Chlöe Howl

Chlöe Howl

Chlöe Howl at T in the Park in 2014
Background information
Born (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995
England
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2013–present
Labels

Chlöe Howl (born 4 March 1995) is a British singer-songwriter. She was shortlisted for the BBC Sound of 2014 and the 2014 BRIT Awards: Critics Choice Award.

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 is Welsh. 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 (singing All I Want for Christmas Is You[5]) 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] For a brief time she worked in an office, but spent much of the following three years writing and recording songs for her debut album.[10]

2013–present

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]

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 supported Ellie Goulding at some of her 2014 shows in Europe.[16] In March 2014 she released "Rumour" as her third single.[17]

It was expected that her debut studio album Chlöe Howl would be released in 2014 by Columbia Records (Sony Music),[11][18] but by April 2015 it was being reported that she had left Sony Music.[19] She released a new single "Bad Dream" via the indie label Heavenly Songs in April 2015.[19] In May 2015 she teamed up with fashion house Fendi to model their new range of Orchidea sunglasses.[20]

Discography

EPs

Title Songs Album details
Rumour[21]

"Rumour"

"Girls and Boys"
No Strings[22]

"No Strings"

"How Proud"
Paper Heart[23]

"Paper Heart"

"To My Face"

Singles

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

Music videos

Year Title Director Ref
2013 "No Strings" Dawn Shadforth
"Paper Heart" James Copeman
"I Wish I Could Tell You" Dawn Shadforth [27]
"Rumour" De La Muerte [28]
2014 "Disappointed" Emil Nava

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref
2014 BBC Sound of... Sound of 2014 Herself Nominated [29]
BRIT Awards Critic's Choice [30]

References

  1. ↑ "Approved: Chlöe Howl – No Strings". completemusicupdate.com. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chlöe Howl – No Strings". The Guardian. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Teen singer hopes to break US". Windsor Express. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Chloe lands TV role". Maidenhead Advertiser. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 Radar Band Of The Week – Chloe Howl, NME, 27 August 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013
  11. 1 2 "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. ↑ Chlöe Howl by Chlöe Howl, on Amazon.co.uk
  19. 1 2 "Chloe Howl is back with brand new song 'Bad Dream' on Spotify". Digital Spy. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Take a psychedelic road trip with Fendi & Chloë Howl". Dazed Digital. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  21. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chloe-howl/id661640075?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
  22. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/no-strings-ep/id670208570
  23. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/paper-heart/id736951375
  24. ↑ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  25. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Chlöe Howl". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  26. ↑ "Chlöe Howl – Rumour (Polish Airplay Top 20 Chart)". ZPAV.
  27. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKLhnEFwH2c
  28. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brFKqr0BZcE
  29. ↑ "Sound of 2014". BBC. 10 January 2014.
  30. ↑ "Sam Smith wins Brits Critics' Choice award". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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