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Emeli Sande Talks ‘Our Version of Events’ Album

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by Erika Ramirez, N.Y.  |   April 20, 2012 3:20 EDT

“If you really want something you have to be prepared to be the clown,” Emeli Sandé said at her NYC showcase in February, before going into one of her most honest songs, “Clown.”

Emeli Sandé Talks Career Start: ‘People Didn’t Know What to Do With Me’

Sandé isn’t fearful to fill her lyrics with emotion, to show herself for those who can’t or fearful themselves. “I wanted to sing about things that people think they can’t sing about,” Sandé told The Juice of her album, “Our Version of Events.”

“I just wanted to make something that’s very honest, [of] what I was experiencing, and how I felt about the world. Its ‘our version of events,’ its how we wanted to make it,” Sandé continued in the second part of her two-part Juice interview.

“Our Version of Events,” which debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. Albums chart on March 4, is laced with intimate stories of Emeli’s relationships, from family to lovers. “Everything else is relationships. people in my life I would do anything for. There is a song called ‘Mountains’ that’s about my parents and they’re struggle.”

In the new video for her second U.K. single, “My Kind of Love,” Sandé takes care of someone close to her heart who appears to be suffering from cancer.

“I wanted the album to have a real message of hope to it and speak about things that are great in the world. I think there are is a couple tracks that are romantic relationships. There is a couple songs that are about romantic relationships, but the other love songs i just wanted to speak about unconditional love, for whoever,” Sandé said.

Sandé is moving full speed ahead with promoting her powerful debut album. Aside from debuting “My Kind of Love” yesterday (April 19), the singer-songwriter also released a video for her U.S. single, “Next to Me.” “Our Version of Events” currently holds the No. 5 slot on the U.K. album chart.

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Coldplay Mylo Xyloto

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Coldplay Mylo Xyloto

 

Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. Immediately after they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, completing the line-up. Manager Phil Harvey is frequently considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed themselves “Coldplay” in 1998,[6] before recording and releasing 3 EPs; Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. The latter was their first release on a major label, right after signing to Parlophone.

They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single “Yellow” in 2000, followed by their debut album released in the same year, Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band’s second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), was released to favourable reviews and won multiple awards, including NME’s Album of the Year, and has been widely considered the best of the Nelson-produced Coldplay albums. Their next release, X&Y, the best-selling album worldwide in 2005, was initially met with mixed reviews upon its release. However, the band’s fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely favourable reviews, earning several Grammy nominations and wins at the 51st Grammy Awards. In August 2011, they announced that a fifth studio album, titled Mylo Xyloto, would be released on October 24, 2011.

The band has won a number of music awards throughout their career, including six Brit Awards – winning Best British Group three times, four MTV Video Music Awards, and seven Grammy Awards from twenty nominations. As one of the world’s best-selling music artists, Coldplay have sold over 50 million records worldwide.

Coldplay have been an active supporter of various social and political causes, such as Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International. The group have also performed at various charity projects such as Band Aid 20, Live 8, Sound Relief, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

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