Jasmine Thompson
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Birth name | Jasmine Ying Thompson[1] |
Born | London, England[2] | 8 November 2000
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Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Atlantic |
Website | jasminethompsonmusic |
Jasmine Ying Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is an English singer and songwriter. Thompson began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to YouTube.[3] In 2014, she was featured on German deep house producer Robin Schulz's song "Sun Goes Down".[3] This song charted within the top 10 in multiple countries including Australia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.[4] As of March 2019, her YouTube channel has over 3.3 million subscribers and over 570 million views.
Her acoustic cover version of Chaka Khan's original "Ain't Nobody" reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart;[5] this success led to the song being featured in an advertisement by Sainsbury's. The remixed version from Thompson was then remixed by DJ Felix Jaehn in 2015 and became a huge hit, peaking at number 2 in the UK, and charting in several other countries.[6][7] Her voice has been described as "eerie", "soft" and "incandescent".[2]
Early life
Thompson was born on 8 November 2000 in London, England,[8] to an English father and a Chinese mother.[9] In 2017, Thompson opened up about the divorce of her parents, which has inspired her, at an interview about Wonderland, her latest EP at that time.[10]
Career
2013: Bundle of Tantrums
In July 2013, Thompson self-released a cover of Naughty Boy's single "La La La".[11] In August, she released 3 different covers: a cover of Taylor Swift's "Everything Has Changed" (as a duet with Gerald Ko),[12] a cover of Passenger's "Let Her Go",[13][14] and a cover of David Guetta's "Titanium".[14] In September the same year, she self-released her debut album Bundle of Tantrums, which included the singles "La La La", "Let Her Go", and "Titanium".[15][16]
In September 2013, Thompson released a cover of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody".[17] The song featured in an advert for UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's for their by Sainsbury's range. The song has peaked at number thirty two on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released the extended play Under the Willow Tree.[18] One of the songs, named "Run", enjoyed moderate success in Europe and the United States.[citation needed]
2014: Another Bundle of Tantrums
On 20 April 2014, Thompson released her second album, Another Bundle of Tantrums. The album peaked at number 126 on the UK Albums Chart. In September 2014, Thompson's cover of "Everybody Hurts" was used in the BBC autumn trailer for EastEnders. The trailer showed characters Kat Moon, Sharon Watts, and Linda Carter repeating Thompson's lyrics.[19][20]
2015-2016: Adore EP
On 12 June 2015, Thompson released her first single on Atlantic Records's label, entitled "Adore".[3] Later that year, on 18 September, Thompson released her third extended play, Adore. It included 5 songs: "Adore", "Do It Now", "Great Escape", "Let Myself Try", and "Crystal Heart".
In 2015, German music producer and DJ Felix Jaehn released a remix of "Ain't Nobody", originally released by Thompson in 2013 titled "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)". The song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the Netherlands, and peaking within the top ten of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland.[citation needed]
In 2016, her cover of "Mad World" was used in the trailer for Ewan McGregor’s film American Pastoral.[16][21][21] In the same year, her cover of ″Mad World″ also was used in the French movie, Ares. It is played at the end of the movie leading to the credits.[21][22]
2017: Wonderland EP
On 19 May 2017, Thompson released her fourth extended play, Wonderland.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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UK | US Heat | ||||
Bundle of Tantrums[23] |
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160 | 8 | ||
Another Bundle of Tantrums[24] |
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126 | 9 |
Extended plays
Title | Details |
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Under the Willow Tree[25] |
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Take Cover[26] |
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Adore EP |
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Wonderland EP[27] |
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Colour |
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Singles
As lead artist
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |||||||||
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UK [5] |
FRA [28] |
GER [29] |
IRE [30] |
ITA [31] |
SCO [32] |
SWI [33] | |||||||
2015 | "Ain't Nobody" | 32 | — | — | 76 | — | 32 | — | Non-album single | ||||
2016 | "Adore" | — | — | 91 | — | 34 | — | 39 |
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Adore | |||
"Do It Now"[34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2017 | "Mad World" | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album singles | |||
"Where We Belong" (with Hugel) |
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"Rise Up" (with Thomas Jack) |
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"Wonderland" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wonderland EP | |||||
"Old Friends" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2018 | "Lonely Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
