Little Boots
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Victoria Hesketh |
| Born | 4 May 1984 [1] Blackpool, Lancashire, UK |
| Origin | Thornton, Lancashire, UK |
| Genres | electropop, synthpop |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, piano, Tenori-on, stylophone[2] |
| Labels | IAMSOUND, Sixsevenine, Atlantic, Elektra |
| Website | www.littlebootsmusic.co.uk |
Victoria Christina Hesketh (born 4 May 1984),[1] also known by her stage name Little Boots, is an English pop singer.[3] She auditioned for the ITV Talent competition Pop Idol when she was sixteen. Afterwards she went on tour in Europe with a jazz group. Then she became the lead singer for a band called Dead Disco. After that, she started a solo career.[4]
Little Boots' stage name is from a movie called Caligula. A friend gave her the nickname. She has been compared to other female pop singers like Lady Gaga, Ladyhawke, Florence and the Machine and La Roux.[5] Little Boots got a lot of attention in January 2009 when she came top of a list called the BBC Sound of Music 2009 poll.[6] She also got a BRIT critics choice award nomination that has brought her mainstream media attention.[7]
Her first album, Hands, was released on the 8 June 2009. It got to #5 in the UK Albums Chart. Her highest charting single so far is "New in Town". As a musician Little Boots sings and plays the keyboard, piano, stylophone and a Japanese electronic instrument, called a Tenori-on.[8]
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, Aidan (2009-02-15 26 years old). "Little boots in a big bad world". Scotland on Sunday. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/Little-boots-in-a-big.4980446.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ↑ "Little Boots". MTV. http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/little-boots. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ↑ "BBC Sound of 2009: Little Boots". BBC News. 2008-12-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766442.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Info on Little Boots - MTV". http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/little_boots/artist.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ↑ Day, Elizabeth (2009-04-19). "Pop's new wave: quirky, stylish girls fashioned from the 80s". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/19/female-artists-pop-music. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ↑ "Little Boots tops music tips list". BBC News. 2009-01-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7814304.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
- ↑ "Critics' Choice". The Brits. http://www.brits.co.uk/nominations/critics-choice. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ↑ "Little Boots: the Tenori-On, the video and the interview". The Guardian. 2009-01-11. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jan/11/tenori-on-little-boots. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
