Beverley Knight

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风格: #新灵魂乐　#浩室舞曲　#酸性爵士　#当代节奏布鲁斯　#灵魂乐　#都市音乐　#深度放克复兴
地区: United Kingdom 英国

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也许你会对这位今年全英音乐奖“最佳流行女歌手”入围者Beverley Knight稍感陌生，但这位年仅25岁的歌手早已是获奖无数，并被英国杂志喻为“英国R&B女王”。

曾在Club驻唱的Beverley Knight，完美饶富灵性的灵魂唱腔与创作天赋，1995年在制作人2Be3全力制作下，于独立厂牌Dome Records成功发行首支单曲“Flava Of The Old Skool”，这首在英国迅速成为Swing/Soul畅销单曲的作品，同时亦成为舞池中的国歌。在单曲成功后，她随即发行了专辑《B-Funk》，这张专辑不但再次为她带来“Down For The One”及“Movin’ On Up”两首名扬日本、北欧及西欧等地的畅销作品，同时也为她赢得了1996 Black Music最佳R&B艺人的肯定。这一连串的成功，也吸引了国际厂牌的目光，1998年，Beverley投入Parlophone旗下英国R&B名厂Rhythm，发行最新专辑《Prodigal Sista》，耀眼如黑丝绒的歌声，暗现出璀灿动人的诱惑力，首支单曲“Made It Back”，一记高亢的长音，若是划破天际星斗间的流星，一推出即获得英国公信排行杂志Music Week五颗星的特选评鉴。同时亦获得各大杂志的一致好评，单曲“Sista Sista”也在舞曲排行上获得极佳的评价。一个你不可错过的好声音！

Beverley Knight MBE (born 22 March 1973) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. Heavily influenced by soul greats such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released six studio albums to date. Widely labelled as one of Britain's greatest soul singers, Knight is best known for her hit singles Greatest Day, Get Up!, Shoulda Woulda Coulda and Come as You Are.

In 2006, Knight solidified her transmission into the mainstream by starring in BBC One music TV show, Just the Two of Us, a role she reprised in 2007. After releasing a platinum-selling compilation album in 2006, Knight went on to tour the UK with a reformed Take That. She has also hosted four series of the BBC Radio 2 show Beverley's Gospel Nights, which explores the origins and impact of gospel music. To date the show has run for four seasons and has featured interviews with stars such as Destiny's Child and Shirley Caesar.

Knight is an ambassador for many charities such as Christian Aid and has travelled to areas affected by disease and poverty to help raise awareness. She is an active campaigner for anti-Aids organisations such as the Stop AIDS Campaign and The Terrence Higgins Trust and is also a vocal campaigner against homophobic lyrics in urban music. On Saturday 15 August 2009 she performed live at the fourth annual UK Black Pride event in Regents Park.

On Friday 4 December 2009, at the invitation of Sarah Brown, wife of the Prime Minister, Knight performed the two songs Shoulda Woulda Coulda and Gold to an invited audience at 10 Downing Street in support of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Million Mums charity.

After more than a decade in the industry, Knight was made an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II in February 2007 in recognition of her charitable work and the contribution she has made to British music. In September 2005, Knight was made an honorary Doctor of Music from the University of Wolverhampton. After receiving a host of awards, including three MOBO Awards, Knight was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 at the Urban Music Awards in London.

In 2007 Knight was voted number 58 in the 100 Great Black Britons poll.

Knight supported Prince during his residency at the O2 Arena and ended up performing at his after party. As a result of this, she was also flown to perform at his Oscars party in front of A-list stars and got a standing ovation from stars such as Quincy Jones.

Knight sang at the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony. The performance was unanimously praised and a recorded version by Knight reached #101 on iTunes, her first charting single since Soul Survivor and highest since Beautiful Night in 2010 and 2009 respectively.

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