrote, "Black Smoke", was used by Ann Sophie, the German participant of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[12] Also during mid 2015, Eyre supported Olly Murs on his 2015 arena tour and was announced as the "face" of the advertising campaign for an Emporio Armani Diamonds fragrance.[13][14] Her debut album, Feline, was released in August 2015 (following the single "Good Times") and features contributions from Wayne Hector, Ilya, Paul O'Duffy, and Jarrad Rogers.[15][16] In September, Eyre released a cover of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" in association with England Rugby, to coincide with the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[17] In November, Eyre won Best Female at the MOBO Awards 2015.[18] She then embarked on a UK tour.[19] In 2016, she appeared on Drive.

2017–present: Forthcoming second studio album

On 18 February 2017, Eyre announced her comeback concert at KOKO, London on 4 April 2017.[20] At the comeback concert at KOKO, Eyre performed four new songs: "LOV(E)", "Drink with Your Name on It", "I Swear" and "Ego". On 29 May 2017, Eyre and Sigala announced a new collaborative single, "Came Here for Love", released on 9 June 2017. As of 29 June the official YouTube video has over 2.5 million views and 11 million streams on Spotify. On 31 July 2017, Eyre announced her new single 'Ego' featuring Ty Dolla $ign, released on 11 August 2017. Eyre supported Little Mix on their Summer Shout Out Tour and supported The Script on their "Freedom Child Tour" in early 2018. When supporting The Script, Eyre promoted a new song called "Answerphone" yet to be released. In February 2018, Eyre was confirmed for the celebrity version of the Great British Bake Off 2018. On the 5 March 2018, Eyre announced her new single “Answerphone” with Banx & Ranx which features Yxng Bane which was released on the 16th March and peaked at number 5 on the UK Chart. On 20 June 2018, Eyre teased, whilst in Copenhagen, a new song on her social media.

Personal life

On 1 February 2017, Ella Eyre and Lewi Morgan, from the boyband Rixton, ended their 2-year relationship.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[21]		 BEL (FL)
[22]		 IRE
[23]		 SWI
[24]
Feline
  • Released: 28 August 2015
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 4353570

Extended plays

Title Details
Deeper
  • Released: 15 December 2013
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Format: Digital download
Ella Eyre
  • Released: 10 February 2015
  • Label: Virgin EMI (US release)
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[21]		 AUT
[26]		 BEL (FL) Tip
[22]		 IRE
[23]		 NLD
[27]		 SCO
[28]		 SWE
[29]		 POL
[30]		 US
Dance
[31]
"Deeper" 2013 72—14—————— Feline
"If I Go" 2014 16—5480—9———
"Comeback" 12————10———
"Together" 2015 12—282—6———
"Good Times" 37—5——14—— —
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" 134————87——— Non-album single
"Came Here for Love"
(with Sigala)		 2017 6561958266432
  • BPI: Platinum[25]
  • ARIA: Gold[32]
  • FIMI: Gold
  • ZPAV: Gold
 Brighter Days
"Ego"
(featuring Ty Dolla Sign)		 67————33—[upper-alpha 1]—— TBA
"Answerphone"
(with Banx & Ranx featuring Yxng Bane)		 2018 5——108810—7222
"Just Got Paid"
(with Sigala and Meghan Trainor featuring French Montana)		 15——28
[34]		—12—[upper-alpha 2]89
[36]		24 Brighter Days
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[21]		 UK

Dance

 AUS
[37]		 AUT BEL (FL)
[22]		 IRE
[23]		 NL
[38]		 NZ
[39]		 SCO SWI
[24]
"Waiting All Night"
(Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre)		 2013 1 16 37134269 267 Home
"Think About It"
(Naughty Boy featuring Wiz Khalifa and Ella Eyre)		 78 —— ————— —— Hotel Cabana
"Gravity"
(DJ Fresh featuring Ella Eyre)		 2015 4 1— —166786— 5— Feline
"Bridge over Troubled Water"
(as part of Artists for Grenfell)		 2017 1 —53 322625——[upper-alpha 3] 128 Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[21]		 GER
[43]		 SWI
[24]
"Someday (Place in the Sun)"
(Tinie Tempah featuring Ella Eyre)		 2014 878861 Demonstration
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" 2015 54—— Feline
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"No Angels" 2012 Bastille Other People's Heartache Pt. 2
"Free" Bastille, Erika
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" 2013 None Virgin Records: 40 Years of Disruptions
"Someday (Place in the Sun)" Tinie Tempah Demonstration
"Too Cool" 2015 Rudimental We the Generation
"Up" Olly Murs Never Been Better (special edition)

Songwriting credits

Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits
"Changing"
(featuring Paloma Faith)		 2014 Sigma Life Co-writer
"Black Smoke" 2015 Ann Sophie Silver Into Gold
"We Don't Care"
(with The Vamps)		 2018 Sigala Brighter Days

