Skip to content
Jess Glynne
PersonQ15744507· pop 40· linked from 616 articles

Jess Glynne

Sign in to save

Also known as Jessica Hannah Glynne

Jessica Hannah Glynne is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2014 as a featured artist on the singles "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and "My Love" by Route 94, both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Glynne signed with Atlantic Records to release her debut studio album, I Cry When I Laugh (2015). Despite mixed critical response, it debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and spawned the successful singles "Hold My Hand" and "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself".

OverviewAI-generated

Jess Glynne is a British singer and songwriter born in London in 1989. Her birth name is Jessica Hannah Glynne. She performs in the genres of pop music, soul, contemporary R&B, and house music. Glynne is signed to Atlantic Records and began her work period in 2012. She sings in the contralto voice type and plays the voice instrument.

She has received the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording. Her influences include Amy Winehouse. Glynne speaks and writes in English. She has red hair and blue eyes. Her unmarried partner is Alex Scott, a footballer born in 1984.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 616 inbound references to Jess Glynne, and connects out to AllMusic, BRIT Awards and UK Singles Chart.

Vinony files it under 1989 births, 21st-century English LGBTQ people and 21st-century English women singers.

Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.

Film & TV

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Jess Glynne is a record-breaking English singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 2014 as the featured voice on global smash hits like "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and "My Love" by Route 94. Known for her powerhouse vocals, she made history as the first British female solo artist to score seven number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart. After stepping away from the spotlight for an extended…

Known for

  • KPOPPED — Self2025
  • Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime — Self2024
  • ITV Studio Sessions — Self - Performer2024
  • One World: Together at Home — Self2020
  • The Big Night In — Self2020
  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show — Self - Music2016
  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show — Self - Performer2016
  • Jess Glynne - iTunes Festival 2014 — Self2014
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
  • Radio 1's Big Weekend — Self2010

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1989

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Wikipedia views (30d)

27,871 total

via Wikimedia Pageviews API

Key facts

Born
Jessica Hannah Glynne , ( 1989-10-20 ) 20 October 1989 (age 36) , Hampstead , London, England
Genres
Pop R&B dance soul
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Works
Discography
Years active
2013–present
Labels
Roc Nation EMI Black Butter Atlantic
Website
jessglynne .co .uk

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Eye colour
blue
Hair colour
red hair
Instrument
voice
Official website
jessglynne.co.uk
Image
Jess Glynne (17579099972).jpg
Voice type
contralto
Show 7 more facts
date of birth
1989-10-20
Commons category
Jess Glynne
birth name
Jessica Hannah Glynne
influenced by
Amy Winehouse
start of work period
2012-00-00
social media followers
1690000
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~12 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Jessica Hannah Glynne (born 20 October 1989) is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence with her guest performances on the 2014 singles "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and "My Love" by Route 94, both of which peaked the UK Singles Chart. Glynne signed with Atlantic Records to release her debut studio album, I Cry When I Laugh (2015). Despite mixed critical response, it debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and spawned the successful singles "Hold My Hand" and "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself".

Glynne's second studio album, Always In Between (2018), debuted at number one in the UK and saw continued success with the singles "I'll Be There", "These Days" (with Rudimental), "All I Am", "Thursday" and "One Touch" (with Jax Jones); the first of these made Glynne the first British female solo artist to have seven number one singles on the UK Singles Chart. After parting ways with Atlantic Records, she signed with EMI Records to release her third studio album, Jess (2024).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jess Glynne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (4)

Connections

Categories