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Sophie DelilaBlue SkyNature of the CrimeStudioSophie Delila (born 7 August 1983), is a London-based French recording artist, songwriter, musician and producer currently signed to Universal Music. Sophie Delila was born and raised in Paris to a North African Jewish father and
French mother. Her father is an accomplished piano player and composer
and her mother is a singer. Delila began playing the piano at age
5 and spent much of her childhood recording and songwriting in
her father's home studio. Growing up, Delila was influenced by
soul, blues and pop, particularly by artists such as Stevie Wonder,
Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and the Beatles.
At age 17 Delila won a scholarship to study at Berklee College
of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating Delila spent a couple of years
songwriting and gigging in New York City. Here she wrote, recorded
and produced the album All Yours which was independently released
in 2005. Later that year, Sophie moved to London, where she still
lives. Working on new material, gigging and collaborating with
artists, she became the subject of some press attention particularly
for a guest performance with Lewis Taylor at the Jazz Cafe in 2006.[2]
In 2008 Delila was signed as a solo artist by Universal Music. Delila's first album for Universal is entitled
Hooked. Delila co-wrote and co-produced the majority of the album
with Steve Booker who experienced extensive success co-writing/producing
in 2008 with Duffy and the Sugababes and previously with Natalie
Imbruglia. Other collaborators on the album are Blair MacKichan,
Derrick McKenzie, Jon Kelly, Julien Jabre, Michael Tordjman, Robert
Kirby and Simon Hale. Hooked was released in France in November
2008 and was promoted throughout 2009 in continental Europe. Her
first single in the continental European territories was "Nature of the Crime" which was extensively aired in France, Greece, Spain, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Although Hooked was not released in the UK, British publications
Music Week, the Daily Mirror and the Daily Star all picked up on
the album.[3] Delila's album was released on 1 June licenced
from Universal through Wrasse Records. Delila played sold out dates
at Ronnie Scott's and Soho House as well as appearing at music
festivals including Rockness and the Carnaby Street Festival –
at the latter she performed exclusively on the inaugural Liberty
Music Stage, a new venture for Liberty. Lead single, "Can't Keep Loving You" was released concurrently with the album and was selected as iTunes Single of
the Week for w/c 21 June. Four different mixes of the track are
available, including the Max Desprez remix. The latter is a disco
house remix that appeared in the Music Week Pop Commercial Chart
for several weeks throughout May and June, peaking at position
#17 with the track also receiving radio airplay. Delila has written and featured for several artists.
In particular in 2009 she featured on 2 tracks entitled "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" and "Such a Shame" on Nouvelle Vague's album 3. The album was released in the UK on the 29 June
2009 on Peacefrog Records.[4] Delila also co-wrote a song featured
on Westlife's latest album Where We Are which was released on 30
November 2009. The song is entitled "Another World" and was co-written with Steve Booker. In 2010 Delila performed several times
with Plan B including appearances on Radio 1Xtra's Live Lounge
and at the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Delila toured all over Europe in 2009 promoting
Hooked. In the summer she performed at the Musilac Festival in
France and the Kosmos Festival in Greece.[5] She was also featured
as one of the lead vocalists on Nouvelle Vague's European tour
in late 2009 which included a sold out show at London's Roundhouse.
More recently, she has appeared as a special guest during their
show at the Royal Albert Hall. In April 2009 she supported Lionel
Richie on the Parisian leg of his European tour at the Bercy Stadium;
she revisited the venue in April 2011 to support Jamiroquai. Delila
has played at venues including Ronnie Scott's, the Jazz Café, Soho
Revue Bar, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, The Bedford and The Regal Room
in London, L'Elysée Montmartre, L'Europeen, and Le Bataclan in
Paris and the Blue Note, Joe's Pub, S.O.B's and B.B. King's in
New York City. Delila describes her music as melodramatic soul
pop. Referring to one of the lead singles from Hooked in early
2009 Music Week wrote "Nature Of the Crime is an effortless pop song which oozes Motown class." All Yours (2005) [edit] Singles "Nature of the Crime"(2009)
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