Lucie Silvas

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Lucie Silvas
Lucie on the cover of her album The Same Side
Lucie on the cover of her album The Same Side
Background information
Birth name Lucie Silvas
Born September 4, 1980
Surrey, England
Genre(s) Pop/Adult contemporary
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, Piano
Years active 2000-present
Label(s) Chrysalis Records (2000)
Mercury Records (2003-present)
Website Official website

Lucie Silvas (born September 4, 1980 in Surrey) is a British singer/songwriter. Her singing, whilst playing the piano, has led to comparisons to other artists of the genre, such as Delta Goodrem.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and discovery

Silvas was born "Lucie Silverman" and is Jewish, although non-practising.[1] Her mother is Scottish and her father is a New Zealander.[2] Lucie grew up in New Zealand and left school at sixteen, where she became a backing vocalist for ex-Take That vocalist Gary Barlow and singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke. In 2000, Lucie signed to Chrysalis Records and recorded an album, entitled Forget Me Not - with tracks including the single "It's Too Late," "Diggin' a Hole" and "Forget Me Not." "It's Too Late" was commercially released in the UK, but failed to make an impact on the chart, and Silvas was subsequently dropped from her record label, prior to the release of her second single and debut album.

Silvas had also signed a publishing deal for her songwriting, and so, despite being without a record label to release her music, she continued writing, and had songs recorded and released by British artists including Sarah Whatmore, Gareth Gates, Rachel Stevens and Liberty X (who scored a top 10 hit single with the track, "Jumpin'"). Silvas is dating Leicester and Ireland rugby player Geordan Murphy.

[edit] Career development

[edit] Breathe In

In 2003, Lucie was signed to Mercury Records, and recorded her second album, Breathe In, which was to become her official debut. BBC Radio 2 commissioned a radio show to track Silvas' development in the music industry, supporting her career, and adding her tracks to their playlist. The first single from the album, "What You're Made Of," entered the official UK charts at number 7, and a few weeks later the album debuted and peaked at number 11 (although it has returned to this position on multiple occasions). Following TV appearances on the Ivor Novello Elton John tribute show, and "All Time Greatest Love Songs" with Ronan Keating, Lucie released her second single from the album, "Breathe In", which debuted at number 6. Silvas then released further singles; "The Game Is Won," "Don't Look Back" and re-released "Forget Me Not," which entered the charts at numbers 38, 34 and 76, respectively.

Following the release of the "Breathe In" single in Britain, Silvas took her music to Europe, including Germany and the Netherlands, where she achieved critical acclaim and released a special Europe-only single, "Nothing Else Matters," her cover of the Metallica song. Breathe In was also re-released in the Netherlands as a special 2-disc edition, featuring a full live concert recorded there. She also re-recorded "What You're Made Of" for the Spanish and French markets, working with Antonio Orozco and Grégory Lemarchal respectively. A special re-recorded version of the song, featuring the Metropole Orchestra was released as the fourth and final single from the album in the Netherlands. In 2003, she did a duet with Spanish singer Natalia called This Time, and in 2004 also wrote the first single off Natalia's third album, called Sombras (Shades).

Silvas embarked on her second sell-out UK tour in November 2005, having seen Breathe In be certified platinum in the UK. Silvas continued writing during this time, including collaborating with the critically acclaimed songwriter Eg White, with whom she wrote the Will Young single "Who Am I".

[edit] The Same Side

Silvas has just released her new album, The Same Side, which she recorded in late 2006. The album was released in November 2006 in the UK, October 2006 in the Netherlands and it will be released in the beginning of 2007 in the rest of Europe, preceded by the first single, "Last Year" in the UK, which premiered on BBC Radio 2 in late August, and a duet with Marco Borsato, "Everytime I Think of You," in the Netherlands. The Same Side was produced by Danton Supple, who produced Coldplay's X&Y. In the Netherlands, "Everytime I Think of You" charted on #35 on downloads only, topping the Dutch Top 40 in the next 3 weeks. It became her first Number 1 single in the Netherlands.

"Last Year" was the first single chosen to be the promo-single of her second officially album. The single generated less interest in the United Kingdom, peaking at #79, and #114 in Republic of Ireland. Following this setback, Mercury Records decided to postpone the UK release of her new album, which had been scheduled for October 2006; it has since been scheduled for March 12 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Chart positions UK certification NL certification Promusicae SPA certication
UK NL SP AUT FR
2000 Forget Me Not Not released - - -
2004 Breathe In 11 1 7 13 50 Platinum
(300,000)		 Platinum
(70,000)		 Platinum
(80,000)
2006 The Same Side - 5 31 Out Out - Gold
(40,000)		 -

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK IRE NL SP SUI GER FR AUT SWE
2000 "It's Too Late" 62 - - - - - - - - Forget Me Not
2004 "What You're Made Of" 7 19 - - - - - - - Breathe In
2005 "Breathe In" 6 - 34 14 - 86 - - - Breathe In
2005 "What You're Made Of" - - 28 12 46 73 - 22 21 Breathe In
2005 "The Game Is Won" 38 - - - - - - - - Breathe In
2005 "Don't Look Back" 34 48 - - - - - - - Breathe In
2005 "Forget Me Not" 76* - - - - - - - - Breathe In
2006 "Nothing Else Matters" - - 12 1 - 38 - - - Breathe In
2006 "Même Si (What You're Made Of)"
(duet with Grégory Lemarchal)		 - - - - 26 - 2 - - -
2006 "What You're Made Of" [Spanish Version]
(duet with Antonio Orozco)		 - - - 1 - - - - - -
2006 "Everytime I Think of You"
(duet with Marco Borsato)		 - - 1 (5) - - - - - - The Same Side (Netherlands Edition)
2006 "Last Year" 79 114 - 14 - - - - - The Same Side
* Despite popular belief, "Forget Me Not" failed to chart inside the UK Top 75.

[edit] Songs written for others

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1]
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  3. ^ The Same Side to be released on Oct 23, 2006

[edit] External links

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