Sophie Ellis-Bextor

About Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer and songwriter, who was born on April 10th,1979.
She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Theaudience.
After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo and achieved success beginning in the early 2000s.
Her debut solo studio album, Read My Lips, was released in 2001 and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart.
It was certified double platinum by the BPI, and sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, with the single "Murder on the Dancefloor".
Her music is mainstream pop and dance with influences of disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic music.

Ellis-Bextor met her future husband, the Feeling bassist Richard Jones, when he auditioned for her tour band in 2002. Jones has said, "Something kind of smacked us in the face. The chemistry was incredible—it was like nothing I've ever experienced." Their first child was born two months early, only eight months after the start of their relationship. Fourteen months later, on 25 June 2005, the couple married in Città di Castello in Umbria, Italy. They have five sons, born in 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019.