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Clare Maguire

Clare Rita Mary Maguire (born 15 September 1987) is an English singer-songwriter who was signed to Universal Music Group Polydor Records in 2008. She was announced on the 3 January 2011 as 5th place in the BBC Sound of 2011 list of the top 15 most promising new artists.[2] Maguire was also singled out as one of MTV's Brand New: For 2011 Acts.[3] Her voice has been compared to Annie Lennox[4] and Stevie Nicks.[5]

Maguire's debut album, Light After Dark was released on February 28, 2011.

History

2005–09: Career beginnings

When she was 17, Maguire began travelling regularly to London to establish music contacts and also began posting demo songs on MySpace. One of these tracks, a song called Strangest Thing recorded with Joe Flory (Primary 1) approached 500,000 plays,[6] leading to interest from a number of major recording companies. Maguire was also invited to Jay-Z's restaurant to meet the American rapper and millionaire businessman[7] and other well established recording artists, including Jarvis Cocker, who was impressed and offered her one of his songs.[6] Maguire signed a recording contract with Polydor Records in 2008 and since then has been working on her debut album Light After Dark with producer Fraser T. Smith, who has previously worked with Kylie and Adele.[2]

2010–present: Light After Dark

Maguire began a European concert tour in October 2010 supporting Plan B and Hurts, an English synthpop duo from Manchester composed of singer Theo Hutchcraft and synth player Adam Anderson.[8] She has also written a song with fellow Birmingham rap artist Mike Skinner entitled "Lock the Locks" which will feature on his last Streets album, Computers and Blues.[9] Maguire also features on a track entitled "Midnight Caller" that appears on Drum and Bass-duo Chase & Status' second studio album, No More Idols.

Maguire released her debut single "Ain't Nobody" in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2010 through Polydor Records,[10] where it debuted at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart. Maguire's song "You're Electric" was selected as the iTunes single of the week and was available for a free digital download from 28 December until 3 January 2011.[11] The song also appears on Light After Dark, but was released as a part of an iTunes-exclusive EP entitled Let's Begin.

On 31 December 2010, a song titled "Lucky" appeared as another free promotional download on Amazon.[10] However, the single does not currently appear on the Light After Dark tracklisting. In January 2011, Maguire confirmed on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show that her second official single would be entitled "The Last Dance". The single was said to have been written by Maguire the day after the death of music legend Michael Jackson in response to a series of unjustified comments.[12] The official video that accompanied the single was first premiered by The Sun on 7 January 2011 and was directed by AlexandLiane.[13] The song was 4Music and TheBox's 'VIP Track of the week'. It was also 'Record Of The Week' for BBC Radio 1 DJs Fearne Cotton and Dev. BBC Radio 1 added the song to the B-List on its playlist. She is touted to become one of the biggest new sensations of 2011

Personal life

Born in Solihull,[14] on 15 September 1987[15] Maguire comes from a large musical Irish family, the middle child of three born to Caroline (nee Deehan) and Francis Maguire Sr.[16] and started singing and writing music from the age of 7.[17] She includes among her significant influences Johnny Cash, Prince, Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac and Sister Rosetta Tharpe,[2] the pioneering 1940s gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist who popularised mixing spiritual lyrics with rock and roll accompaniment.[18]

Discography

See full list at Clare Maguire discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK
2011 Light After Dark –

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[19]
2010 "Ain't Nobody" 78 Light After Dark
2011 "The Last Dance" 23

Guest appearances

List of appearances, showing year and album name
Year Single Album
2011 "Midnight Caller" (with Chase & Status) No More Idols
"Lock The Locks" (with The Streets) Computers and Blues

Tours

On February 3rd, Maguire announced details of a UK and Ireland tour set for March and April.[20] The dates are:

  • March 25 2011 - Manchester Band On The Wall
  • March 26 2011 - Glasgow Kings Tut's Wah Wah Hut
  • March 28 2011 - Dublin Sugar Club
  • March 30 2011 - Leeds Cockpit
  • March 31 2011 - London Kings College Student Union
  • April 1 2011 - Bristol Thekla
  • April 3 2011 - Birmingham Glee Club
  • April 4 2011 - Nottingham Glee Club
  • April 5 2011 - Oxford O2 Academy 2

Maguire has also supported synth-pop duo Hurts and also Plan B in the past. She is due to support The Script on their arena tour in March.

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Nominated work Award Result
2010 BBC Sound of 2011[21] Clare Maguire Sound of 2011 Nominated
Fifth place
MTV Brand New[22] Clare Maguire New for 2011 Nominated
Q Awards[23] Clare Maguire Next Big Thing Won

References

  1. ^ Clare Maguire signs to Universal Republic Records, Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Sound of 2011 Clare Maguire". BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. ^ "MTV Clare Maguire". MTV. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.thismustbepop.com/2011/01/next-big-thing-a-z-of-2011-part-2.html
  5. ^ "One To Watch : Clare Maguire". Retrieved 31 December 2010. {{cite web}}: |first= has numeric name (help); |first= missing |last= (help)
  6. ^ a b Lester, Paul (13 October 2010). "New Band of the day: Clare Maguire". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  7. ^ Cochrane, Greg. "Introducing…Clare Maguire". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Tour dates". Clare Maguire. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  9. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (23 December 2010). "Clare Maguire, Katy B and the Pierces: pop's new queens in waiting". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  10. ^ a b More, Breaking. (2010-09-13) Breaking More Waves: Clare Maguire – Ain't Nobody. Breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
  11. ^ "You're Electric – Single of the Week". iTunes. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  12. ^ Clare Maguire – Last Dance. Detailsofmylife.net. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
  13. ^ Clare Maguire - Last Dance. thesun.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-01-07.
  14. ^ http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/01/12/ Where she went to school at the independant all girls-school, Saint Martin's. She has stated in an interview that her teachers had told her give up on her aspirations to become a musician, however she decided to ignore them and carry on. birmingham-singer-clare-maguire-named-star-of-2011-97319-27970199/
  15. ^ Clare Maguire set to be a 2011 star with her electro-pop. mirror.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
  16. ^ "Clare Maguire". Last FM. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  17. ^ "Clare Maguire". MTV. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Sister Rosetta Tharpe". Livin Blues. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  19. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12741 UK Chart Stats - Clare Maguire
  20. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/clare-maguire/54812
  21. ^ Youngs, Ian. (2010-12-06) BBC News – BBC Sound of 2011: Clare Maguire. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
  22. ^ MTV's Brand New: For 2011 Acts Announced! | Brand New For 2011 | News | MTV UK. Mtv.co.uk (2010-11-30). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
  23. ^ "Q Awards 2010: Winners List And Photos". 25 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.


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