Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer and actress. Her debut studio album, ''
Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?
''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' is the debut studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith. It was released on 28 September 2009 by Epic Records. Its first two singles from the album, "Stone Cold Sober" and " New York", ...
,'' was released in 2009 and was certified
double platinum
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...
in the UK. The album spawned the singles "
Stone Cold Sober
"Stone Cold Sober" is the debut single by English recording artist Paloma Faith from the album '' Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' (2009). It was released on 15 June 2009 and entered the UK chart at number 17.
Background
The ...
", "
New York", and "
Upside Down", and earned Faith her first
BRIT Award
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...
nomination in 2010.
In 2012, Faith released her second studio album, ''
Fall to Grace
''Fall to Grace'' is the second studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith. It was released by RCA Records on 28 May 2012. She worked on the album with producer Nellee Hooper, who previously worked with artists such as Madonna, Bjö ...
'', which charted at number two on the
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
and earned her a double platinum certification. The album produced her first top ten single, "
Picking Up the Pieces", the top twenty cover version of
INXS
INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ...
's "
Never Tear Us Apart
"Never Tear Us Apart" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released in August 1988 as the fourth single from their sixth studio album, ''Kick''.
Background and composition
The music was written by keyboardist Andrew Farriss, who recorded ...
", and earned her two BRIT Award nominations. In 2014, Faith released her third studio album, ''
A Perfect Contradiction
''A Perfect Contradiction'' is the third studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 10 March 2014. Musically, the album is a pop album, with elements of R&B, jazz, soul, Motown and disco. The a ...
'', which stands as her most successful album to date, also receiving a double platinum certification. The album spawned the hit singles "
Can't Rely on You
"Can't Rely on You" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith, written by Faith and American singer and producer Pharrell Williams. The single, available for purchase from 23 February 2014, serves as the lead single from her third studio album, ' ...
" and "
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
"Only Love Can Hurt Like This" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith, written by Diane Warren. Released as the second single to promote her third studio album, ''A Perfect Contradiction'' (2014), on 11 May 2014, it was promoted on shows suc ...
", with the latter also topping the charts in Australia. Her fourth studio album, ''
The Architect,'' was released in 2017 and debuted at number one in the UK, becoming Faith's first number-one album. In 2020, she released her fifth studio album, ''
Infinite Things
''Infinite Things'' is the fifth studio album by British singer Paloma Faith, released through Sony Music on 13 November 2020.
Background
Faith's fourth album ''The Architect (album), The Architect'' became her first album to reach number one on ...
''.
In addition to her solo work, Faith collaborated with the duo
Sigma
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on the 2014 single "
Changing", which charted at number one in the UK, and DJ
Sigala
Bruce Fielder, known professionally as Sigala, is a British DJ and music producer. He has had eight songs peak within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, including his 2015 debut single " Easy Love", which samples " ABC" by the Jackson 5.
C ...
on "
Lullaby
A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowled ...
", which reached the top ten in 2018. As an actress, she has appeared in
''St'' ''Trinian's'' (2007), ''
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' is a 2009 fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Charles McKeown. The film follows a travelling theatre troupe whose leader, having made a bet with the Devil, takes audience me ...
'' (2009), ''
Dread'' (2009),
''Youth'' (2015), and
''Pennyworth'' (2019–present). Faith was a judge on the
fifth series of ''
The Voice UK
''The Voice UK'' is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on BBC One during the spring television cycle on 24 March 2012. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice ...
'' in 2016, and on ''
The Voice Kids
''The Voice Kids'' is a version of ''The Voice'' TV series franchise in which children participate.
Versions
The first such variation was '' The Voice Kids'' from the Netherlands, which was followed by other international variants:
: Franchise wi ...
'' in 2020.
Early life
Paloma Faith Blomfield was born in the
Hackney area of
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
on 21 July 1981,
the daughter of an English mother and Spanish father. Both of her parents were raised in
Norfolk
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. Her parents separated when she was two years old and divorced two years later. She was raised by her mother in
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is an area occupying the north-west part of the London Borough of Hackney in north-east London, England. It is northeast of Charing Cross. The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington the ancient parish.
The ...
, although she maintains a close relationship with her paternal grandmother.
As a child, she took ballet classes in
Dalston
Dalston () is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised the term also came to apply to surrounding areas includ ...
. After completing her
A-levels
The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...
at
City and Islington College
City and Islington College (CANDI) is a further education college in the London Borough of Islington, England, established in 1993. The college has four major centres throughout the borough, including a dedicated sixth form centre. It is part of C ...
