Ren Harvieu

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Lauren Maria "Ren" Harvieu (born 3 September 1990) is an English singer and songwriter from Broughton, Salford.

Early life and education

Harvieu was introduced to music by her mother. While in sixth form college, she performed in musical theatre and entered several talent competitions before uploading some of her own recordings to MySpace.[1]

Career

Harvieu was discovered on MySpace by a local music manager after uploading demo tracks. After being introduced to Jimmy Hogarth she began working on demo's and was signed to Universal music when she was 18.

Harvieu started recording an album but in May 2011, but before it could be released, she broke her back in what she describes as a 'freak accident'"I heard it snap. I couldn't feel my feet." the singer recalled. After a 14-hour operation, Harvieu spent months recovering at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.

On December 5, 2011, the BBC announced that she had been nominated for their BBC Sounds of 2012 poll.[2] After releasing the singles "Through the Night" and "Open Up Your Arms",[3] her first album Through the Night was released on Island Records on 14 May 2012, entering the UK album chart at No 5.

Harvieu is currently working on her second album.

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Through the Night 5

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
"Through the Night" 2011 178 Through the Night
"Open Up Your Arms" 2012 108
"Tonight" —
"Do Right By Me" —
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
(as part of The Justice Collective)		 1 Non-album single
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

Year Artist Track Album
2013 Mark Owen "S.A.D." The Art of Doing Nothing

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Result
2012 BBC Sound of 2012 Nominated [2]

References

  1. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Ren Harvieu". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-01. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 BBC Sound of 2012, accessed 13 May 2012
  3. ↑ Ren Harvieu Biography. iTunes, accessed 19 May 2012

External links

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