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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-09-17 ) 17 September 1986 (age 39) , Dublin , Ireland
- Origin
- Balbriggan , Dublin, Ireland
- Genres
- Alternative rock , pop rock , pop
- Occupations
- Singer, songwriter
- Years active
- 2008–present
- Label
- Jive Records
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lesley
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Balbriggan
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Jive Records
- Residence
- Balbriggan
- Voice type
- contralto
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- name in native language
- Lesley Roy
- date of birth
- 1986-09-17
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- social media followers
- 3114
- Commons category
- Lesley Roy
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Encyclopedic overview
Lesley Roy (born 17 September 1986) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was signed to an independent Irish label in 2006 followed by a record deal with US label Jive Records. She released her debut album Unbeautiful in 2008, which was executive produced by Max Martin and which had a top 40 hit with the single Unbeautiful on US radio. Until switching her focus to songwriting/toplining and attracting the attention of Marc Jordan (Rebel One Publishing) the former manager credited for launching the career of Rihanna and owner of Rebel One Management & Publishing. As a songwriter Roy has experienced international success with releases for artists including Adam Lambert, Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer, Marlee Scott, Deorro, Anish Sood and Brendan Murray.
In 2019, Roy was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with a song she wrote and produced with Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt and Tom Shapiro. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however Roy had a top 20 hit in Ireland reaching number 12 in the homegrown charts. Roy was subsequently chosen again to represent Ireland in the 2021 contest, with a different song, titled "Maps" which charted at number 3 in the Irish home grown chart.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lesley Roy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.