2. BIRDY
Jasmine van den Bogaerde better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer-songwriter.
She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12.
Her debut single, a version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love“ was her breakthrough charting
all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia. Her self-titled
debut album Birdy was released on 7 November 2011 to similar success peaking
at number 1 in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands.
3. RESEARCH INTO HER LIFE..
Birdy was born on 15 May 1996 in Lymington, Hampshire in the UK. Her mother is a
concert pianist and Birdy learned to play the piano at the age of seven where she began
writing her own music at the age of eight. Birdy studied at Brockenhurst College in
Brockenhurst, a sixth form college in the New Forest as of 2013. Her stage name comes
from the nickname her parents gave her as a baby because she opened her mouth like a
little bird when fed which has developed to her performance name being ‘birdy’. In
2008, as a 12-year-old, Birdy won the UK talent contest Open Mic UK, a spin-off of the
Live and Unsigned competition. She won both the under-18s category and the Grand
Prize, against 10,000 other competitors.
In response to whether or not Birdy thought she could make a career out of music after
winning Open Mic UK, Birdy explains: "It was just something I loved doing - I never really
thought I could do it. It was just my dreams. It wasn't until [Open Mic UK] that I thought I
was good enough to do it. Before that I'd only been doing it for my family. But winning
gave me a confidence boost."
4. MUSIC AND FANS..
Birdys most recent album called ‘birdy’ itself has a track list off –
1.1901
2. Skinny Love
3. People help the people
4. White winter Hymnal
5. District Sleeps alone tonight
6. I’ll never forget you
7. Young blood
8. Shelter
9. Fire & Rain
10. Without a word
11. Terrible love
And on amazon you can purchase the album from £4.00
