Olivia Broadfield is an English

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. Her songs have frequently been played in TV series and films, such as ''

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'', '' The Dead Zone'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Split''.

Career

She signed publishing deals with pigFACTORY and

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in 2007 and released her debut album ''Eyes Wide Open'' the same year. In 2007, Broadfield sang "It's a Long Way", by

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, for the soundtrack of Brazilian film ''

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''. Broadfield gained the notice of blogger

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and TV star

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. She signed a record deal with U.S.-based

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in February 2009. Her debut album, ''Eyes Wide Open'', was re-released in the U.S. on 14 July 2009. The song "Don't Cry" was released as a single. In 2011, Broadfield signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV and her second album, ''This Beautiful War'', was released. Songs from the album featured on ''

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'', ''90210'', ''Arrow'', ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'', ''The Vampire Diaries'' and ''Chasing Life''. Her third album, ''Paper Dolls'' (2013), was released through Pledge Music and was heard on ''

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'', ''About A Boy'', ''Switched at Birth'' and ''The Night Shift''. In 2014, Broadfield co-wrote "Bird" with

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. In 2015, the song was released and was played on

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and Radio 2, featured as

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's 'New Favourite Thing' and

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's 'Tune of the Week'; it also got the attention of

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who declared it "stunning" to his 20 million followers. In 2015, Broadfield released her album ''Jumberlack'' and signed a deal with

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. In 2020, Broadfield worked on the

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series '' The Split'', writing songs for each of the six episodes of season 2.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Broadfield, Olivia 1981 births Living people English women singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters People from Coventry 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers