Chlöe Howl

Chlöe Howl

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Background information
Born (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995
England
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2013–present
Labels
Website chloehowl.com

Chlöe Howl (born 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)[1] 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.[2] Her father is from England and her mother has Welsh origins. She grew up in the village of Holyport, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.[3] She attended Holyport Primary,[4] and then Altwood Secondary School.[3] At the age of 10 she recorded and sold her own Christmas CD (singing All I Want for Christmas Is You[5]) to help raise funds for her primary school.[4] In 2006, at the age of 11, she filmed a pilot episode for an environmentally-aware music show called "The Trollmates" in which she played one of four singing trolls (complete with pointed latex ears) discovered in Scotland by an American recording executive.[3][5] As part of the TrollMates singing group she went on a promotional tour to the USA in August 2006, where she met David Hasselhoff.[6] TrollMates made a concert appearance at the Great Wall of China at Badaling in September 2006 on the occasion of the launch of the 2008 Paralympics mascot.[3] Among the tracks the group recorded was a special edition CD "to benefit the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games".[7][8]

Howl left school aged 16 and signed a record deal with Columbia Records shortly afterwards.[9] 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.[10]

2013–present

On 4 March 2013, her first extended play, 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.[10] "No Strings" was part of the soundtrack for the movie Kick-Ass 2.[10] On 9 December 2013, her second single "Paper Heart" was released.[11]

On 2 December 2013 she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014.[12] On 5 December 2013 she was shortlisted for the 2014 BRIT Awards: Critics' Choice Award,[13] eventually finishing behind Sam Smith.[14] Howl was included in the New Artists 2014 list by iTunes, along with , Sam Smith and Dan Croll.[15] Howl supported Ellie Goulding at some of her 2014 shows in Europe.[16] In March 2014 she released "Rumour" as her third single.[17]

It was expected that her debut studio album Chlöe Howl would be released in 2014 by Columbia Records (Sony Music),[11] but by April 2015 it was being reported that she had left Sony Music.[18] She released a new single "Bad Dream" via the indie label Heavenly Songs in April 2015.[18] In May 2015 she teamed up with fashion house Fendi to model their new range of Orchidea sunglasses. [19]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Chlöe Howl[20]

EPs

Title Songs Album details
Rumour[21]

"Rumour"

"Girls and Boys"

No Strings[22]

"No Strings"

"How Proud"

Paper Heart[23]

"Paper Heart"

"To My Face"

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[24]
FRA
[25]
POL
[26]
2013 "No Strings" 176[27] 182 Chlöe Howl
"Paper Heart" 143[28]
2014 "Rumour" 84[29] 4
"Disappointed"
2015 "Bad Dream"
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref
2014 BBC Sound of... Sound of 2014 Herself Nominated [32]
BRIT Awards Critic's Choice [33]

References

  1. "Approved: Chlöe Howl – No Strings". completemusicupdate.com. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "Chlöe Howl – No Strings". The Guardian. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Teen singer hopes to break US". Windsor Express. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Chloe lands TV role". Maidenhead Advertiser. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "She"s a rockin" and a trolling". Maidenhead Advertiser. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  6. "A "wall" of a time". Maidenhead Advertiser. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  7. "TrollMates Album Cover". myspace.com. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  8. "TrollMates Special Edition CD". myspace.com. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  9. "Chlöe Howl: 'All my songs are about being a bored teenager, 'cos I am one'". The Guardian. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 Radar Band Of The Week – Chloe Howl, NME, 27 August 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013
  11. 1 2 "Chlöe Howl – New Music". The Daily Telegraph. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  12. BBC Sound of 2014 longlist revealed, BBC News, 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013
  13. Brit Awards 2014: Critics' Choice Award shortlists Chlöe Howl, Ella Eyre and Sam Smith, The Independent, 5 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013
  14. Sam Smith scoops Brits Critics’ Choice award, Metro, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013
  15. "iTunes reveal New Artists 2014 list". Entertainment STV. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  16. "Chlöe Howl to support Ellie's 2014 tour". elliegoulding.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  17. iTunes – Music – Rumour by Chlöe Howl
  18. 1 2 "Chloe Howl is back with brand new song 'Bad Dream' on Spotify". Digital Spy. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  19. "Take a psychedelic road trip with Fendi & Chloë Howl". Dazed Digital. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  20. Chlöe Howl by Chlöe Howl, on Amazon.com
  21. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chloe-howl/id661640075?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
  22. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-strings-ep/id670208570
  23. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/paper-heart/id736951375
  24. Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  25. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Chlöe Howl". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  26. "Chlöe Howl – Rumour (Polish Airplay Top 20 Chart)". ZPAV.
  27. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/130907cluk.txt
  28. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/131221cluk.txt
  29. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140322cluk.txt
  30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKLhnEFwH2c
  31. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brFKqr0BZcE
  32. "Sound of 2014". BBC. 10 January 2014.
  33. "Sam Smith wins Brits Critics' Choice award". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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