Anne-Marie

Biography

Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1990) is an English singer and songwriter. She has achieved commercial success with songs "Alarm×Alarm20 May 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Alarm3:25" (2016), "Ciao Adios" (2017), "Friends" (2018), "2002" (2018), "Rewrite The Stars×Rewrite the Stars25 October 2018 · Single · SoundtrackSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rewrite the Stars3:38" (2018), "Don't Play" (2021), "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" (2021), "Psycho×PSYCHO15 September 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1PSYCHO2:43" (2022), "Baby Don't Hurt Me" (2023), and "Unhealthy×UNHEALTHY28 July 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1SUCKS TO BE YOU0:432SAD B!TCH2:123PSYCHO2:424HAUNT YOU2:535TRAINWRECK3:036GRUDGE2:127OBSESSED2:258KILLS ME TO LOVE YOU2:229UNHEALTHY2:2910IRISH GOODBYE2:0911CUCKOO2:3512YOU & I3:2513NEVER LOVED ANYONE BEFORE2:54" (2023). She was featured on Clean Bandit's "Rockabye" (2016), which peaked at number one in twenty-seven territories, including the United Kingdom. She has released 3 albums: Speak Your Mind×Speak Your Mind27 April 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Cry4:322Ciao Adios3:213Alarm3:264Trigger3:135Then3:366Perfect3:547FRIENDS3:258Bad Girlfriend3:269Heavy2:541020023:0711Can I Get Your Number3:2012Machine4:0713Breathing Fire3:5514Some People3:1115Used to Love You4:0916Rockabye4:13 (2018), which peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, Therapy×Therapy23 July 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1x22:462Don’t Play3:093Kiss My (Uh‐Oh)2:574Who I Am2:325Our Song2:446Way Too Long2:307Breathing3:248Unlovable2:239Beautiful3:1510Tell Your Girlfriend2:1511Better Not Together3:0912Therapy2:46 (2021), and Unhealthy (2023), both of which peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart.
Anne-Marie was nominated for four awards at the 2019 Brit Awards, including Best British Female Solo Artist. To date she has been nominated for ten Brit Awards and has also received a nomination for a Billboard Music Award and a Grammy Award. She has been signed to Asylum Records since 2015. From 2021 to 2023, Anne-Marie appeared as a coach on the television singing competition The Voice UK.

Early life

Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson was born on 7 April 1990 in East Tilbury, Essex. Her mother is a local teacher and her father is a builder and handyman from the East End of London. She has an older sister named Samantha.
When she was five, Anne-Marie went to stage school. She appeared in two West End productions as a child: she auditioned for Les Misérables aged six, without telling her parents, and performed in Whistle Down the Wind with Jessie J when she was twelve.
Anne-Marie attended St Clere's School at Stanford-le-Hope, where she was involved in performing arts. Her initial popularity there ended when she was fourteen—she was shunned and bullied by her classmates after being accused of cheating on her boyfriend, when she had only spoken to another boy on the phone late at night. Anne-Marie also said she regrets being a difficult child—exacerbated by her grandmother's death when she was twelve—and was advised by Ed Sheeran to "call [her] mum and dad every day". She began filming herself singing in her room as a teenager. Anne-Marie went on to go to Palmer's College in Thurrock.
Anne-Marie is a black belt in Shotokan karate. She began taking lessons aged nine, and became a triple world champion, winning double gold in the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships in 2002, and further gold and silver in 2007; as well as gold in the United Kingdom Traditional Karate Federation National Championships. She credits karate with teaching her the "discipline and focus" necessary for her singing career, but tours have made it difficult for her to find time for the sport.

2013–2015: Career beginnings and Karate

After a chance meeting, Anne-Marie secured recording time in Rocket Studios, owned by Elton John, which signed her to a recording contract after hearing her sing. On Rocket, she released the demo "Summer Girl" in 2013. It attracted attention when Ed Sheeran linked to it on his Twitter account. A possible solo career was curtailed for her to develop herself as an artist. After guest appearances on songs by Magnetic Man, Gorgon City, and Raized by Wolves, she gained the attention of Rudimental, and in 2014 she was asked to replace a vocalist who left the band. Anne-Marie then spent two years touring with Rudimental as a vocalist. She also featured on four tracks on their second album We the Generation (2015), including co-features with Dizzee Rascal and Will Heard, and "Rumour Mill×Rumour Mill20 June 2015 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rumour Mill4:04", which reached number 67 on the UK Singles Chart and gave her enough confidence to go solo. She said that she was writing daily while touring.
Anne-Marie's debut extended play (EP), Karate EP×Karate EP10 July 2015 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Karate3:262Gemini3:323Stole3:534Stole (Chole Martini Refix)4:50, was released on 10 June 2015, under Rudimental's then-new label Major Tom's. Produced by Josh Record and Two Inch Records, it contained three tracks and a remix. Debut single "Karate" and "Gemini" led to Anne-Marie making her first solo live performances. The Guardian favorably reviewed "Boy" and opined that Karate "proves she's ready to step out alone". She released the single "Do It Right×Do It Right20 November 2015 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Do It Right3:15" in November, which peaked at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum in Australia.

