Chlöe Howl

Chlöe Howl

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Background information
Born 4 March 1995
England
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2013–present
Labels
Website chloehowl.com

Chlöe Howl (born 4 March 1995) is a British singer-songwriter. She will release her debut studio album, Chlöe Howl, in 2015 through Sony Music and Columbia. She was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014.

Career

Early life

Chlöe Howl (real name Chlöe Howells)[1] was born on 4 March 1995 in England. The unusual use of the diaeresis above the "o" in her name is said to be a mistake her parents made on her birth certificate.[2] Her father is from England and her mother has Welsh origins. She grew up in the village of Holyport, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.[3] She attended Holyport Primary,[4] and then Altwood Secondary School.[3] At the age of 10 she recorded and sold her own Christmas CD to help raise funds for her primary school.[4] In 2006, at the age of 11, she filmed a pilot episode for an environmentally-aware music show called "The Trollmates" in which she played one of four singing trolls (complete with pointed latex ears) discovered in Scotland by an American recording executive.[3][5] As part of the TrollMates singing group she went on a promotional tour to the USA in August 2006, where she met David Hasselhoff.[6] TrollMates made a concert appearance at the Great Wall of China at Badaling in September 2006 on the occasion of the launch of the 2008 Paralympics mascot.[3] Among the tracks the group recorded was a special edition CD "to benefit the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games".[7][8]

Howl left school aged 16 and signed a record deal with Columbia Records shortly afterwards.[9] She spent much of the following three years writing and recording her debut album.[10]

2013–present: Debut album

On 4 March 2013, her first extended play, Rumour, was released for free download. In June 2013, she released the video for her first single, "No Strings". She released a second extended play No Strings on 26 August.[10] "No Strings" was part of the soundtrack for the movie Kick-Ass 2.[10] On 9 December 2013, her second single "Paper Heart" was released.[11] Her first album is to be released in 2014 by Columbia Records.[11] On 2 December 2013 she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014.[12] On 5 December 2013 she was shortlisted for the 2014 BRIT Awards: Critics' Choice Award,[13] eventually finishing behind Sam Smith.[14] Howl was included in the New Artists 2014 list by iTunes, along with Mø, Sam Smith and Dan Croll.[15] Howl will support Ellie Goulding at some of her 2014 shows in Europe.[16] In March 2014 she released "Rumour" as the third single from her debut studio album Chlöe Howl.[17]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Chlöe Howl

EPs

Title Songs Album details
Rumour[19]

"Rumour"

"Girls and Boys"
No Strings[20]

"No Strings"

"How Proud"
Paper Heart[21]

"Paper Heart"

"To My Face"

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[22]		 FRA
[23]		 POL
[24]
2013 "No Strings" 176[25] 182 — Chlöe Howl
"Paper Heart" 143[26] – —
2014 "Rumour" 84[27] — 4
"Disappointed" — — —
2015 "Bad Dream" — — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref
2014 BBC Sound of... Sound of 2014 Herself Nominated [30]
BRIT Awards Critic's Choice [31]

References

  1. ↑ "Approved: Chlöe Howl – No Strings". www.completemusicupdate.com. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chlöe Howl – No Strings". The Guardian. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Teen singer hopes to break US". Windsor Express. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Chloe lands TV role". Maidenhead Advertiser. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "She"s a rockin" and a trolling". Maidenhead Advertiser. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "A "wall" of a time". Maidenhead Advertiser. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "TrollMates Album Cover". myspace.com. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "TrollMates Special Edition CD". myspace.com. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Chlöe Howl: 'All my songs are about being a bored teenager, 'cos I am one'". The Guardian. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Radar Band Of The Week – Chloe Howl, NME, 27 August 2013, retrieved 23 December 2013
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Chlöe Howl – New Music". The Daily Telegraph. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  12. ↑ BBC Sound of 2014 longlist revealed, BBC News, 2 December 2013, retrieved 23 December 2013
  13. ↑ Brit Awards 2014: Critics' Choice Award shortlists Chlöe Howl, Ella Eyre and Sam Smith, The Independent, 5 December 2013, retrieved 23 December 2013
  14. ↑ Sam Smith scoops Brits Critics’ Choice award, Metro, 12 December 2013, retrieved 23 December 2013
  15. ↑ "iTunes reveal New Artists 2014 list". Entertainment STV. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "Chlöe Howl to support Ellie's 2014 tour". elliegoulding.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  17. ↑ iTunes – Music – Rumour by Chlöe Howl
  18. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chl%C3%B6e-Howl/dp/B00HEQNL8G/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1
  19. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chloe-howl/id661640075?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
  20. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-strings-ep/id670208570
  21. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/paper-heart/id736951375
  22. ↑ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  23. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Chlöe Howl". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  24. ↑ "Chlöe Howl – Rumour (Polish Airplay Top 20 Chart)". ZPAV.
  25. ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/130907cluk.txt
  26. ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/131221cluk.txt
  27. ↑ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140322cluk.txt
  28. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKLhnEFwH2c
  29. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brFKqr0BZcE
  30. ↑ "Sound of 2014". BBC. 10 January 2014.
  31. ↑ "Sam Smith wins Brits Critics' Choice award". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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