Chlöe Howl (born Chlöe Louise Howells; 4 March 1995), is a British singer-songwriter. She was shortlisted for the
BBC Sound of 2014 and the
2014 BRIT Awards: Critics Choice Award.
Career
Early life
Chlöe Howl (real name Chlöe Howells)
was born on 4 March 1995 in England. The unusual use of the
diaeresis above the "o" in her name is said to be a mistake her parents made on her birth certificate.
Her father is from Wales and her mother is English. She grew up in the village of
Holyport, near
Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Thames, which at this point forms the border with Buckinghamshire. In the 2021 Census, ...
, Berkshire.
She attended Holyport Primary,
and then
Altwood Secondary School.
At the age of 10 she recorded and sold her own Christmas CD (singing ''
All I Want for Christmas Is You
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, ''Merry Christmas'' (1994). She wrote and produced the song with Walter Afanasieff. It was released a ...
''
) to help raise funds for her primary school.
Howl left school aged 16 and signed a record deal with
shortly afterwards.
For a brief time she worked in an office, but spent much of the following three years writing and recording songs for her debut album.
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''NME
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'', 27 August 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013
2013–present
On 4 March 2013, her first
extended play
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, ''Rumour'', was released for free download. In June 2013, she released the video for her first single, "
No Strings". She released a second extended play ''No Strings'' on 26 August.
"
No Strings" was part of
the soundtrack for the movie ''
Kick-Ass 2''.
On 9 December 2013, her second single "Paper Heart" was released.
On 2 December 2013 she was nominated for the
BBC Sound of 2014. On 5 December 2013 she was shortlisted for the
2014 BRIT Awards: Critics' Choice Award, eventually finishing behind
Sam Smith. Howl was included in the New Artists 2014 list by
iTunes
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, along with
MØ,
Sam Smith and
Dan Croll. Howl supported
Ellie Goulding at some of her 2014 shows in Europe. In March 2014 she released "Rumour" as her third single.
It was expected that her debut studio album ''Chlöe Howl'' would be released in 2014 by
(
Sony Music
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),
but by April 2015 it was being reported that she had left Sony Music.
She released a new single "Bad Dream" via the indie label
Heavenly Songs in April 2015.
In May 2015 she teamed up with fashion house
Fendi
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to model their new range of Orchidea sunglasses. In June 2016 she appeared alongside
Ella Eyre in a video promoting the
Nintendo 3DS
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handheld console.
Her single, "Magnetic" was released on 16 June 2017, followed by "Do It Alone" which was released on 26 October 2017. Howl released "Work" on 4 October 2018, the lead single from her EP of the same name, released on 29 November 2018. Howl released "Millionaire" on 7 March 2019. Howl released "In the Middle (Sad Banger)" on 7 June 2019.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/ByYCzepHAAQ/ Chlöe Howl] on ]Instagram
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.
Discography
EPs
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1995 births
Bisexual singers
Bisexual songwriters
Bisexual women musicians
English LGBTQ singers
English LGBTQ songwriters
Living people
English women singer-songwriters
English singer-songwriters
Musicians from Berkshire
Pansexual musicians
Pansexual women
People from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
21st-century English women singers
21st-century English LGBTQ people
English women songwriters
LGBTQ women singers