, she went on to study for a degree in
contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...
at the
Northern School of Contemporary Dance in
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
, while working as a
hip-hop dance
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in ...
r at the nightclub LoveDough. She then studied for an
MA in theatre directing at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of shor ...
and took various part-time jobs as a sales assistant at
Agent Provocateur
An agent provocateur () is a person who commits, or who acts to entice another person to commit, an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act, so as to ruin the reputation of, or entice legal action against, th ...
, a singer in a
burlesque
A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...
, a bartender, a
life model, and a
magician's assistant
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.
Music career
2007–2008: Career beginnings
Faith's first foray into music began when she mimicked famous
soul
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Etymology
The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...
and
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
singers including
Etta James
Jamesetta Hawkins (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012), known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer who performed in various genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, and soul. Starting her career in 1954, sh ...
and
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop si ...
, whom she admires and cites as influences for her own work.
She met her managers Jamie Binns and
Christian Wåhlberg of Lateral Management in 2007.
Binns had been tipped off by the producer Peanut, a client who had recently worked with Faith in his studio and been impressed.
He met up with Faith shortly afterwards and was "completely blown away", later saying, "I wasn't sure what this girl was going to do – she was an actress and a singer – but there was just something about her in that artistic realness that when I came out of the meeting I called Christian and said, 'We have to do something with this girl!
During her time at college, Faith worked in a pub where the manager asked her to front his band, which they later called Paloma and the Penetrators.
During a performance with the band at a cabaret show, she was scouted by an
A&R man from
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America
Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
, who invited her to sing for the manager of the label.
20 minutes into the audition, she asked the manager to turn his phone off; when he refused, she walked out.
The manager later called her and offered her a contract, claiming that he had seen many acts since their meeting but none had been as memorable as her.
She turned down an opportunity to join
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz.
A membe ...
's band in order to write and perform her own songs. Her first recognised work was the song "It's Christmas (and I Hate You)", which she recorded as a duet with
Josh Weller
Joshua Brent Weller is an English comedian, musician, comic-book writer, and podcast host.
Career
Weller's first solo single "Pretty Girls" was released on Yodel in 2008, followed by EP ''Push'', again on Yodel in 2009, produced by Ryan Hadloc ...
in 2008.
2009–2013: ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' and ''Fall to Grace''
In June 2009, Faith released her debut single "
Stone Cold Sober
"Stone Cold Sober" is the debut single by English recording artist Paloma Faith from the album '' Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' (2009). It was released on 15 June 2009 and entered the UK chart at number 17.
Background
The ...
", which reached number 17 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 ...
. Her second single, "
New York", was released in September 2009, charting at number 15 in the UK. It was later re-released as an updated version featuring rapper
Ghostface Killah
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.
In September 2009, she released her debut album, ''
Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?
''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' is the debut studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith. It was released on 28 September 2009 by Epic Records. Its first two singles from the album, "Stone Cold Sober" and " New York", ...
'',
for which she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs in the UK, Sweden and America. It debuted at number 14 on the
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
and later peaked at number nine, remaining in the chart for 16 weeks. and becoming
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...
's "Album of the Week" from 19 September 2009.
She released her third single, the album's
title track
A title track is a song that has the same name as the album or film in which it appears. In the Korean music industry, the term is used to describe a promoted song on an album, akin to a single, regardless of the song's title.
Title track may a ...
in December 2009. The song peaked at number 64 in the UK. In the same year, Faith appeared as a vocalist on
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the underground house scene ...
's ''
Scars
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'' album and American hip-hop artist
MF Doom
Daniel Dumile ( ; July 13, 1971October 31, 2020), best known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom (both stylized in all caps), was a British-American rapper and record producer. Noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and ...
's album, ''
Born Like This
''Born Like This'' (stylized in all caps) is the sixth and final solo studio album by British-American rapper/producer MF DOOM. It was released under the pseudonym "DOOM" on March 24, 2009 through Lex Records. It debuted at number 52 on the ''Bi ...
''.
![Paloma Faith Vivo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Paloma_Faith_Vivo.jpg)
In March 2010, Faith released her fourth single "
Upside Down", which reached number 55 in the UK. To promote the album, she embarked on her first headlining
tour
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* Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service
* Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus
* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
of the UK and Ireland commencing in March.
''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
'' described the tour as being "full of theatrical artifice, but based on the rock-solid foundation of
aith
Aith, ( Shetland dialect: Eid, Old Norse: ''Eið'', meaning Isthmus, cf Eday), is a village on the Northern coast of the West Shetland Mainland, Scotland at the southern end of Aith Voe, some west of Lerwick.
Aith lies on the B9071 that runs s ...
s sensational singing voice and a personality that sparkled like a rough diamond". She performed a live set for the BBC's ''Radio 2 Introduces...'' and gave an interview to host
Dermot O'Leary
Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr. (born 24 May 1973) is an English broadcaster who currently works for ITV and BBC Radio 2. His radio career began when he worked as a disc jockey at Essex Radio, but he is best known for being the presenter of ''T ...
