Lucie Silvas
Lucie on the Dutch cover of her album The Same Side (2006)
Background information
Birth name	Lucie Silvas
Born	September 4, 1977 (1977-09-04) (age 29) Surrey, England
Genre(s)	Pop/Adult contemporary
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Piano
Years active	2000-present
Label(s)	Chrysalis Records (2000) Mercury Records (2003-present)
Website	Official website

Lucie Silvas (born September 4, 1977 in Surrey) is a British singer-songwriter. Her singing, whilst playing the piano, has led to comparisons to other artists of the genre, such as Delta Goodrem.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and discovery 1.2 Career development 1.3 Breathe In 1.4 The Same Side 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Songs written for others 3 Notes 4 External links

Biography

Early life and discovery

Lucie Silvas is Jewish, although non-practising. Her mother is Scottish and her father is a New Zealander. Lucie grew up in New Zealand and left school at sixteen, where she became a backing vocalist for ex-Take That vocalist Gary Barlow and singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke. In 2000, Lucie signed to Chrysalis Records and recorded an album, entitled Forget Me Not - with tracks including the single "It's Too Late," "Diggin' a Hole" and "Forget Me Not." "It's Too Late" was commercially released in the UK, but failed to make an impact on the chart, and Silvas was subsequently dropped from her record label, prior to the release of her second single and debut album.

Silvas had also signed a publishing deal for her songwriting, and so, 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'").

Silvas lives in Leicester with her fiancé, Leicester Tigers and Ireland rugby player Geordan Murphy. Her little sister Mia Silvas is also a singer-songwriter.

Career development

Breathe In

In 2003, Lucie was signed to Mercury Records, and recorded her second album, Breathe In, which was to become her official debut. 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 (Shades).

Silvas embarked on her second sell-out UK tour in November 2005, having seen Breathe In be certified platinum in the UK. Silvas continued writing during this time, including collaborating with the critically acclaimed songwriter Eg White, with whom she wrote the Will Young single "Who Am I".

The Same Side

Silvas has just released her new album, The Same Side, which she recorded in late 2006. The album was released in October 2006 in the Netherlands and is due for a release in early 2007 for the UK and the rest of Europe. The first UK single, "Last Year" was premiered on BBC Radio 2 in late August, 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 chosen to be the promo-single of her second officially album. The single generated less interest in the United Kingdom, peaking 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 has since been scheduled for March 12 2007.

The second single chosen was "Sinking In", a Pop/Rock song released on March 5, 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, being the worst album position Lucie has had. It sold a dissapointing 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.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart positions					UK certification	NL certification	Promusicae SPA certification
		UK	NL	SP	AUT	FR
2000	Forget Me Not Released: 2000	Not released					-	-	-
2004	Breathe In 1st studio album Released: October 11, 2004 (UK)	11	1	7	13	50	Platinum (300,000)	Platinum (70,000)	Platinum (80,000)
2006	The Same Side 2nd studio album Released: October 23, 2006 (NL)	62	5	31	-	-	Not certified (20,000)	Gold (40,000)	-

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Chart positions
			UK	IRE	NL	BEL	SP	SUI	GER	FR	AUT	SWE	EUR
2000	"It's Too Late"	Forget Me Not	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	"What You're Made Of"	Breathe In	7	19	23	-	12	46	73	-	22	21	27
2005	"Breathe In"	Breathe In	6	34	41	-	16	-	86	-	-	-	39
2005	"The Game Is Won"	Breathe In	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	"Don't Look Back"	Breathe In	34	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	"Forget Me Not" (Re-release)	Breathe In	76	-	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	"Nothing Else Matters"	Breathe In	-	-	13	-	1	-	38	-	-	-	160
2006	"Même Si (What You're Made Of)" (with Grégory Lemarchal)		-	-	-	-	-	26	-	2	-	-	21
2006	"What You're Made Of" (Spanish) (with Antonio Orozco)		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	"Everytime I Think of You" (with Marco Borsato)	The Same Side (Only Netherlands)	-	-	1 (5)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	88
2006	"Last Year"	The Same Side	79	114	66	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	"The Only Ones" (with Reamonn)	Wish (Re-Issue)	-	-	-	-	-	37	23	-	26	-	96
2007	"Sinking In"	The Same Side	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Songs written for others

• Gareth Gates - "It Ain't Obvious" (from the album What My Heart Wants to Say)
• Liberty X - "Jumpin'", "Take Me Home" and "I Just Wanna" from the album (Being Somebody)
• Michelle McManus - "I'll Never Know" (from the album The Meaning of Love)
• Natalia = "Sombras" (from the album Natalia)
• Rachel Stevens - "I Got the Money" and "Silk" (from the album Funky Dory), "Shoulda Thought of That" (from the "More, More, More" single) and "Spin that Bottle" (from the "Some Girls" single).
• S Club - "Bittersweet" (from the album Seeing Double)
• Will Young - "Who Am I" (from the album Keep On)

Notes

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3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2005/05/05/lucie_silvas_qa.shtml
4. The Same Side to be released on Oct 23, 2006

External links

• Official Lucie Silvas Website
• Lucie Silvas' Myspace
• Lucie Silvas Network Fansite