Lola Young
Sign in to saveLola Emily Mary Young is an English musician. Born and raised in South London, she attracted attention in 2016 when she won the under-16 category of Open Mic UK and reached the finals of Got What It Takes?. She released her debut single in October 2019 and then the EPs Intro, Renaissance, and After Midnight. In 2021, she recorded a version of Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey's "Together in Electric Dreams" for that year's John Lewis Christmas advert. Around this time, she was nominated for the Brit Award for Rising Star and came fourth on the BBC's Sound of....
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Lola Emily Mary Young is a British singer, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter. Born in Croydon in 2001, she is a citizen of the United Kingdom and speaks English. She is educated at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Her professional work period began in 2019. She is signed to the record label Island Records.
Young has received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance. She is the relative of Julia Donaldson. She has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Lola Young is an English singer and songwriter from Beckenham, South London. She is best known for covering the 1980s hit "Together in Electric Dreams" for the John Lewis Christmas advert, with a slowed down arrangement, and for her 2024 song "Messy", which became her first song to top the UK Singles Chart.
Known for
- Quotidien — Self - Guest2016
- The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Musical Guest2015
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
- The Graham Norton Show — Self - Musical Guest2007
- Taratata — Self (performer)1993
- Later... with Jools Holland — Self - Performer1992
- MTV Video Music Awards — Self1984
- The BRIT Awards — Self1977
- The Grammys — Self1959
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 2001
Discography
- Intro2019
- Apple Music Home Session: Lola Young2020
- None for You2020
- Renaissance2020
- Woman2020
- Woman (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix)2020
- Woman (P2J Remix)2020
- After Midnight2021
- Bad Tattoo2021
- Blue (2AM)2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lola
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Croydon
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Record label
- Island Records
- Official website
- www.lola-young.com
- Image
- LolaYoungKings170925 (11 of 26) - 54793834792 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 2001-01-04
- Commons category
- Lola Young (singer-songwriter)
- social media followers
- 546000
- medical condition
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- start of work period
- 2019-00-00
- relative
- Julia Donaldson
- name in native language
- Lola Young
- birth name
- Lola Emily Mary Young
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