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Jessie Ware
Ware performing in January 2012
Ware performing in January 2012
Background information
Birth nameJessica Lois Ware
Born (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40)
London, England, United Kingdom
GenresR&B, pop soul, quiet storm, sophisti-pop, synthpop, trip-hop, indie pop, adult contemporary, UK garage
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–present
LabelsPMR, Island, Cherrytree
Websitejessieware.com

Jessica Lois "Jessie" Ware[1] (born 15 October 1984)[2][3] is a British singer-songwriter signed to PMR Records and best known for her 2012 single "Wildest Moments".[3][4][5][6][7] She has sung vocals for Joker, and for SBTRKT in concert and on their recordings.[3] In its review of her debut album, Devotion, Clash called Ware "the missing link between Adele, SBTRKT and Sade" and hailed it as "a strong and accomplished debut"[8] while Idolator named it one of the best albums of 2012.[9]

Early life

Ware was born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in Hammersmith, London, and was raised in Clapham, South London.[10][11] She is the daughter of Helena (née Keell), a social worker, and John Ware, a BBC Panorama reporter, who divorced when she was 10, and the younger sister of British actress Hannah Ware.[1][12][13] Her mother has been a big support in starting her musical career and Jessie considers her as "her hero",[14] saying "She brought up my sister, brother and me with so much love and fun and always told me I could do anything I want." Ware was raised Jewish.[11]

Ware shared a flat with Felix White of The Maccabees and is also friends with Adele.[15]

Education

Ware was educated at Alleyn's School, a co-educational independent school in Dulwich in South London, followed by the University of Sussex, where she took a degree in English Literature.[16]

After her studies, she briefly worked as a journalist at The Jewish Chronicle, did sports journalism at The Daily Mirror and worked behind the scenes at TV company Love Productions. There she was a colleague of Erika Leonard, otherwise known as E. L. James, the author of Fifty Shades of Grey.[17]

Music career

2009-2010: Backing vocals

Jessie Ware and Jack Peñate

In the years prior to releasing her first solo album, Ware did the backing vocals on live gigs for Jack Peñate and Man Like Me. Ware said she learned a lot during the periode of being backing vocal for Jack Peñate: "Performing with him was really good training, because I got to learn all about how other people do it – I was able to perform live without the pressure of being a lead singer. It gave me a taste of what to expect, and it prepared me for what I’m doing now."[18]

It was Peñate who started up her music career, taking her on tour in America as his backing vocalist, while his bandmate Tic introduced her to SBTRKT. Ware and SBTRKT collaborated on 'Nervous' (2010).

She consequently met Sampha, best known as SBTRKT's main collaborator and live member. They created "Valentine" together, which was released on a special edition, heart-shaped vinyl by Young Turks in 2011. "Valentine" was partly inspired by James Blake's song "The Wilhelm Scream" and based on their own personal experiences in love.[19] The music video for Valentine was directed by Marcus Söderlund.[20]

"Nervous", "Valentine" and an additional collaboration with DJ Joker ("The Vision") led Ware to a record deal with PMR Records.[21]

She also participated on Ceremonials (2011), an album by Florence and the Machine, where her good friend Florence Welch is lead singer.

2011–2013: Devotion

On 14 October 2011, Ware released her debut solo single "Strangest Feeling" on limited 10" purple vinyl.[22] The song did not chart in the United Kingdom. She then released "Running" on 24 February 2012, as the lead single from her debut studio album Devotion. "110%" was released as the album's second single on 13 April, the song peaked at number 61 in the United Kingdom. "Wildest Moments" was released as the album's third single on 29 June, the song peaked at number 46 in the United Kingdom. Ware reckons the proudest moment of her career was hearing 'Wildest Moments' accompanying a television montage of highlights from Andy Murray's dramatic third-round win at Wimbledon.[23] On 20 August 2012, she released her debut album Devotion, which peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. "Night Light" was released as the fourth single on 24 August. On 11 September, Devotion was announced as a nominee for the prestigious Mercury Prize.

In late 2012 the song titled "110%" had to be changed to "If You're Never Gonna Move" due to legal problems with the clearance of a sample of "Dream Shatterer" by Big Punisher, which was an integral part of the song (the title itself was a play on another of Big Punisher's tracks, "100%"). "If You're Never Gonna Move" contains a similar-sounding sample instead.[24]

In the early part of March 2013, Ware toured in the United Kingdom, supported by Laura Mvula, starting with Cambridge, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Oxford, Bristol and ending in London.[25] The United Kingdom tour was followed by a European tour in the second half of March 2013 and a US tour in April 2013.

