WHAT IT IS: Hailing from Brisbane, Australia with U.K. roots, this 18-year-old has proven to be one of the hottest pop/soul prospects of the year so far. GRACE grew up with the sounds of everything from Smokey Robinson to Janis Joplin and Shirley Bassey to Amy Winehouse. As for her own style, she has a raw, throaty, soulful sound and an emotional timbre that belies her tender years. Her first single, “You Don’t Own Me”—a cover of Lesley Gore’s 1963 anthem, which features new verses rapped by G-Eazy—is already a #1 hit in the U.K. and Australia, while breaking at Pop radio in the U.S. It was produced by its original producer, the legendary Quincy Jones, and Parker Ighile (Nicki Minaj).
ALBUM: Memo (EP)
RELEASE DATE: 5/25/15
SINGLE: “You Don’t Own Me” f/G-Eazy
TV: Recent stops at Today, Colbert, Kelly & Michael; Live from Daryl’s House airs this summer
LIVE: Opened for Leon Bridges on his European tour
INTERNET: 44m+ total streams of single; 32m+ video views
RADIO: #25 at Top 40 radio and growing; currently on more than 120 Top 40 stations; hit #1 on U.K. & Australia radio charts
PRESS: WWD, House of Fraser Christmas advert 2015, FADER (“she’s in possession of the voice and swagger of someone much older”), Teen Vogue, Seventeen, SPIN, ARTISTdirect (“GRACE is one of the year’s most important new voices”)
BOOKING: Mark Cheatham/CAA
PUBLISHING: Sony/ATV
MANAGEMENT: Efe Ogbeni/Regime Music Societe