• Big Help for town's festival

  Warwick Courier - Found Nov. 19, 2009 ... star will be Ellen Miller, 19, a singer-songwriter and guitarist who has supported Midge Ure, Lucie Silvas, Roachford, Benny Gallagher and is...

• Big Help for town's festival

  Kenilworth Weekly News - Found Nov. 19, 2009 ... star will be Ellen Miller, 19, a singer-songwriter and guitarist who has supported Midge Ure, Lucie Silvas, Roachford, Benny Gallagher and is...

• Balham's Bedford announce IndigO2 gig

  Croydon Guardian - Found Nov. 16, 2009 ... unique performance and special guests to be added to a line-up that already consists of Jon Allen, Lucie Silvas, Foy Vance, Bens Brother, The...

• Balham's Bedford announce IndigO2 gig

  Wandsworth Guardian - Found Nov. 16, 2009 ... unique performance and special guests to be added to a line-up that already consists of Jon Allen, Lucie Silvas, Foy Vance, Bens Brother, The...

• Balham's Bedford announce IndigO2 gig

  Kingston Borough Guardian - Found Nov. 16, 2009 ... unique performance and special guests to be added to a line-up that already consists of Jon Allen, Lucie Silvas, Foy Vance, Bens Brother, The...

• Reamonn to rock at Quo

  Wandsworth Guardian - Found Nov. 9, 2009 ... with single Supergirl in 1999. Since then they have collaborated with the likes of Nelly Furtado and Lucie Silvas while Garvey sang on Paul...

• Reamonn to rock at Quo

  Croydon Guardian - Found Nov. 9, 2009 ... with single Supergirl in 1999. Since then they have collaborated with the likes of Nelly Furtado and Lucie Silvas while Garvey sang on Paul...

• Reamonn to rock at Quo

  Staines Guardian - Found Nov. 9, 2009 ... with single Supergirl in 1999. Since then they have collaborated with the likes of Nelly Furtado and Lucie Silvas while Garvey sang on Paul...

• Reamonn to rock at Quo

  Kingston Borough Guardian - Found Nov. 9, 2009 ... with single Supergirl in 1999. Since then they have collaborated with the likes of Nelly Furtado and Lucie Silvas while Garvey sang on Paul...

• Sound choice: Martha's Vineyard Songwriters Festival

  Cape Cod Online - Found Sep. 17, 2009 Lucie Silvas; Hugh Prestwood, who has written songs for Alison Krauss and Trisha Yearwood; and countless other talented writers. Silvas...

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Lucie Silvas
Lucie playing at Bar Brel, Glasgow, UK.
Background information
Birth name	Lucie Joanne Silverman
Born	4 September 1977 (1977-09-04) (age 32) Kingston-Upon-Thames London, England
Genres	Pop, adult contemporary, R&B
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Chrysalis, Mercury
Website	luciesilvas.com

Lucie Silvas (born Lucie Joanne Silverman on 4 September 1977 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London) is an English singer-songwriter.

Early life

Lucie was born to a Liberal Jewish family in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London.Her Father is from New Zealander descent and her mother is from Spanish - Scottish descent also her parents were big music lovers and Lucie has stated this inspired her career, also that her mother, Isabella, was an opera singer and wanted to pursue a career in music herself.

Lucie lived in London until she was 10, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand because her father found a house for sale, next to a golf course. In New Zealand she was a member of Habonim and was involved in other Jewish movements.

She relocated to Thames Ditton, Kingston-Upon-Thames, England, when she was 13. Intrigued by Judaism, she soon became a member of Wimbledon District Synagogue Choir. She entered a Jewish Care Young Performer competition and came third when she was 14. She attended Surbiton High School for Girls and left in the Sixth form.

First album

In 2000, Lucie was recognized by EMI Records and was offered a record deal. In May of that same year she released her debut single, It's Too Late, though it only peaked in the charts at #62. She had also planned to release an album, titled Forget Me Not. However before she had chance, Lucie was dropped by EMI.

Songwriting

In 2001 Chrysalis Records contacted her again, this time for songwriting. She signed a publishing contract and despite being without a record label to release her music, she continued writing, and had songs recorded and released by British artists including Sarah Whatmore, Gareth Gates, Rachel Stevens and Liberty X (who scored a top 10 hit single with the track, "Jumpin"). Another of Silvas' most successful songs, written for someone else, was 'Who am I' sung by Will Young which was released in 2006 and charted at number 11¹ in the UK. Whilst 'Jumpin' by Liberty X charted at number 6² further showing her songwriting success.

