iTunes Session - Emeli Sandé

Where I Sleep (iTunes Session) I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (iTunes Session) My Kind of Love (iTunes Session) Read All About It, Pt. III (iTunes Session) Born: March 10, 1987 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Influenced by Nina Simone, Massive Attack, and Joni Mitchell, jazz-soul artist Emeli Sandé regularly provided guest vocals for several of the U.K.'s most successful grime artists before eventually embarking on her own successful solo career in 2010. Born Adele Sandé in Aberdeen, she was encouraged to hone her musical talents, which included playing the clarinet and piano, and writing and performing her own songs, by her Zambian choirmaster father. While studying medicine at Glasgow University, she... Full Bio

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