2016–2018: Speak Your Mind

Her debut album had the working title of Breathing Fire. In May 2016, Anne-Marie released "Alarm×Alarm20 May 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Alarm3:25", the first single from her debut album. It spent one week at number 76 in June before resurfacing a month later; it later peaked at number 16 and was certified double platinum in the UK. In October 2016, Anne-Marie was confirmed to play at the 31st edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, Netherlands. On 10 October 2016, Anne-Marie featured on Illy's song "Catch 22×Catch 2210 October 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Catch 223:41". The same month, Clean Bandit released their song "Rockabye", with Anne-Marie as main vocalist and featuring Jamaican rapper Sean Paul. It spent nine consecutive weeks at number one and gained the coveted Christmas number one. The song has since been certified multi-platinum across most of Europe, North America and Oceania. The Official Charts Company ranked "Rockabye" as the 57th biggest song of the decade (2010–2019) in the UK.

In March 2017, Anne-Marie released "Ciao Adios", which she had previously performed live at KOKO on 28 November 2016. The single became a top 10 hit in the UK, charting at number nine and being certified double platinum by the BPI. In May 2017, Anne-Marie teamed up with Nick Jonas and Mike Posner on the single "Remember I Told You". Anne-Marie's next single saw her collaborate with Snakehips on "Either Way×Either Way28 July 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Either Way3:08", which also featured Joey Badass. In September 2017, Anne-Marie released "Heavy×Heavy22 September 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Heavy2:52", followed by "Then" on 15 December. In 2018, Anne-Marie collaborated with Marshmello on "Friends". The song was released on 9 February 2018, and was Anne-Marie's second top five UK hit as a lead artist. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Friends" was the ninth best-selling single of 2018 with sales of 9.6 million track-equivalent units.
Anne-Marie's debut studio album, Speak Your Mind×Speak Your Mind27 April 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Cry4:322Ciao Adios3:213Alarm3:264Trigger3:135Then3:366Perfect3:547FRIENDS3:258Bad Girlfriend3:269Heavy2:541020023:0711Can I Get Your Number3:2012Machine4:0713Breathing Fire3:5514Some People3:1115Used to Love You4:0916Rockabye4:13, was released on 27 April 2018. Prior to the release of her album, Anne-Marie released the single "2002" on 20 April in response to constant urging by Ed Sheeran, the co-creator of the song. "2002" became one of Anne-Marie's most successful singles worldwide. It peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, where it spent 47 non-consecutive weeks. In South Korea, the song topped the country's year-end chart in 2019, making Anne-Marie the first and only foreign artist to achieve this feat. That same year, "2002" was also the most-streamed song on the Korean music streaming service Melon. As of March 2023, "2002" is the fourth-longest-charting song in Melon history (145 weeks), and the only non-Korean song to surpass 350 million streams on the platform.
Her debut album, Speak Your Mind, was a commercial success, peaking at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and charting in 22 other countries. It has since been certified Platinum in the UK and remained on the chart for a total of 102 non-consecutive weeks. Speak Your Mind was also the biggest debut album by a British artist in 2018. On 15 June 2018, Anne-Marie teamed up with Rudimental and Major Lazer on a song "Let Me Live×Let Me Live15 June 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Let Me Live3:26", which also featured Mr Eazi. In July 2018, Anne-Marie featured on a David Guetta song titled "Don't Leave Me Alone", which peaked at 18 on the UK Singles chart.

In November 2018, Anne-Marie released the single "Perfect To Me×Perfect to Me2 November 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Perfect to Me3:18", which was a remixed and retitled version of her song "Perfect" from her debut album. On 4 November, Anne-Marie and Marshmello performed an acoustic version of "Friends" at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards. The same month, Anne-Marie and James Arthur recorded "Rewrite the Stars×Rewrite the Stars25 October 2018 · Single · SoundtrackSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rewrite the Stars3:38" from The Greatest Showman for the re-recording of its soundtrack, The Greatest Showman: Reimagined.

