Alice Victoria Rose Chater (born 5 April 1995) is a British singer, songwriter and dancer. After releasing

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s online throughout the mid-2010s, she eventually signed to

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. Since then, she has released several singles, including "

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" by

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and "Got It All" by

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. She peaked at #3 on US Billboard Next Big Sound Chart. Alice collaborated with Professor Green on ' Got It All', a song that hit No.2 on UK iTunes, trended at No.6 on YouTube and was added to Hot Hits UK on Spotify. It was also her first entry on official singles chart in the UK, peaking at #48 and spent a total of three weeks on the chart. The same year she headlined as one of the front acts of

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's show at BST Hyde Park music festival. Furthermore, Chater has performed across the UK with full-throttle performances including the Mighty Hoopla festival and

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alongside

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. In September 2019, Alice set out on her first UK headline tour, which included her second sold out

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show. Gay Times UK hailed her as "Britain’s new pop princess".

Life and career

Chater attended the

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in London and signed a recording contract with

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in 2017. She has written songs with songwriters and producers including

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, Mark Ralph, Kee Ingrosso and Rachel Furner. Chater released three covers in 2017 before releasing her own original music, covering " More Than You Know" by

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which originally featured uncredited production by LIOHN & Salvatlre and uncredited vocals from Kristoffer Fogelmark. This was followed by a cover of

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's "

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" and

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's "

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". She released her visual introduction video "My Name Is Alice" in April 2018, followed by the release of her first single, "Girls x Boys", later that month. The second 2018 single, titled "Heartbreak Hotel", includes a sample from

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's 1979 song "

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". Her third single, "Hourglass", was released 3 October 2018 and samples the

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's 1981 hit, "

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", as well as

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's 2016 song "Casanova". Two singles, "Wonderland (My Name Is Alice)", and "Thief", were released on 11 January 2019 and 18 January 2019 respectively. On 2 August 2019, she released her single, "Tonight" along with a music video on YouTube. Chater released the collaboration "

" with Australian rapper

in November 2019. The song charted in the UK, the US,

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, and New Zealand. The duo performed the song at the International Music Awards in

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, Germany. On 21 May 2020, she released another solo single "Two Of Us", with a video for the song following a week after on 28 May. Bizu Yaregal from Euphoriazine gave it a positive review saying, “Two Of Us” is best described as devastatingly beautiful, and shows a different and more stripped-back side to the performer. Produced by MYKL (who has worked with the likes of Zayn Malik and Mabel) the song talks about a relationship that is ending, and such a personal topic pushes Chater to showcase the best of her extraordinary vocal ability. On 24 July that same year, she released the promotional single "Pretty In Pink", which featured a lyric video and talked about self-empowerment, which led up to August 7, where she released her EP "Aries". She also has a Christmas song where she covers Leona Lewis. The cover is titled "One More Sleep", released on the 21st of December 2020. She is featured on "N.Y.E." from Iggy Azalea's deluxe version of "

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" which was released in September 2021.

Personal life

Chater was inspired to sing as a child by her parents' opera collection, as well as singers

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and

Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (; ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for her four-octave vocal range and ability to sustain high notes, she has been referred to as the " Voice of ...

. She cites

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and

as influences. In an interview in late 2019, Chater was asked the inspirations that played a part in the music she create, the pop singer said that she was inspired by Christina Aguilera,

and Whitney Houston vocally and Michael Jackson and Britney Spears on her moves.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Guest appearances

Notes

References

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