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Beverley Knight

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Channeling the sound and spirit of classic R&B, soul diva Beverley Knight emerged as one of Britain`s biggest new pop stars of the nineties. Born in 1973, Beverley grew up in a strict Pentecostal environment and sang in her church choir throughout adolescence. She began writing her own material age thirteen influenced by gospel music and crossover artists such as Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke. At seventeen, Beverley was headlining local nightclubs and singing advertising jingles for a local radio station. The exposure earned her a recording contract offer, but she declined, instead studying religious theory and philosophy at the University of Wolverhampton.

In late 1994, Beverley signed to the independent label Dome, teaming with London production trio 2BE3 to cut her debut LP, The B-Funk. A critical smash that earned plaudits for its adherence to old-school soul production and sensibilities, the album won a number of media and industry awards. Beverley split with Dome in 1997 and signed with EMI`s Parlophone subsidiary to release Prodigal Sista in the summer of 1998. The album generated five Top 40 smashes, chief among them Greatest Day and Make It Back `99, a collaboration with U.S. rapper Redman, and was well on its way to winning Best Album honors at the annual MOBO Awards.

The chart smashes Get Up! and Shoulda Woulda Coulda anticipated the spring 2002 release of Beverley`s third LP, Who I Am, a Top Ten hit and Mercury Music Prize nominee celebrated as the singer`s most deeply personal effort up to that point. She next teamed with pop producers Guy Chambers and Peter-John Vettese for 2004`s Affirmation, which boasted a polished, mainstream. The record became Beverley`s biggest-selling release yet, buoyed by the hits Not Too Late for Love and Keep This Fire Burning.

Beverley is an ambassador for charities including the Stop AIDS Campaign, Christian Aid, and the Terrence Higgins Trust. In 2006 she was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her creative and charitable contributions.

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