In the summer of 2013, Ware played many festivals all over the world.[26]

At the end of 2013, Jessie went on tour in the United States again.

2014: Tough Love

Beginning 2014, she returned to the studio to write her second album. Ed Sheeran confirmed in an interview with Daily Star that they had written a song together for the new album.[27]

The first new single "Tough Love" out of the new album aired for the first time on BBC Radio 1 as "Hottest Record" during the show of Zane Lowe. The official UK release date for "Tough Love" is August 3rd 2014. Tough Love is produced together with Benzel, a duo Ware worked with before (single "If you love me"). Benzel consists out of London post-bass producer Two Inch Punch and mega-producer Benny Blanco and the duo are actually the executive producers of the new album. Many details about the new album are not known yet, but it has been confirmed that Kid Harpoon, Dave Okumu, Julio Bashmore, Miguel (singer), James Ford (musician), Nineteen85 and Ed Sheeran have worked on the new album.[28]

Tough Love was compared to "Prince at his minimalist ‘80s best" by Pitchfork who had an interview with Ware prior to the release.[29]

Jessie Ware performed in the Polish version of X Factor 2014 where she performed Wildest Moments together with the winner of that night Artem Furman.[30]

On her Twitter page,[31] she confirmed that the only festival she would be playing in 2014 was going to be Wilderness Festival (07-10 August 2014). Later, it was announced that she will also be playing Berlin Festival 2014 (July 6th, 2014) (Website Berlin Festival) and Sopot Gulf of Art (July 26th, 2014).

On 17 July 2014 Jessie Ware posted on her Twitter page that the new album is called "Tough Love". The tweet included a picture of the cover art. [1]

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[32] 		BEL (Vl)
[33] 		DEN
[34] 		IRE
[35] 		NOR
[36] 		SCO
[37] 		SWI
[38] 		POL
[39] 		US
[40]
Devotion
  • Released: 20 August 2012
  • Label: PMR Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP
 5 8 38 74 22 20 59 13 79

Extended plays

Title Album details
If You're Never Gonna Move
  • Released: 15 January 2013
  • Label: Island Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[32] 		BEL (Vl)
[33] 		NL
[42]
2011 "Strangest Feeling" — — — Devotion
2012 "Running" 165 67 99
"If You're Never Gonna Move" 411 70 —
"Wildest Moments" 46 3 —
"Night Light" 95 57 —
2013 "Sweet Talk" — — —
"Imagine It Was Us" 105 65 —
2014 "Tough Love" — — — TBA
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

1Originally peaked at 61 as "110%". Repeaked in 2013 under the new title, "If You're Never Gonna Move".

Promotional singles

Year Title Album
2012 "Taking In Water" Devotion
2012 "No To Love" Devotion

with SBTRKT

Albums
Singles
  • 2010: "Nervous" – Numbers (2)
  • 2013: "Shut Down Shop" - TBC

with Sampha

Singles

with Joker

Singles
  • 2011: "The Vision" – 4AD

with Katy B and Geeneus

Singles
  • 2012: "Aaliyah" (Free Download)

with Disclosure

Singles
  • 2013: "Confess to Me"

with Julio Bashmore

Singles
  • 2013: "Peppermint"

with Mayer Hawthorne

Singles
  • 2013: "Her Favorite Song"

Music videos

Year Music video Directors
2011 "Valentine" Marcus Söderlund[43]
2012 "Running" Kate Moross[44]
"If You're Never Gonna Move" Kate Moross[45]
"Wildest Moments" Kate Moross[46]
"Night Light" Chris Sweeney[47]
"If You Love Me" Kate Moross[48]
2013 "Sweet Talk" Joel Wilson[49]
"Imagine It Was Us" Kate Moross[50]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2012 MOBO Awards Best Female — Nominated [51]
Best Newcomer — Nominated
Mercury Prize Album of the Year Devotion Nominated [52]
2013 BRIT Awards British Female Solo Artist — Nominated [53]
British Breakthrough — Nominated
South Bank Sky Arts Awards Pop Music Devotion
Won
 [54]
MOBO Awards Best Female Act — Nominated [55]
Best R&B/Soul Act — Nominated
  • On the 17 June 2013, Ware was named as the Skiddle Artist of the Week.[56]

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  2. ^ Jessie Ware`s official Facebook profile, 13 Aug 2012
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  10. ^ Women. "Mercury nominee Jessie Ware on the 'sorority' dominating British music". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
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  53. ^ "BRIT Awards 2013: Nominations List". Capital FM. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
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