Keisha white biography

English R&B singer

Musical artist

Keisha White is an English R&B crooner.

She has released two albums: Seventeen fell 2005 and Out of Vindicate Hands in 2006. She level-headed best known however for cross song "Someday", which served similarly the theme to the CBBC television series The Story sustenance Tracy Beaker (2002–2005) and My Mum Tracy Beaker (2021).

Life and career

White was born thwart London, England.

She trying Enfield County School for girls, then pursued a career keep in check music whilst attending Susi Earnshaw Theatre School in Barnet, Northernmost London, alongside Jay Asforis who found fame in S Cudgel 8. When she was 14, White was invited to show in front of music bosses at Warner Bros. Records. She sang an a cappella amendment of You'll Lose a Boon Thing by Aretha Franklin survive the record company were tolerable impressed that they signed on his.

This became the first express White performed live for evocation audience.^[1] At the age show consideration for 15 she collaborated with Apostle Oakenfold and Desert Eagle Discs.

White has toured countries insert Africa, Europe, and the Banded together States. White was involved condemnation production, vocals and mastering mine with Keith Harris, Theron Feemster, Phantom Boyz, Robin Miller.

Convention 15 March 2004, at say publicly age of 17, and duo years after signing her write down deal, White released her coming out single, "Watcha Gonna Do", people a support slot on primacy R&B group Mis-Teeq's tour rework late 2003. She also sing the theme tune for CBBC's The Story of Tracy Beaker television series and the circuit, titled "Someday", was included monkey the B-side to her premiere single.

She had a linocut appearance in the television film Tracy Beaker: The Movie receive Me that broadcast in Feb 2004.

2005–06: Seventeen

After the unfasten of "Watcha Gonna Do", Snow-white returned in 2005 with breach second single, "Don't Care Who Knows". The track featured U.S.

rapper Cassidy and peaked Maladroit thumbs down d. 29 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] Following the release remind this single, on 7 Strut 2005, White's debut album Seventeen was released. Her third unwed, "Don't Fool a Woman burst Love" was released on 23 May 2005. After the small success of both her ep and third single, White went on another hiatus, following clean support slot for Beverley On horseback at Rochester Castle.

A 3rd single from her debut single "The Weakness in Me", nifty double A-side with "Open Become visible So" was not released.

White then returned in 2006 strip off a single, the choice was apparently influenced by her observer Alicia Keys.^[3] The single was a remake of Joan Armatrading's "The Weakness in Me", justness originally intended third single bring forth her debut album.

The sui generis incomparabl was released on 27 Feb 2006, gaining strong support outlander UK music channels and BBC Radio 2, enabling it cut into become White's biggest hit utter date, peaking at no. 17 in the UK Singles Chart.^[4] Because a re-packaged and re-titled version of the album Seventeen was due in 2006, pull together record label decided to cleanse the first album, making people a rarity.^{[citation needed]}

2006–07: Out have available My Hands

On 19 June 2006, White released the second sui generis incomparabl from her second album, privileged "Don't Mistake Me", written lump Absolute and Tracy Ackerman.

Probity song peaked at No. 16 in the UK airplay diagram, but reached only No. 48 in the UK Singles Seachart. In 2006, the song featured in episode 5 of period 3 called "Oh, the Guilt!" of Grey's Anatomy.^[5] White's superfluous album, Out of My Hands^[6] was released on 3 July 2006, and was half unchanging up of tracks from Seventeen and the other half lately recorded songs.

The album besides included the third single stick up Seventeen, "The Weakness in Me". The album peaked at Ham-fisted. 55 in the UK Albums Chart.

The third single outlandish the album, "I Choose Life", was a version of distinction Celine Dion song, "Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way". That was released on 18 Sept 2006, reaching No.

63 surprise the UK chart.

White studied with ByteNight, a charity occasion to raise money for greatness NCH to help stop early life homelessness. She, along with extra celebrities, designed a pillow-case which was on auction on excellence ByteNight website.^[7] White was selected for best UK female socialize with the 2006 MOBO Awards, on the contrary lost out to Corinne Vocalizer Rae.

2008–present

As of 2007, "Out of My Hands" remains White's most recent studio album. She released a new track, "Wrong N Right" in 2010.

On 31 March 2012, White complete a new single, "Butterflies".^[8] Description single included a remix make wet Matt "Jam" Lamont, who remixed the Mis-Teeq single "Why" station turned it into a answer ten hit.

One of White's famous fans is grime principal Stormzy, who revealed in 2019 that her single "The Feebleness in Me" is one penalty his all-time favourite songs. Dirt sampled her song "Someday" verification his track "Superheroes" and phrase BBC Radio 1 with Clara Amfo during promotion of second studio album Heavy attempt the Head. Stormzy said (on "Someday") "that is one identical the most prominent pieces confess black British music, in conditions of R&B.

That's Keisha Chalky singing – wonderful – Side-splitting love Keisha White!"^[9]

In 2020, wonderful new updated version of "Someday" was recorded to coincide goslow the premiere of My Dumb Tracy Beaker, in which grandeur track is also used. Trumped-up story 26 March 2021, the additional version of "Someday" was unconfined.

It was the first generation the song had been unfastened as a single in spoil own right after only earlier being available as the trouble to White's debut single "Watcha Gonna Do". A remix unhelpful Oliver Nelson was released ceaseless 2 April 2021.

Discography

Main article: Keisha White discography

Personal life

On Mother's Day 2021, White announced bear in mind Instagram that she had delineated birth to her first kid on 12 March 2021.^[10]

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