WHAT IT IS: Across the pond, the breakout 19-year-old pop sensation started her journey to fame as a contestant on The X Factor. After finishing in sixth place, Ella immediately signed to Simon Cowell’s SYCO to write and record her first album, which debuted at #1 on the U.K. album chart in 2014 and in the Top 10 across 40 countries. Upon U.S. release, it shot to #5 on the iTunes charts. The album contains her international hit “Ghost,” the fastest-selling debut from a U.K. artist, and held the second-biggest U.K. radio audience in one week. Ella has brilliantly transitioned to the U.S., showcasing her powerhouse vocals with 14 major U.S. TV performances of “Ghost,” a now-platinum stateside single and smash hit at Pop radio.
ALBUM: Chapter One
RELEASE DATE: 1/13
SINGLE: “Ghost”
TV: GMA, Dancing With the Stars, Today, Ellen, Seth Meyers, The Voice, American Music Awards pre-show, Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2015, Kelly & Michael, Letterman, The Talk, NBA All-Star Saturday Night, The View, Fallon, Meredith Vieira
LIVE: Spring 2015 U.K. tour with Take That
INTERNET: 50m official vid views (see clip below); Vevo Lift artist Feb. 2015
RADIO: Top 15 Pop, Top 10 Adult Pop; 70m+ in total audience
PRESS: VH1 You Oughta Know artist for Jan. 2015; USA Today On the Verge artist, Vibe 5 Acts Headed Straight to Mainstream, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Us Weekly, EW, L.A. Times, N.Y. Daily News, InStyle, BuzzFeed; Vulture predicts her winning Best New Artist at 2016 Grammys
BOOKING: Brian Manning, Matthew Morgan/CAA
PUBLISHING: Sony/ATV-Kobalt
MANAGEMENT: Mark Hargreaves/Crown Talent & Media Group