Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor shot to fame as a vocalist on Spiller’s huge number one single, ‘Groovejet’ and with her worldwide smash hit, ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’. Her debut solo album, ‘Read My Lips’, was released in 2001 and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Her subsequent album releases include ‘Shoot from the Hip’ (2003), ‘Trip the Light Fantastic’ (2007) and ‘Make a Scene’ (2011). In 2014, Sophie released her album ‘Wanderlust’ on her own label EBGB’s, which was co-written and produced by Ed Harcourt. It was a critical and commercial success spending 3 weeks in the UK top 10 and selling over 100,000 copies. Sophie followed this with 2016’s ‘Familia’. In 2019 Sophie released orchestrated versions of all her hits with her orchestral greatest hits album ‘The Song Diaries’. In 2020 and 2021 her Kitchen Discos, performed at home during lockdown with her five sons and recorded by her husband, musician Richard Jones, were watched and enjoyed by millions around the world. Following the performances, she released ‘Songs from The Kitchen Disco’, bringing together Sophie’s hits with many other songs from her phenomenally successful lockdown Kitchen Disco performances, garnering further critical acclaim and another top 10 UK album chart position. Alongside music, Sophie also released her first book in 2021 which was an autobiography called Spinning Plates. Her podcast of the same name is now in its 6th series and focuses on conversations with working women who happen to be mothers. Instagram.com/sophieellisbextor Twitter.com/SophieEB