. Faith performed at numerous festivals throughout that summer, including
T4 on the Beach
T4 on the Beach was an annual British one-day music event which was held on the beach at Weston-super-Mare and televised on Channel 4. The event began in 2003 as Pop Beach in Great Yarmouth, changing to the current title and venue in 2005. The d ...
, the
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival is one of the UK's leading jazz festivals, and is part of Cheltenham Festivals' annual festival season, also including the Science, Music and Literature Festivals in Cheltenham Spa.
Introduction and history
The Chelt ...
and the 2010
iTunes Festival. In May 2010, Faith featured on the theme song "
Keep Moving" to the 2010 British film ''
4.3.2.1'', alongside
Adam Deacon and
Bashy. In October 2010, Faith released "Smoke & Mirrors" as the final single from her debut album.
In January 2011, Faith was nominated for British Female Solo Artist at the
2011 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards 2011 was the 31st edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music show, the Brit Awards. The awards ceremony was held on Tuesday 15 February 2011
at The O2 Arena in London for the first time in its history, moving fro ...
,
where she also performed "
Forget You
"Fuck You" (stylized as "Fuck You!" or "F**k You!"), known as "Forget You" or "FU" for the clean versions, is a song by American recording artist CeeLo Green. It was written as a collaboration among Green, Bruno Mars, the Smeezingtons, and Br ...
" alongside
Cee Lo Green. She appeared on the charity single "
Hard Times" with
Plan B
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Plan B may also refer to:
* Plan B, a brand name of levonorgestrel, an emergency contraception drug
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* Plan B En ...
and
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...
in May 2011. In May 2012, Faith released her second studio album ''
Fall to Grace
''Fall to Grace'' is the second studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith. It was released by RCA Records on 28 May 2012. She worked on the album with producer Nellee Hooper, who previously worked with artists such as Madonna, Bjö ...
''.
She enlisted record producers
Nellee Hooper
Nellee Hooper (born Paul Andrew Hooper on 15 March 1963) is a British record producer, remixer and songwriter known for his work with many major recording artists beginning in the late 1980s. He also debuted as a motion picture music composer w ...
and
Jake Gosling
Jake Gosling is an English music producer, songwriter, remixer, manager, and publisher best known for his work with artists such as Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, The Libertines, James Bay, Shawn Mendes, All Time Low, One Direction, Major Lazer, Christ ...
to work with her on the project.
The album charted at number two on the
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
. The album's first single "
Picking Up the Pieces" reached number seven 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 ...
, becoming Faith's first top ten single. In May 2012, Faith joined ''
The Voice UK
''The Voice UK'' is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on BBC One during the spring television cycle on 24 March 2012. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice ...
'' as one of four guest mentors.
She worked with coach
Danny O'Donoghue
Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue (born 3 October 1980) is an Irish singer-songwriter best known for being the frontman of the Irish rock band The Script and as a coach on the first two series of the television singing talent show ''The Voice ...
during the battle rounds phase of the competition
and also performed "Picking Up the Pieces" during the results show.
In August 2012, Faith released "
30 Minute Love Affair" as the second single from ''Fall to Grace''. She recorded a version of
INXS
INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ...
's "
Never Tear Us Apart
"Never Tear Us Apart" is a song by Australian rock band INXS, released in August 1988 as the fourth single from their sixth studio album, ''Kick''.
Background and composition
The music was written by keyboardist Andrew Farriss, who recorded ...
" for a
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
advertisement, which began airing on television from September 2012. It was later included on the album as a single. Faith released "
Just Be
''Just Be'' is the second studio album by Dutch DJ Tiësto. It was released on 6 April 2004 in the Netherlands and 15 May 2004 in the United States (see 2004 in music). The album features BT, Kirsty Hawkshaw, and Aqualung on vocals, as well a ...
" as the fourth single from the album on in December 2012. She performed the track on ''
Later... with Jools Holland''. In early 2013, Faith embarked on a headline UK and Ireland tour in support of the album. She received two nominations at the 2013
BRIT Awards
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...
; for Best Female and for Best British Album for ''Fall to Grace''.
The album has been certified double platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with th ...
for sales in excess of 700,000 copies.
2014–2019: ''A Perfect Contradiction'' and ''The Architect''
![Paloma Faith 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Paloma_Faith_2014.jpg)
In January 2013, Faith revealed that she had begun to write her third studio album during her time in the US. Later that year, she headlined the
Evolution Festival
Evolution Festival was a music festival held annually across Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, England, from 2002 until 2013. The festival attracted tens of thousands of attendees every year and usually took place on the Quayside. Evolution Fe ...
in Newcastle upon Tyne. In March 2014, Faith's third album ''
A Perfect Contradiction
''A Perfect Contradiction'' is the third studio album by English recording artist Paloma Faith, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 10 March 2014. Musically, the album is a pop album, with elements of R&B, jazz, soul, Motown and disco. The a ...