2019 | "Loyal" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Colour | ||||
"Take Care" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"More" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"This Year’s Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
2020 | "Love for the Lonely " | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |
As featured artist
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [5] |
AUS [35] |
AUT [36] |
FRA [28] |
GER [29] |
IRE [30] |
ITA [31] |
NLD [37] |
SWE [38] |
SWI [33] | |||||
2014 | "Sun Goes Down" (Robin Schulz featuring Jasmine Thompson) |
94 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 62 | — | 57 | 3 |
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Prayer | |
2015 | "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" (Felix Jaehn featuring Jasmine Thompson) |
2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
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Felix Jaehn | |
"Unfinished Sympathy"[39] (The Six featuring Jasmine Thompson) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
2016 | "Steady 1234" (DJ Vice featuring Jasmine Thompson & Skizzy Mars) |
— | — | 22 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 58 | — |
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"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Songwriting credits
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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2017 | 3LAU | Non-album single | "Hot Water" (with Audien featuring Victoria Zaro) | Justin Blau, Nathaniel Rathbun, Emily Schwartz, Scott Friedman, Ido Zmishlany, Victoria Zaro |
2018 | Marshmello | Speak Your Mind | "Friends" (with Anne-Marie) |
Christopher Comstock, Anne-Marie Nicholson, Natalie Dunn, Eden Anderson, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard |
Don Diablo | Future | "Higher" (featuring Betty Who) |
Donald Schipper, Martijn van Sonderson, Lindy Robbins, Michael McGinnis, Nickolas Scapa | |
2020 | Selena Gomez | Rare | "Kinda Crazy" | Selena Gomez, Justin Tranter, Rami Yacoub, Kristoffer Fodgelmark, Albin Nedler |
References
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson". StarNow. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Fred Thomas. "Jasmine Thompson". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b c "Teen star Jasmine Thompson talks fame and her debut album ahead of Love Music Your Way fest - The National". Thenational.ae.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Robin Schulz feat. Jasmine Thompson - Sun Goes Down". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Jasmine Thompson > UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Sainsbury's - By Sainsbury's Range". Tvadmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Counting Stars earns OneRepublic first ever UK Number 1 single". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC.
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson profile". ReverbNation.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson Bio". Jasminethompson.com.
- ^ "JASMINE THOMPSON/ La cantante ospite da Maria De Filippi (Amici 25 marzo 2017)". Ilsussidiario.net.
- ^ "13 Best Taylor Swift Covers, From Ryan Adams to Jimmy Eat World". Popcrush.com.
- ^ "20 Social Media Stars Who Have Cracked the Billboard Charts". Yahoo.com.
- ^ a b "Jasmine Thompson : Serait-elle la nouvelle chanteuse à suivre ?". Public.fr.
- ^ "√ Jasmine Thompson, ospite sabato 25 marzo a "Amici": cosa ha fatto dopo "Adore"? ASCOLTA il remix di "Mad world" dei Tears for Fears". Rockol.com.
- ^ a b "YouTube star Jasmine Thompson is going places". Star2.com. 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Musik-Star Jasmine Thompson (16) im BILD-Interview - »Das verbindet mich mit YouTube-Bibi". Bild.de.
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson - Under The Willow Tree - EP Preview (Behind the Scene)". The Daily Motion.
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson: curiosità e notizie sulla cantante inglese". Soundsblog.it.
- ^ Principales, Los 40 (1 October 2015). "Conoce a Jasmine Thompson". Los40.com.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Jasmine Thompson : découvrez son nouveau single "Mad World"". Rfm.fr.
- ^ "Arès - Netflix". Netflix.com.
- ^ "Bundle of Tantrums". iTunes. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Another Bundle of Tantrums". iTunes. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Under the Willow Tree – EP". iTunes. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Take Cover – EP". iTunes. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Wonderland – EP". iTunes. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Discography Jasmine Thompson". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ a b "Discographie Jasmine Thompson". GfK Entertainment.
- ^ a b "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ a b "JASMINE THOMPSON - ADORE (SONG)". Italian Charts. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Ain't Nobody": "Chart Archive > October 12, 2013". Official Charts Company.
- ^ a b "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- ^ "Jasmine Thompson- Do it Now (pre-order single)". Itunesm4a.net. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14.
- ^ "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14.
- ^ "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Discography Jasmine Thompson". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Jasmine Thompson) - Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
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