Ella Henderson

Despite in the beginning being the favourite to win, pop-soul singer/songwriter Ella Henderson finished in mere sixth put on the 2012 season from the U.K.’s X Element. Nevertheless, she still guaranteed a cope with Simon Cowell’s Syco Music, getting the series’ lowest-ranked contestant to find out her debut solitary enter the graphs at number 1. Given birth to on January 12, 1996 in the town of Tetney in Lincolnshire, Britain, Henderson created a like of music early, teaching herself to try out the piano prior to the age group of ten. She received a scholarship towards the exclusive Tring Park College for the Performing Arts, where she boarded before age group of 16. Nearly immediately upon departing college, she auditioned for The X Element with her self-penned track “Overlooked.” Winning a location on the display, she became a company favorite to earn but eventually dropped out to rocker Wayne Arthur in the general public vote. Her departure from your show was regarded as one of the primary upsets in its background, and released a slew of superstar tweets in her support. Simon Cowell certainly thought in her, for he authorized her to his Syco label, and she spent a 12 months in the studio room writing and documenting her debut record. She caused several big brands including Babyface, Salaam Remi, and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote her debut one, the best, beat-heavy, retro-soul “Ghost.” Henderson’s effective, sultry tone of voice, confessional lyrics, and stylish appearance inspired with the classic style with which she have been enamored since years as a child, combined with public’s fond recollections of her tenure in the X Aspect, shot her to popularity, and “Ghost” debuted in the U.K. singles graph at number 1, spending eight consecutive weeks in the very best Five. Her second one, “Shine,” co-written and made by Steve Macintosh, had a far more digital audio. Her debut record, Chapter One, premiered in Oct 2014.