- Amy Studt
Infobox musical artist
Name = Amy Studt
Img_capt = Promotional picture from her website
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = Birth date and age|1986|3|22|mf=yLondon , U.K.
Origin =Bournemouth , U.K.
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Instrument =Vocals ,piano
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Genre = Pop
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = 2002–2004: Polydor
2006–present:19 Entertainment
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Notable_instruments =Amy Jane Studt (born
March 22 ,1986 ) is a Britishsinger ,songwriter andmusician . Growing up in a musical family she recorded her first demo by age 14, which eventually got her signed to Polydor. Studt released her first single "Just a Little Girl " in July 2002, to international success. It was followed almost a year later by "Misfit", which came to be her highest charting single. The same month her debut album "False Smiles " appeared. Late 2003 and early 2004 two more singles were released, "Under the Thumb " and "All I Wanna Do" respectively, but only to diminishing sales. That caused Polydor to let go of Studt in February 2004.From then until the end of 2006, Studt stayed out of the public eye. But in 2007 it was announced that she was working on a new album, now with the label
19 Entertainment . Some of her new material was published onMySpace . OnDecember 3 ,2007 , "Furniture" was released as a digital single, the new album - "My Paper Made Men " - was released on5 May 2008 .Early life
Growing up in
Bournemouth , SouthernEngland , Amy Studt started teaching herselfpiano , playingguitar and learning theoboe . Studt's father is aviolinist and a conductor who has toured withRoy Orbison and played on films, while her mother was head of music at a school.From the age of 13, she attended
Bryanston School ,Dorset . By the time Studt was 14, she had written 42 songs. Her father, who regularly works in studios, suggested she record some. She gave or sold the finished CD to various friends, and one found its way toSimon Fuller (manager ofAnnie Lennox ,Spice Girls and S Club 7, among others).False Smiles (2002–2004)
Studt released her first single, "
Just a Little Girl ", in July 2002, dubbed by some as the UK's answer toAvril Lavigne , even though Studt had in fact written most of the songs on her debut album before Avril Lavigne had first entered a recording studio. Her debut entered the UK charts at #14 but straight after the release she seemed to disappear off the scene. "Just a Little Girl" found its way onto playlists inNew York City , Los Angeles and throughout theUnited States . In theUnited States , she is generally considered aone-hit wonder , but "Just a Little Girl" still receives occasional airplay on CHR stations.Listen
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description=A sample of "Misfit" from the album "False Smiles ". Her highest charting song to date.
format=Ogg Almost eleven months later, however, Studt returned to the UK music scene in June 2003 with her second single "Misfit". The lyrics of the song criticise those who conform to the general stereotypes of teenage life – the in-crowd – calling them superficial while Studt states she is comfortable with being labelled a . "Misfit" received greater video and airplay than her debut, resulting in a chart position of #6 in the UK chart, an improvement of eight places. Alongside the chart success of "Misfit" was the release of Studt's debut album "
False Smiles ", which entered the chart at #18.September 2003 saw the release of the third cut from the album, "
Under the Thumb ". The song became her second Top 10 and third Top 20 single, entering at #10, which also helped push the album to a peak of #18. "False Smiles" has since been certified Gold, selling around 200,000 copies in the UK and was even considered for the much covetedMercury Music Prize shortlist. In an attempt to sell more copies of the album, "False Smiles" was re-released at the beginning of 2004 adding one new track, a cover of theSheryl Crow classic, "All I Wanna Do". The song failed to set the charts alight at all, peaking at #21. The album re-release also failed to improve sales, missing out on the Top 40 altogether. Subsequently, Studt was dropped from her record labelPolydor . [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004102206,00.html Amy axed as record sales flop] , accessed September 10, 2007] [ [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/studt%20dropped%20by%20her%20label Studt dropped by her label] , accessed September 10, 2007]My Paper Made Men (2007-present)
After some silent time, in early 2006, Amy Studt signed onto the
19 Entertainment label. [ [http://www.19.co.uk/ar.asp?AID=13 Amy Studt artist page at 19 Entertainment] , accessed September 10, 2007] She also toured withRazorlight under the alias "Jane Wails" in order to stay out of the limelight and overcome stagefright."Furniture", a single taken from the album, "My Paper Made Men" was released on
December 3 ,2007 . Some of her new material surfaced through MySpace, including a studio track titled "My Paper Made Man" which was available at the account of music producerGuy Sigsworth . In March 2007, several live recordings were made available on her own account, [ [http://www.amy-studt.org/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1175195661 Fansite newspost mentioning live recordings of new material on MySpace] , accessed September 10, 2007] to which a recent photo shoot and a new biography were added in July 2007. Her new songs have received positive reviews, which suggested that listeners "ignore any dim memories of her midteens pop phase [from] a while ago." [ [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-london30dec30,1,4484317.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews LA Times: Brits accent quirky, diverse new voices] , accessed January 4, 2008]Her latest single "
Chasing the Light " was releasedApril 28 ,2008 . The video for this single is now available to watch onYouTube .Her second album "
My Paper Made Men " was releasedMay 5 ,2008 .Discography
Albums
ingles
External links
* [http://www.amystudt.com/ Amy Studt official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/amystudtofficial Amy Studt MySpace account]
* [http://www.amy-studt.org/ Amy Studt fansite]
* [http://www.the-mag.me.uk/Band-Profiles/Amy-Studt/ Amy Studt News and Reviews on The Mag]References
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