Let’s fix our attention today on one of those girls whose popularity in music shoot off quite fast bringing her songs to billboards’ tops. It’s all about Adele Emeli Sande, or simply known as Emeli Sande. The girl had to opt for her middle name for performing because of the simultaneous growth of Adele’s career at that time. A talented Scottish songwriter, she was brought up by her dad who was a teacher and became spotted at various music competitions from early childhood. Subsequently Emeli signed contracts with EMI, Virgin and Capitol and started writing song texts for such well-known performers as Cher Lloyd, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis. Her music style was strongly influenced by Nina Simone (Emeli’s idol), Joni Mitchell and Lauryn Hill. Simon Cowell named her as his favorite songwriter.
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Emeli wrote a lot for other performers but at the same time she is a splendid performer herself. One of her most recognized songs today is the “Read All About It” that was originally written for the British rapper Professor Green. Emeli herself appears in the “Part III” version of the song that was included in the album “Our Version of Events”. The song hit the records in the UK becoming the 1st number-one hit both for Emeli and Professor Green. The two also appeared live in “The X Factor” show performing the freshly popular song. According to Emeli, the key to creating a good song is the honesty and raw emotion, most of her songs touch politics and world peace issues.
