Ella Eyre

Ella Eyre, born one April 1st 1994, is a singer songwriter, who burst onto the scene with her collaborative single “Waiting All Night”. The single was a collaborative effort with drum and bass chart toppers Rudimental.

She was raised in West London, in an Afro-Jamaican and Maltese family. Before music her original career pursuit was that of a swimming career. Eyre was educated at Millfield School and the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, and managed to focus her efforts on both writing and school achieving a healthy balance of the two. Her first publishing deal was with Warner/Chappell in July 2012, and then a record contract with Virgin the following year.

Her debut came in the form of a feature on Bastille’s cover of “No Scrubs” and The XX’s “Angels”. The project was entitled “No Angels” and featured on the mixtape, “Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2”. “Waiting all Night”, released on April 14th 2013 peaked at the top spot on the UK Singles Chart. She also collaborated with Naughty Boy on the album “Hotel Cabana”, alongside Wiz Khalifa on the track “Think About It”, which became the fourth single of the album, released on November 17th 2013.

She is of course an artist in her own right with her singles “If I Go” and comeback both gracing the charts, “If I Go” peaking at number 16, whilst “Comeback” peaked at number 12.