This document provides biographical information on several famous British singers. It describes when and where they were born, how they got their start in the music industry, some of their most popular songs, and musical influences. Artists included are Adele, Amy Winehouse, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Freddie Mercury, John Lennon, and Ellie Goulding. Short snippets or lyrics are included from some of their popular songs.

1. BRITISH SINGERS
By: Joana and Caio
Teens 5

2. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
■ She was born in Tottenhan, May 5th,
1988 in England. She started to sing
when she was four years old, and
learned to play guittar at the age of
fourteen years old. In 2006 Adele
started her career. In 2011 she
launched her second album ‘’21’’. The
most featured was the song ‘’
Someone Like You’’. In this same
year, she had a surgery in her vocal
chords. In 2016 she lauched the
album ‘’25’’ with her new hit ‘’Hello’’.

3. Amy Jade Winehouse
(Amy Winehouse)
■ Born in London, England, on September 14,
1983. (1983 – 2011). Many of her uncles on her
mother's side were professional jazz musicians,
and her father sang as a child with his own
family, she has been involved into jazz music
since she was born. Amy broke into the music
business when, at age 16, a classmate passed
on her demo tape. She signed her first record
deal as a jazz vocalist, and her music later
blossomed into an eclectic mix of jazz, pop,
soul and R&B. Winehouse won five Grammy
Awards connected to her 2006 album Back to
Black, and earned acclaim for songs like the
title track, "Rehab" and "Love Is a Losing
Game.“ Amy left a great influence on current
music, several current famous singers are
influenced by her.
■ Here is a slice of her song ‘’Valerie’’:

4. Samuel Frederick Smith (Sam
Smith)
■ He was born on May 19th, in 1992,
London. Even though he was always
into music, Sam Smith became
known in 2014 with his songs: ‘’Stay
With Me’’ ‘’ I’m Not The Only One’’.
Also, Smith was featured on
the Disclosure song "Latch“ in 2012,
and three years later the song
‘’Omen’’ was launched, plus the same
eletronic music duo.
■ Here’s a piece of the song ‘’Omen’’:

5. Edward Christopher ( Ed Sheeran)
■ Was born in Halifax, February 17th,
1991. He learned to play eletric guittar
very young.
The whole world know Ed because his
album ‘’X’’ with the songs ‘’Thinking Out
Loud’’ and ‘’Photograph’’ are really good
and catchy. He won a lot of awards,
including two Grammy Awards at the 2016
ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop
Solo Performance.
Today he has three successfull albums.
One of the most his known songs now, at
least in 2017, it’s ‘’Shape of You’’:

6. Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury)
■ Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) born on September
5th, 1946, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. He was a ‘’British’’
singer, songwriter and record producer, known as
the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the rock
band Queen. As the frontman of Queen, Freddie
Mercury was one of the most talented and innovative
singers of the rock era. He spent time in a boarding
school in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, where he
studied piano. Pushing until the end: before his death,
Mercury had done some work in the studio with Queen.
These recordings were released in 1995 on ’’Made In
Heaven’’, the group's last album with all the original
members. Gone but clearly not forgotten, this collection
of Mercury's final performances reached the top of the
British charts. In 2001, Queen received special
recognition for their contributions to American music
history when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
■ Queen one of the most famous songs: Bohemian
Rhapsody, here is:

7. John Lennon
■ John Lennon was born on October
9th, 1940, in Liverpool, England.
(1940-1980). He was an English
singer and songwriter who co-
founded The Beatles, the most
commercially successful and musically
influential band in the history of
popular music. In his younth he
leadered a band called The
Quarrymen, soon after would also be
integrated for Paul McCartney. When
he grown up, your song ‘’Imagine’’
became a sucess in the whole world.

8. Elena Jane Goulding
(Ellie Goulding)
■ Elena Jane Goulding was born on December
30th, 1986, in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a
small village near Kington, Herefordshire. She is
an English singer, songwriter and record
producer. Before the fame, Ellie attended the
University of Kent, where she discovered
electronic music and wrote "Wish I Stayed.“ After
winning the Critics' Choice BRIT Award in 2010,
she released her debut album, Lights, which
reached on the top of UK charts. She
collaborated with Skrillex on the song "Summit"
and her 2010 cover of Elton John's 'Your Song'
reached #1 in the U.K. Ellie made some
featurings with Calvin Harris and made a lot of
success with the songs ‘’I Need Your Love’’ and
‘’Outside’’.
■ Here comes a fragment of the music ‘’On My
Mind’’ for her own most newed album:
‘’Delirium’’.