'' was released. It became her fastest-selling album to date, debuting at number two in the UK and receiving a double platinum certification. The lead single "
Can't Rely on You
"Can't Rely on You" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith, written by Faith and American singer and producer Pharrell Williams. The single, available for purchase from 23 February 2014, serves as the lead single from her third studio album, ' ...
" produced by
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...
, became her second top ten in the UK.
The album's second single "
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
"Only Love Can Hurt Like This" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith, written by Diane Warren. Released as the second single to promote her third studio album, ''A Perfect Contradiction'' (2014), on 11 May 2014, it was promoted on shows suc ...
", written by
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has received several awards including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three ''Billboard'' Music Awards and an Honorary Academy Award.
Wa ...
, became her most successful single to date, reaching number six in the UK, number one in Australia and number three in New Zealand. After the success of the single, the album reached a new peak of number four in Australia. The album's third single, "
Trouble with My Baby
"Trouble with My Baby" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith. It was released on 11 August 2014 as the third single to promote her third studio album, ''A Perfect Contradiction'' (2014). The song was used to promote series 8 of ''Britain's G ...
" was released in August 2014.
In September 2014, British drum and bass duo "
Sigma
Sigma (; uppercase Σ, lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; grc-gre, σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 200. In general mathematics, uppercase Σ is used as ...
" released their single "
Changing", featuring vocals from Faith. It debuted at number one in the UK, becoming her first UK number one single. In November 2014, a repackaged "Outsider's Edition" of her third album was released featuring four new songs including the single "Ready for the Good Life".
The same month, Faith joined the charity group
Band Aid 30
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along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording a new version of the track "
Do They Know It's Christmas?
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of pop ...
" to raise money for the
2014 Ebola crisis in
West Africa
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. At the
2015 Brit Awards
Brit Awards 2015 was held on 25 February 2015. This was the 35th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London, presented by Ant & Dec. This was their second time ...
, Faith won the award for British Female Solo Artist, becoming her first win.
In June 2015, Faith confirmed that she had started the process of creating her fourth studio album. She made reference to
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...
and
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known Rock music, rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage ...
as inspirations for the record.
In August 2015, it was announced that Faith would become a coach on ''
The Voice UK
''The Voice UK'' is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on BBC One during the spring television cycle on 24 March 2012. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice ...
''. As well as her role on the show, Faith launched her own
management
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Management includes the activities o ...
and
publishing
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company.
In August 2017, Faith returned with the lead single "
Crybaby
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Music
None Albums
* Cry Baby (Garnet Mimms album), ''Cry Baby'' (Garnet Mimms album), 1963
* Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez album), ''Cry Baby'' (Melanie Martinez album), 2015
* ''The Crybaby' ...
" from her fourth album entitled ''
The Architect''. The album was later released in November, debuting at number one on the
UK Albums Chart
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, becoming Faith's first UK chart-topping album. Three further singles from the album have been released: "Guilty", "'Til I'm Done" and "Warrior". In February 2018, Faith released a collaboration with DJ
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, "
Lullaby" which charted at number six in the UK, becoming her fourth top ten single as a lead artist and fifth overall. The following month, Faith covered the 1960s song "
Make Your Own Kind of Music" by
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. It featured in a TV commercial by
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which was heavily played throughout the year, causing the track to chart at number 28 in the UK. In November 2018, Faith released a re-issue "Zeitgeist Edition" of ''The Architect'', featuring six new songs including "Make Your Own Kind of Music", "Lullaby" and "Loyal".
2020: ''Infinite Things''
In 2020, Faith reprised her role as a coach on ''The Voice UK''s children's counterpart, ''
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'' for its
fourth series. In August 2020, the title of her fifth studio album was announced as ''
Infinite Things
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Background
Faith's fourth album ''The Architect (album), The Architect'' became her first album to reach number one on ...
''.
Television and film career
In 2007, Faith appeared in an episode of the
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'' portraying a thief. She was also cast as Andrea in ''
'' in 2007. Faith was also cast in
) in 2009. She also appeared in the horror film ''
'' as Clara Thornhill. She later starred in the
series ''Coming Up'' and the short film ''A Nice Touch''. Of getting the part, she stated "I don't think they even knew I was an actress. I went to an audition and they said that they liked my interpretation of the character and I said, 'I'm just being myself'." In 2013, she appeared as
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