2019–2021: The Voice UK, single releases and Therapy

Following the release of her debut album in 2018, Anne-Marie began working on her next album. In an interview at the Brit Awards 2019, she stated that the album had been finished. However, it was ultimately scrapped later that year.
In June 2019, Anne-Marie performed her first solo set on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2019. In August 2019, Lauv released the single "Fuck, I'm Lonely", featuring Anne-Marie, for the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3. Anne-Marie released the song "Birthday×Birthday7 February 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Birthday3:01" on 7 February 2020. On Mother's Day 2020, Anne-Marie released the song "Her". In May 2020, Anne-Marie featured on a remix of "This City" by Sam Fischer. "To Be Young", was released on 17 July, featuring American rapper Doja Cat. On 28 August, Anne-Marie featured on the Rudimental song "Come Over×Come Over28 August 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Come Over3:27", alongside Tion Wayne. On 12 November, Anne-Marie released the single "Problems×Problems12 November 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Problems2:36". On the same day, her documentary, How To Be Anne-Marie, was released on YouTube Originals. The documentary gives light to the fans and a closer look about her personal life and her "time away from the limelight". Her documentary also features fellow celebrities, including Little Mix.
On 2 January 2021, she made her first appearance as the newest coach for the tenth series of The Voice UK, replacing Meghan Trainor. A member of her team, Craig Eddie, won series 10, giving Anne-Marie her first win on her first series as a coach. Anne-Marie spent the next two years as the coach, with the twelfth series, aired in 2023, being her last.
On 15 January, Anne-Marie released the single "Don't Play" in collaboration with British YouTuber and rapper-singer KSI and English DJ and producer Digital Farm Animals as the lead single from her second studio album. Anne-Marie contributed vocals on the song "Way Too Long×Way Too Long9 April 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Way Too Long2:30" in collaboration with Nathan Dawe and MoStack on 9 April. The same month, she teamed up with Singaporean singer JJ Lin on a song "Bedroom×Bedroom23 April 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Bedroom3:24" from his EP, Like You Do. On 13 May, Anne-Marie announced the single "Our Song×Our Song21 May 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Our Song2:43" with Niall Horan as the third single from her upcoming second studio album. The song was released on 21 May. On 12 July, Anne-Marie released the track "Beautiful×Beautiful12 July 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Beautiful3:152Our Song2:44". The music video for the song retold the life of the Syrian refugee and parathlete Dima Aktaa. On 23 July, Anne-Marie released the single "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" as the fourth single, featuring Little Mix and released the album Therapy×Therapy23 July 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1x22:462Don’t Play3:093Kiss My (Uh‐Oh)2:574Who I Am2:325Our Song2:446Way Too Long2:307Breathing3:248Unlovable2:239Beautiful3:1510Tell Your Girlfriend2:1511Better Not Together3:0912Therapy2:46. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
On 30 September, Anne-Marie released her first book "You Deserve Better: An Imperfect Guide To Finding Your Own Happiness". The book was published by Orion Spring and was a Sunday Times bestseller. As of 8 February 2022, the book has sold over 10 000 copies. The Korean version of the book was published on 23 February 2022 and was the only official translation.
In November 2021 it was announced she would dance with Graziano Di Prima in the 2021 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, which she went on to win. The same month, Anne-Marie and Niall Horan released a cover of Fleetwood Mac's song "Everywhere" for the BBC Children in Need alongside other British musicians, including Ed Sheeran and Yungblud.

2022–2024: Unhealthy, features in other artists' songs

On 8 February 2022, Anne-Marie performed a medley of "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" and "Don't Play" at the 42nd Brit Awards. At the beginning of her performance, she stumbled while descending the steps to the stage but continued singing. Following the performance, she was praised by fans for her quick recovery. Anne-Marie's fall was described as one of the most talked-about moments of the 2022 Brit Awards ceremony. Talking to The Standard amid the premiere of the eleventh series of The Voice, Anne-Marie revealed that she had torn a tendon as a result of the fall.

In May 2022, Anne-Marie collaborated with Swedish DJ duo Neiked and American rapper Latto on the song "I Just Called×I Just Called27 May 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Just Called2:30" On 19 August, Anne-Marie featured on the remix of Diljit Dosanjh's single "Peaches", while on 26 August, Seventeen's new version of their song "_World" featuring Anne-Marie was released. On 16 September, Anne-Marie released the single "Psycho×PSYCHO15 September 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1PSYCHO2:43", in collaboration with British rapper Aitch, as the lead single from her third studio album. The song interpolates Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" by Lou Bega, and peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
In an interview with FM104 regarding her third studio album, Anne-Marie explained that "I've been writing a lot of new stuff... and I feel like I've figured out what I want to say. I feel like from the first and second album I've learnt a lot about myself, and know this is now who I am."

