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Grace Barker
(born 20 February 1998,
Brighton), known professionally as Gracey (stylised in all caps),
is an English singer who made her breakthrough in 2020 when she collaborated with
220 Kid
William Edward Graydon (born 8 May 1989), known professionally as 220 Kid (pronounced "two-twenty kid" and stylised in all caps), is an English record producer, DJ and remix artist. On the UK Singles Chart, his collaboration "Don't Need Love (22 ...
on the BRIT nominated single "
Don't Need Love". The song reached a peak of number 9 for two weeks on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
.
Gracey's family consists of her mother who worked in production at the
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, her father in the advertising industry, and two older brothers.
Her family moved to
Haywards Heath and she started songwriting as a child, writing a song titled "Pinky Finger" when she was seven years old.
She credits her dyslexia with helping her become more creative, and she went on to study
musical theatre at the
BRIT School
The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, dan ...
in London from 2012 to 2016.
Through writing
demos of pop songs and uploading them to
SoundCloud
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, she was invited by
Brian Higgins
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to join production team
Xenomania
Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenoman ...
at the age of sixteen.
Her first professionally-recorded song was "
By Your Side" by
Jonas Blue
Guy James Robin (born 2 August 1989), known professionally as Jonas Blue, is an English DJ, record producer, songwriter, and remixer based in London. He is known for recruiting young artists for his dance-pop and tropical house productions, wh ...
featuring
Raye
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Given name
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, which went on to be certified platinum in the UK.
Gracey's first single, "Different Things", was released in March 2019 and written as a demo for
Little Mix.
She has also written songs for
Sub Focus,
Rita Ora
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,
Olly Murs
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, and
Kylie Minogue.
Following "Don't Need Love", she released "Empty Love", a collaboration with Australian singer
Ruel.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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she was forced to postpone her first headline tour, which was due to take place in May 2020.
In an interview with
MTV, Gracey lists her biggest music influences as
Sia
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,
the 1975
The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer ...
,
Lorde,
Joni Mitchell, and
Robyn
Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 t ...
.
In 2019, she underwent surgery for
vocal cord nodule
Vocal cord nodules are bilaterally symmetrical benign white masses that form at the midpoint of the vocal folds. Although diagnosis involves a physical examination of the head and neck, as well as perceptual voice measures, visualization of the ...
s.
Discography
Mini-albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Guest appearances
References
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21st-century English women singers
21st-century English singers
English women pop singers
English women singer-songwriters
Living people
People educated at the BRIT School
musicians from Brighton and Hove
People from Haywards Heath
Musicians with dyslexia
Polydor Records artists
Xenomania
Year of birth uncertain
1998 births