Breathe In

Lucie performing in The Netherlands on the Breathe In tour.

In 2003, Lucie was signed to Mercury Records, and recorded her second album, Breathe In, which was to become her official debut produced by Mike Peden. Much of Breathe In was co-written with Judie Tzuke, for whom Silvas sang backing vocals for many years. BBC Radio 2 commissioned a radio show to track Silvas' development in the music industry, supporting her career, and adding her tracks to their playlist. The first single from the album, "What You're Made Of," entered the official UK charts at number 7, and a few weeks later the album debuted and peaked at number 11 (although it has returned to this position on multiple occasions). Following TV appearances on the Ivor Novello Elton John tribute show, and "All Time Greatest Love Songs" with Ronan Keating, Lucie released her second single from the album, "Breathe In", which debuted at number 6. Silvas then released further singles; "The Game Is Won," "Don't Look Back" and re-released "Forget Me Not," which entered the charts at numbers 38, 34 and 76, respectively.

Following the release of the "Breathe In" single in Britain, Silvas took her music to Europe, including Germany and the Netherlands, where she achieved critical acclaim and released a special Europe-only single, "Nothing Else Matters," her cover of the Metallica song. Breathe In was also re-released in the Netherlands as a special 2-disc edition, featuring a full live concert recorded there. She also re-recorded "What You're Made Of" for the Spanish and French markets, working with Antonio Orozco and Grégory Lemarchal respectively. A special re-recorded version of the song, featuring the Metropole Orchestra was released as the fourth and final single from the album in the Netherlands. In 2003, she did a duet with Spanish singer Natalia called This Time, and in 2004 also wrote the first single off Natalia's third album, called Sombras (Shadows).

Lucie embarked on her second sell-out UK tour,The Don't Look Back UK tour, starting in Brighton on 2 November 2005, having seen Breathe In be certified platinum in the UK.

The Same Side

Lucie pefoming in her "The Same Side" album launch in 2006.

Lucie's second album The Same Side was recorded in late 2006. It was released in October 2006 in the Netherlands and in March 2007 in the UK and the rest of Europe. The first UK single, "Last Year" was premiered on BBC Radio 2 in late August 2006, and a duet with Marco Borsato, "Everytime I Think of You," in the Netherlands. The Same Side was produced by Danton Supple, who produced Coldplay's X&Y. In the Netherlands, "Everytime I Think of You" charted on #35 on downloads only, topping the Dutch Top 40 in the next 3 weeks. It became her first Number 1 single in the Netherlands.

"Last Year" was the first single in the UK and peaked at #79, and #114 in Republic of Ireland. Following this setback, Mercury Records decided to postpone the UK release of her new album, which had been scheduled for October 2006; it was re-scheduled for March 12 2007.

The second single chosen was "Sinking In", a Pop/Rock song released on 5 March 2007 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The single was released as a download only and did not create much interest and did not enter the charts at all.

The album charted at #62 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week, selling 8,000 copies in its first week. At the second week, the album charted outside the Top 100, selling only 2,000 more copies. A DVD of The Same Side has been released in the Netherlands.

Future plans

After "The Same Side" failed to impact on the charts Lucie was subsequently dropped by her label.

Lucie has spent the last few months working on new music in Nashville, Tennessee and NYC, as well as in studios in the UK. Several demos have been recorded and posted to various sites on the internet such as Lucie's official myspace page. In August 2009, Lucie revealed that she was writing with Australian singer Delta Goodrem.³ In September 2009 Lucie also told fans on Twitter she was working on getting new material out in 2010 and was also planning a European tour.⁴

Trivia

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• Some of Lucie's long term friends and former band members also play with Duffy.
• Lucie has played the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam.
• Lucie has played the Indigo2 at the O2 Arena.
• Lucie also shares her birthday with American superstar Beyoncé Knowles.
• Vocally Lucie has been compared to that of Delta Goodrem, Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey.⁵

Discography

• Breathe In (2004)
• The Same Side (2006)

References

External links

• Official website
• Lucie Silvas at MySpace