In February 2023, Anne-Marie released "Sad Bitch" as the second single from her upcoming third studio album. In March 2023, Anne-Marie collaborated with Thai singer Minnie, a member of South Korean girl group (G)I-dle, on the song "Expectations×Expectations9 March 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Expectations3:09". In April 2023, Anne-Marie teamed up with David Guetta and Coi Leray on the song "Baby Don't Hurt Me", which samples Haddaway's hit "What Is Love". On 27 April, Anne-Marie announced that her third album Unhealthy×UNHEALTHY28 July 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1SUCKS TO BE YOU0:432SAD B!TCH2:123PSYCHO2:424HAUNT YOU2:535TRAINWRECK3:036GRUDGE2:127OBSESSED2:258KILLS ME TO LOVE YOU2:229UNHEALTHY2:2910IRISH GOODBYE2:0911CUCKOO2:3512YOU & I3:2513NEVER LOVED ANYONE BEFORE2:54 would be released on 28 July. The title track from the album, featuring Shania Twain, was released on 18 May 2023. The same month, she received the Brit Billion Award for achieving over one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. On 5 July, Anne-Marie released "Trainwreck×TRAINWRECK5 July 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1TRAINWRECK3:032UNHEALTHY2:30". Unhealthy peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, making it her third consecutive album to debut inside the top 3 in the UK. With first-week sales of 23,778 copies, it secured the highest weekly sale for an album by a UK female solo artist since Florence and the Machine's Dance Fever topped the chart in May 2022. On 16 August, Anne-Marie collaborated with Haitian DJ Michaël Brun and American singer Becky G on the single "Coming Your Way". "Christmas Without You" was released exclusively on Amazon Music on 7 November as part of the soundtrack for Your Christmas or Mine 2. The same month, Anne-Marie earned her first Grammy nomination for the song Baby Don't Hurt Me.

Following the conclusion of the first leg of The Unhealthy Club Tour, Anne-Marie took a break from her career commitments for several months as she welcomed her first child in February 2024. In May, she teamed up with Nicholas Galitzine on the song "The Idea of You", which was featured on the soundtrack of the film of the same name. In June 2024, she performed at the Glastonbury Festival for the second time. On 9 August, Anne-Marie released the single "Cry Baby" in collaboration with Clean Bandit and David Guetta.

2025–present: EPs and upcoming project

On 14 February 2025, Anne-Marie released a two-track extended play, If You're Looking For a New Best Friend. Another two-track extended play, If You're Looking for a Reason to Key Your Ex's Car, was released on 11 April 2025. In April 2025, Aitch released the single "Luv?" featuring Anne-Marie. On 19 September, Anne-Marie released the single "Depressed×DEPRESSED19 September 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1DEPRESSED2:18". On 14 November, Anne-Marie released the single, "Merry Xmas Everybody×Merry Xmas Everybody14 November 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Merry Xmas Everybody3:20" a cover of the song by Slade. Speaking to The Sun's Bizarre column, Anne-Marie described her fourth album as different from her first three albums, stating that she was going to "do a little spice", which is set for a 2026 release. On 3 January 2026, Anne-Marie appeared on the seventh series of The Masked Singer as a guest panellist and performer under the alias "Goldfish".

Personal life

In 2018, Anne-Marie revealed that she is attracted to both men and women, but that she does not identify with the label bisexual. She said, "I just feel like I'm attracted to who I like."
Anne-Marie has been a vegetarian since 2018, however she stated that she will "try to eat vegan [food] as much as possible". On the Off Menu podcast, she revealed that she suffers from emetophobia – a fear of vomiting – and that the vegetarian diet helps reduce her anxiety around food, as she fears getting sick from eating meat. In April 2025, Anne-Marie revealed that she was no longer following a vegetarian diet due to gestational diabetes and food cravings during pregnancy.
Anne-Marie has opened up about her struggle with anxiety. She said that therapy helped her "face her demons during lockdown". She also stated that she has ADHD, dyslexia and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). In 2025, Anne-Marie revealed that she suffered from postpartum depression and anxiety following two closely spaced pregnancies.
In 2022, Anne-Marie started dating British rapper Slowthai. Their relationship, while mostly private, was confirmed by Slowthai in an interview with Rolling Stone in February 2023. In 2024, it was revealed that the couple had secretly married in July 2022 in Las Vegas. In February 2024, Anne-Marie gave birth to their daughter. In February 2025, Anne-Marie announced that the couple was expecting their second child together. In April 2025, she gave birth to their son.
Anne-Marie lives in both East London and her hometown of East Tilbury in Essex.
Anne-Marie is a Manchester United supporter.