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's " Supermarket Flowers" went viral on

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in June 2017. She appeared on ''

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'' in 2018. She has performed frequently on

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in Dublin, Ireland.

Early and personal life

Sherlock is from

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, Ireland, and was born on 7 April 2005. She left primary school in 2016 due to bullying and changed to

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. “It wasn’t physical, it was more the way they treated me. It was done in a sneakier, slyer way. I would come home really stressed and I would be literally perspiring from the stress," she said. Her mother died when Sherlock was 9 years old. Sherlock began busking in

and later, from the age of 11, began performing almost weekly on

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. Her father, who is her music manager, is also present and remains "on guard when people are inappropriate". He films and uploads her

videos.

Career

In 2014, Sherlock's

channel was created and, as of April 2022, had over 5 million subscribers and generated over 900 million views. She later started a

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channel, and (as of April 2022) had over 2 million Instagram followers and 3 million on

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. In 2017, she was on

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and advanced to the second round. In August 2017, she performed at the 2017 Miss Universe Ireland pageant. In early 2018, she performed the song ''

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'' by

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on ABC's ''

'', and '' Perfect'' by

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's ''

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''. Later in 2018, Sherlock signed a five-year contract with Patriot Records, owned by

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lead vocalist,

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. Live concerts by Sherlock in

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have included performances at the

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(December 2016), Cyprus Avenue in Cork (December 2018), and at the

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in April 2019. She performed at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in

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in early 2020. During their European tour in March 2020, Sherlock supported

at concerts in

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(Germany), Utrecht (Netherlands), and the London Palladium (UK). In February 2020, she released a first extended play (EP) of a cover of ''"At Last"'' by

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. In June 2020, she performed with the

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as part of the final episode of

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's ''

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''. Also in 2020, Sherlock was part of a collective of female artists called "

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", that recorded a version of ''

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'' in aid of a

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charity. In December 2021, Sherlock performed on Virgin Media Television on

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's ''Fanning at

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'' show. As of 2022, she was in studio writing songs alongside

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guitarist Steve Garrigan. On 4 June 2022, Sherlock performed at the AO Arena in Manchester (shown on ITV) for the

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's 70th Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Songwriting

In addition to covering songs on

, Sherlock also writes original songs. Some of her original songs have included "Hero", "Locked Inside", "Without You" (released July 2021), and "Leave Me With a Decent Goodbye" (September 2021). The theme of "Hero" is self-confidence and "Locked Inside" is about how she felt during the

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quarantine period. The song "The Night Before" is about her mother's death.

Discography

;Albums * Allie Sherlock (10 tracks, released November 2017) *A Part of Me (12 tracks, released June 2020) ;EP * Allie Sherlock (4 Songs, released February 2020) * Live At Elbphilharmonie (5 songs, released September 2020) ;Singles * "Gabriel, How Can This Be?" (released December 2018) * "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (released November 2020) * "I Will Survive" (released February 2021) * "Back to Black" (released April 2021) * "Beggin" (released July 2021) * "Man in the Mirror" (released July 2021)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherlock, Allie Living people Irish child singers Irish songwriters Irish guitarists Irish YouTubers Musicians from County Cork 2005 births 21st-century Irish women singers Irish buskers Female YouTubers