NAO (singer)

Nao
Born South London
Genres
Years active 2014–present
Labels Little Tokyo

Nao (also styled NAO; /ˈneɪ.oʊ/), is a British singer-songwriter from East London.[1][2] Her sound has been described as neo soul combined with electronic music and alternative R&B.[1]

Music career

NAO studied vocal jazz at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and went on to be a musician for Kwabs and Jarvis Cocker.[1][3] In October 2014 she released her first EP, So Good, it reached number 4 on the iTunes electronic chart and the title track made the BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra national playlists in the United Kingdom.[2][1][4] This was followed by a second EP, February 15 (II MMXV), in May 2015.[4]

Nao played Glastonbury Festival in June 2015.[3] In September 2015 Nao was named as a nominee for best newcomer at the 2015 MOBO Awards.[5] Nao was a featured vocalist and writer on Disclosure's UK number 1 album, Caracal, on the track "Superego".[6] She was featured in the long list for the BBC Sound of...2016 prize in November 2015, ultimately being named in third place in January 2016.[7]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Album
"So Good" 2014 So Good (EP)
"Zillionaire" February 15 (EP)
"Bad Blood"[8] 2015 TBA

Guest appearances

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Firefly"[9] 2015 Mura Masa Someday Somewhere
"Superego"[10] Disclosure Caracal

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Category Nominee Result
2016 BBC Sound of 2016[7] NAO Third

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "BBC Music Sound of...2016 - NAO". BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "NAO on itunes". Apple iTunes. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Glastonbury 2015". BBC Music. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 "New band of the week: Nao". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Grime and hip-hop artists JME and Krept And Konan dominate Mobo nominations". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Caracal by Disclosure". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 "BBC Music Sound of 2016 longlist - listen to the nominees". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bad Blood - Single by NAO". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Someday Somewhere by Mura Masa". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Caracal by Disclosure". iTunes (US). Retrieved 10 January 2016.

External links

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