Tours

Headlining:

Supporting:

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Work Result
2014 MTV Brand New for 2014[44] N/A Nominated
BRIT Awards Critics' Choice[45] N/A Nominated
Single of the Year[46] "Waiting All Night" Won
BBC Sound of 2014[47] N/A Second
MOBO Awards Best Newcomer N/A Won
2015 MOBO Awards Best Female N/A Won

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ego" did not chart on the Swedish singles chart, but peaked at number one on the Sweden Heatseeker chart.[33]
  2. ↑ "Just Got Paid" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[35]
  3. ↑ "Bridge over Troubled Water" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[42]

References

  1. 1 2 Robin Murray, "Driving To The Top: Clash Meets Ella Eyre" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Clash, 22 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "heir to the pop throne, Ella Eyre". i-D Magazine. 18 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Amelia Abraham, "A First Date with... Ella Eyre" Archived 26 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Noisey.
  4. ↑ Tom Lamont, "Ella Eyre: 'I wake up every day and life is different'" Archived 23 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine., The Guardian, 22 June 2014.
  5. ↑ David Smyth, "Another Ella to remember: Ella Eyre interview" Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Egypt Standard, 4 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "ONE FROM THE ARCHIVES – THE INTERVIEW: ELLA EYRE" Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Hunger TV, 19 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Sarah Jane Griffiths, "BBC Sound of 2014: Ella Eyre" Archived 18 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine., BBC News – Entertainment & Arts, 9 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ella Eyre" Archived 17 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Official Charts.
  9. ↑ Jimmy Blake, "Sound Of 2015: What the class of 2014 did next" Archived 4 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine., Newsbeat, 5 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Rob Copsey, "Ella Eyre announces new single Good Times" Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Official Charts, 17 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ella Eyre Wins Best Newcomer at the MOBO Awards 2014". What's Good?. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Jess Denham, "Germany at Eurovision 2015: Ella Eyre co-wrote Ann Sophie's entry 'Black Smoke'" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine., The Independent, 23 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ella Eyre on Olly Murs, Eurovision and sexy confidence" Archived 8 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Nottingham Post, 15 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Brit Sensation Ella Eyre Is New Face Of Emporio Armani Diamonds" Archived 22 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine., Grazia, 24 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Sarah Walters, "Ella Eyre is ready to take on stadiums – and Feline fearless!" Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Manchester Evening News, 17 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Ella Eyre interview: "There will always be pressure"". Digital Spy. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Ella Eyre to release Swing Low, Sweet Chariot single". Englandrugby.com. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Ella Eyre Wins Best Female at the MOBO Awards 2015". DailyTelegraph. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ella Eyre announces UK tour for November – O2 Priority Tickets details" Archived 22 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine., NME, 12 May 2015.
  20. ↑ Ella Eyre announces live return with KOKO London show – how to get tickets Archived 26 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine., Get West London, 20 February 2017.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Peak chart positions for albums and singles in the United Kingdom:
    • All except "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot": "Ella Eyre". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
    • "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot": "CHART: CLUK Update 19.09.2015 (wk38)". Zobbel. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
  22. 1 2 3 "Discografie Ella Eyre" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014.
  23. 1 2 3 "Discography Ella Eyre". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.
  24. 1 2 3 "Discography Ella Eyre". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "British certifications – Ella Eyre – Feline". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 August 2018. Type Feline in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  26. ↑ "Discographie Ella Eyre" (in German). austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017.
  27. ↑
  28. ↑ Peaks in Scotland:
    • For "Answerphone": "Chart Archive > 4 May 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    • For "Just Got Paid": "Chart Archive > 12 October 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  29. ↑ "Discography Ella Eyre" (in Swedish). swedishcharts. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016.
  30. ↑ "Polish AirPlay Top 100". ZPAV.
  31. ↑ "Ella Eyre Chart History: Dance/Electronic Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  32. ↑ "ARIA CHART WATCH #442 | auspOp". auspOp. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  33. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 33, 18 augusti 2017". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  34. ↑ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  35. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 37, 14 september 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  36. ↑ www.onyx.pl, Onyx Sp. z o.o., tel. +48 572 400 000,. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - AirPlays - Top - Archiwum". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
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  38. ↑ "Discografie Ella Eyre" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014.
  39. ↑ "Discography Ella Eyre". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
  40. ↑ "Goud en platina – Singles – 2014" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  41. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart – 10 June 2013". Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  42. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  43. ↑ "Discographie von Ella Eyre" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  44. ↑ "MTV's Brand New For 2014 Nominees announced". MTV. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  45. ↑ "Ella Eyre 'blown away' after Brit Critics' Choice nod'". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  46. ↑ "Brit Awards nominations 2014: full list". The Telegraph. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
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