Katy B
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Kathleen "Katie" Brien, better known as Katy B, (born 21 May 1989) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and a graduate of the BRIT School
BRIT School
The London School for Performing Arts & Technology is a British school located in Selhurst, Croydon, in London, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and the technologies that make performance possible...

. She is a dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

, R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

, funky, house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 and UK garage
UK garage
UK garage is a genre of electronic dance music originating from the United Kingdom in the early-1990s. UK garage is a descendant of house music which originated in Chicago and New York, United States. UK garage usually features a distinctive syncopated 4/4 percussive rhythm with 'shuffling'...

 singer and has also performed under the name Baby Katy. She was born in Peckham, South London
Peckham
Peckham is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Southwark. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...

. Having been offered "major label deals" in 2009, she released her first single with the label Rinse
Rinse FM
Rinse FM is a London-based community radio station, licensed for "young people living and/or working within the central,east and south London areas.". The station plays grime, dubstep, UK garage, funky, drum and bass and other genres....

 in 2010. The same year, she completed a degree in Popular Music at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has been nominated for the prestigious 2011 Mercury Prize
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British...

.

Featured work

DJ NG's song "Tell Me", on which she featured as Baby Katy, was released on a white label
White label
White label records are vinyl records with adhesive plain white labels affixed. Test pressings, usually with Test Pressing written on the label, with catalogue number, artist and recording time or date, are produced in small quantities to evaluate the quality of the disc production...

 and later signed to Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

. Katy B has collaborated with Geeneus to cover the Kevin Saunderson
Kevin Saunderson
Kevin Saunderson is an American electronic music producer. At the age of nine he moved to Belleville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit where he attended Belleville High School and befriended two students, Derrick May and Juan Atkins...

 produced "Good Life" and the track "As I".
She also provides vocals on the track "Hold Me" for The Count & Sinden's debut album Mega Mega Mega and features on Magnetic Man
Magnetic Man
Magnetic Man is an electronic music project consisting of dubstep producers and DJs, Benga, Skream and Artwork. The trio first met in the late 1990s at the Big Apple Records store in Croydon, England. They perform using three computers, one playing drum samples, one playing basses and the third...

's tracks "Perfect Stranger
Perfect Stranger (song)
"Perfect Stranger" is a song by live electronic music project Magnetic Man featuring English singer-songwriter Katy B. It is the second single to be released from their debut album Magnetic Man, although it can also be found on Katy B's debut album On a Mission...

" and "Crossover".

Solo career

Geeneus, with whom Katy B collaborated, works for Rinse FM
Rinse FM
Rinse FM is a London-based community radio station, licensed for "young people living and/or working within the central,east and south London areas.". The station plays grime, dubstep, UK garage, funky, drum and bass and other genres....

. Following the official recognition of the station in June 2010 (formerly a pirate radio station
UK pirate radio
UK pirate radio was popular in the 1960s and experienced another surge of interest in the 1980s. There are currently an estimated 150 pirate radio stations in the UK...

), Rinse presented Katy B's first single, "Katy On a Mission
Katy On a Mission
"Katy on a Mission" is a song performed by British recording artist Katy B. It was released by Rinse accompanied by a b-side entitled "Louder" as her debut single and lead single from her forthcoming debut album, On a Mission on 22 August 2010. The song was co-written by Benga, Katy B and Geeneus,...

", which was produced by Benga and was released on 22 August 2010. The single reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 and number 1 on the UK Indie Chart
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...

.

Katy B performed at the London Jazz Festival
London Jazz Festival
The London Jazz Festival is a London-wide music festival held every November. It takes place in a variety of London venues, including larger concert halls—such as the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall—and smaller jazz clubs, such as Ronnie Scott's and Vortex...

 in 2009 with Ms Dynamite, who also featured on Katy's second single, "Lights On
Lights On
"Lights On" is a song performed by British recording artist Katy B and serves as the second single from her debut album, On a Mission. It features UK-based R&B singer/ rapper Ms. Dynamite. It released in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2010 as a digital download...

" which was released in the UK on 19 December 2010, where it debuted at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.

Her third single "Broken Record
Broken Record
"Broken Record" is a song performed by British recording artist Katy B and serves as the third single from her debut album, On a Mission. It was released in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2011 as a digital download...

" was released in March 2011, and peaked at number 8 in the UK.

Her fourth single "Easy Please Me
Easy Please Me
"Easy Please Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter Katy B from her debut album On a Mission. It was released as the album's fourth single on 3 June 2011.-Music video:...

" was released on 3 June 2011.

Her fifth single "Witches' Brew
Witches' Brew (Katy B song)
"Witches' Brew" is a song by British singer-songwriter Katy B from her debut album On a Mission. It was released as the album's fifth single on 28 August 2011...

" was released on 28 August 2011.

This Next single by Katy B is "Movement" will be coming at 2011.

Katy's debut album On a Mission
On a Mission (Katy B album)
On a Mission is the debut studio album by British dubstep singer Katy B. The album was released on April 1, 2011, by Rinse and Columbia Records and in the USA on the 13 September. Katy worked with producers and writers DJ Zinc, Benga, and Rinse FM founder Geeneus. Katy had been recording songs for...

was released on 4 April 2011, and peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

.

Katy B supported Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...

 on his tour during Spring of 2011. On 30 April 2011, Katy embarked on her debut concert tour right across Europe until September, where again in October she will tour the UK.

In September 2011, it was announced Katy B and Mark Ronson would be teaming up to create an advert for the Coca Cola and the Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
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. It is not yet known the release date of this song.

Discography

Studio albums
  • 2011: On a Mission
    On a Mission (Katy B album)
    On a Mission is the debut studio album by British dubstep singer Katy B. The album was released on April 1, 2011, by Rinse and Columbia Records and in the USA on the 13 September. Katy worked with producers and writers DJ Zinc, Benga, and Rinse FM founder Geeneus. Katy had been recording songs for...


Awards & Nominations

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!Year
!Award
!Nomination
!Nominated Work
!Result
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|2011
|BT Digital Music Awards
BT Digital Music Awards
The BT Digital Music Awards were created in the UK in 2001 and are held annually. Music industry professionals can nominate artists, venues and hardware into the Judge's Choice award categories...


|Best Newcomer
|Herself
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|-
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|BT Digital Music Awards
BT Digital Music Awards
The BT Digital Music Awards were created in the UK in 2001 and are held annually. Music industry professionals can nominate artists, venues and hardware into the Judge's Choice award categories...


|Best Female Artist
|Herself
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|-
|
|Q Awards
Q Awards
The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards have become one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards, helped in no small part by the often boisterous behavior of the celebrities who attend the event...


|Breakthrough Artist
|Herself
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|-
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|MOBO Awards
MOBO Awards
The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music....


|Best UK Act
|Herself
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|-
|
|MOBO Awards
MOBO Awards
The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music....


|Best Album
|On a Mission (Katy B album)
On a Mission (Katy B album)
On a Mission is the debut studio album by British dubstep singer Katy B. The album was released on April 1, 2011, by Rinse and Columbia Records and in the USA on the 13 September. Katy worked with producers and writers DJ Zinc, Benga, and Rinse FM founder Geeneus. Katy had been recording songs for...


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|MTV Europe Music Awards 2011
|Best Push Act
|Herself
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External links

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