Gabrielle Aplin is a 20-year-old British singer-songwriter from Wiltshire who gained popularity by posting covers on YouTube. She was signed to Parlophone Records in 2012 after releasing several independently through her own label Never Fade Records. Aplin found mainstream success with a cover of "The Power of Love" that reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. She has since toured extensively and released her debut album English Rain in 2013 to critical acclaim.

1. Gabrielle Aplin

2. Gabrielle Aplin is a 20 year old British singer songwriter from
Wiltshire. She began her singing career when she started posting
videos of herself doing acoustic covers of bands such as
Paramore and You Me At Six onto YouTube. She then gained
mainstream attention when she signed to Parlophone in 2012
and began to record her debut album. She also gained more
popularity when she was selected to soundtrack a John Lewis
television advertisement with a cover of Frankie Goes to
Hollywood's "The Power of Love", which reached No 1 on the UK
Singles Chart on 9 December 2012

3. She attended Sheldon School in Chippenham, where she
describes her fellow pupils as "upper-middle class and I don't
think I fitted in with their lifestyles". She went on to study music at
City of Bath College, participating in the college's in-house label
BA1 Records.
Gabrielle Aplin developed a fan base by posting performance
videos to YouTube. Her most popular videos include her original
composition "Home", and covers of "The Liar and the Lighter" by
You Me At Six, "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry and "Forget You"
by Cee Lo Green. She has described her music as "very family
orientated, very personal“.
In July 2010, Gabrielle Aplin performed on her local radio station
BBC Wiltshire. Her first release was the 5-track Acoustic EP which
was released on the iTunes Store on 13 September 2010. It
reached the top 25 in the UK iTunes album chart, and features the
song "Reverse" which was used on E4 TV show Made in Chelsea.

4. Gabrielle’s second EP saw her expand her sound, showcasing a
more folk rock sound and playing all instruments herself (common of
the singer songwriter genre). Never Fade was released on 9 May
2011 and reached number 14 in the UK album charts, it was in the
top 100 in America and top 50 in Australia.
As of November 2012, Gabrielle Aplin has completed six headline
UK and Ireland tours. In November 2011, Gabrielle embarked on her
next UK tour starting off with the Borderline in London. She played
songs from Acoustic EP and Never Fade EP, alongside covers such
as "Sheila" and a rendition of Fix You by Coldplay. In addition she
premiered songs such as "Home" and "Keep Pushing Me" from her
next release, Home. In addition to her headline touring, Gabrielle
Aplin has appeared as a support act for Matt Cardle, Charlie
Simpson and Gotye. Gabrielle is supporting Ed Sheeran on his 2013
tour of Australia and New Zealand. Gabrielle announced in March
2013 that she'll be returning to UK to Tour a bigger headline show
across the country in Autumn 2013.

5. YouTube has been a huge part in Gabrielle Aplin’s life
as that is where she was first discovered and gave her
the success that followed. She first recorded a video for
the first time 5 years ago which was a cover of ‘My
Heart’ by Paramore. Currently this video has 230,275
views. After the success of this she continued to make
videos of covers she performed.
YouTube helps many people of the singer songwriter
genre come to prominence and Gabrielle Aplin is a
perfect example of this.

6. • Acoustic EP - Released: 13 September 2010
Label: Never Fade Records
Format: Digital download, limited CD copies
• Never Fade EP - Released: 9 May 2011
Label: Never Fade Records
Format: Digital download, limited CD copies
• Home EP - Released: 9 January 2012
Label: Never Fade Records
Format: Digital download, limited CD copies
• English Rain - Released: 13 May 2013
Label: Parlophone Records Format:
CD, Digital download, Vinyl

7. • Gabrielle Aplin was signed to the record label ‘ba1 records’
when she was at the city of bath college as this was the in
college recording label.
• The Secord record label linked to Gabrielle Aplin is Never
Fade Records which is her own record label which she set up
to release her own music
• Gabrielle Aplin is currently signed to Parlophone Records
which is a label founded in Germany, 1896 but is now based in
the United Kingdom.