Britt Love

Britt Love
Birth name Brittany Love
Born 24 February 1989
Newcastle
Origin England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2008–2009
Associated acts

Brittany "Britt" Love (born 24 February 1989) is an English singer, songwriter and former member of electropop duo Mini Viva along with Frankee Connolly, who released three singles before their split in 2010, including top 10 hit "Left My Heart in Tokyo". Since the band's split, Love has been working on her own solo career – she has released numerous songs available for free download via her Facebook page, was a featured artist on "You Don't Want to Dance With Me" by Monarchy, and auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012.

Career

2008–10: Mini Viva

ini Viva were formed by Xenomania in 2008, when Frankee Connolly and Britt Love attended an audition held by a label called Select Music UK. Xenomania took the duo to their headquarters in Kent, and they spent a year working with the production team before their launch. They were signed to Universal Music Group in May 2009, after performing "Left My Heart in Tokyo" in the office of Universal chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge.[1]

Mini Viva supported The Saturdays on their The Work Tour in 2009.[2] The Guardian featured the duo as the "New Band of the Day" on 17 July 2009.[3] They released their debut single, "Left My Heart in Tokyo", in September 2009. Produced by Xenomania, the song was named "the catchiest single of 2009" by NME magazine.[4] It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the highest-charting single of the duo's career.[5]

They have stated that they are inspired by Rihanna and Lady Gaga.[6] Their second single, "I Wish", was released in December 2009 and peaked at number seventy-three on the UK Singles Chart, spending one week on the chart.[5] In March 2010, Mini Viva debuted their interactive webcast reality show Viva Mini Viva. In one episode, they said that their debut album was to be released in late 2010 and confirmed the album's name was not "Colloquial Obsession", as was rumoured at the time.[7] The third single "One Touch", released in May 2010, only managed to chart as high as number 124.[8] During this period, they supported dance troupe Diversity on their UK tour. After the commercial failure of "One Touch", Viva Mini Viva ceased being uploaded.

It was reported in July 2010 that although the duo's future was unclear, they were still signed to Geffen Records.[9] However, in November 2010, Mini Viva confirmed speculation that they were splitting up, explaining that "sometimes things just don't work out the way you would like them to".[10][11]

2010–present: Solo career and The X Factor

Since 2010, Love has been working with production team Youth Kills, and has uploaded several demos to her Facebook, and released "Come With Me" as a free download single. Her first full release as a solo artist was as a featured artist on "You Don't Want to Dance With Me" by Monarchy in September 2011, who are signed to Mercury Music. Love auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, singing "You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse, and was successful into making it to bootcamp. At bootcamp, Love, Collagen Westwood, and Deirdre Lawlor performed "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon, which was panned by the judges. Britt was successful in making it through to the next stage, while Westwood and Lawlor were eliminated. She was, however, not successful in making it through to the judges' houses.

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

Title Year
"You Don't Want to Dance With Me" (Monarchy feat. Britt Love) 2011

Promotional singles

Title Year
"Come With Me" 2012

Other recorded songs

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Viva Mini Viva Herself Interactive online reality show.

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Johnny (October 2009). "Xenomania – The X Factor". Q (Bauer Media Group) (279). Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Xenomania artists: Mini Viva". xenomania.freehostia.com. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  3. ↑ Lester, Paul (17 July 2009). "New band of the day – No 587: Mini Viva". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Hodgson, Jaimie (25 July 2009). "Mini Viva Are About To Release The Catchiest Single of 2009". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Mini Viva". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  6. ↑ BBC Radio 1 interview, The Radio 1 Chart Show, 13 December 2009.
  7. ↑ Copsey, Robert (29 March 2010). "Mini Viva release album, video news". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Chart Log UK: 1994–2010". The Official Charts Company. The Zobbel Website. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  9. ↑ Brooks, Laura (19 July 2010). "Mini Viva haven't been dropped. Hurray!". teentoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  10. ↑ Love, Ryan (10 November 2010). "Mini Viva confirm split". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  11. ↑ "Pop band Mini Viva split saying 'time was up'". Newsbeat. BBC News Online. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

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