Anne-Marie

AnneMarie Rose Nicholson is a singer and songwriter from England She has been featured on several hit singles till date including Clean Bandits Rockabye Friends Alarm and Ciao Adios She first performed on the stage as a 12yearold when she appeared in a West End production of Whistle Down the Wind Aside from West End commitments she spent her early years struggling to become a pop singer and also tried her luck in professional karate championships at least three times AnneMarie has said that it was karate that taught her focus and discipline the two essential characteristics of a successful musician She has been practicing karate since the age of nine She won double gold and gold and silver in the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships in 2002 and 2007 respectively She has also won the gold in the United Kingdom Traditional Karate Federation National Championships She pursued her music career alongside karate and her debut album Speak Your Mind was released in April 2018 In 2013 AnneMarie released a solo demo for the Rocket Records called Summer Girl She then spent the next two years touring with Will Heard and Dizzee Rascal and also appeared on two songs from their album We the Generation On 10 June 2015 she released her debut EP titled Karate This EP featured three original singles and a Chloe Martini remixes Two singles from the album Karate a slick fusion of RB and electrogrime and the followup Gemini became hits In November that year the British singer released the single Do It Right which managed to peak at 90 on the UK Singles Chart Then in May 2016 she released the first track from her debut studio album Alarm The same year Clean Bandit came out with a song Rockabye that featured AnneMarie as the main vocalist Soon after this she released the solo single Ciao Adios which she had earlier performed live at KOKO AnneMaries next track was her collaboration with Snakehips titled Either Way On 22 September 2017 she released the single Heavy followed by Then In 2018 the British singer cum songwriter collaborated with Marshmello on the song Friends On 21 February 2018 AnneMarie announced that her debut album titled Speak Your Mind will be released in April 2018 Released on 27 April the album featured singles such as Alarm Ciao Adios Cry and Then