Lauren Aquilina
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| Birth name | Lauren Amber Aquilina |
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17 June 1995 Bristol, England, UK |
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| Years active | 2011–2016 |
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| Website | laurenaquilina |
Lauren Amber Aquilina (born 23 June 1995) is an English singer and songwriter of Maltese descent. Born in Bristol, she gained popularity by independently releasing a trilogy of EPs (Fools, Sinners, and Liars) whilst studying at school. Her debut album Isn't It Strange? after being signed with Island Records and Universal Music Group, which was released on 26 August 2016.
In October 2016, she revealed that she'd no longer continue releasing music.
Aquilina was born on 23 June 1995 in Bristol to parents from Malta. Her musical origins began with her playing piano in school. She has been singing since she was eight years old and has been playing piano since she was nine. When she was thirteen years old she attended her first open mic event and sang "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga while her mother filmed her. Aquilina's manager(at the time), Ryan Walter, came across one of the videos and the two began working with one another putting together Aquilina's initial EP "Fools".
"I uploaded the video to my Facebook page just as a kind of test to see what people thought and my manager [Ryan] spotted my first video within two days of uploading it even though it had less than 4 views, I was very fortunate."
Celebrity supporters include Perez Hilton who posted a blog entry praising Aquilina in January 2012.
In December 2011, Aquilina uploaded a cover of Brenda Russell's song, "Get Here" which she recorded at home to raise money for the Meningitis Trust. She said that she was "trying to raise as much money as I can for a good cause, especially at Christmas time."
In August 2012, Aquilina announced her independently released debut EP Fools through her management label Interlude Artists which was released on iTunes on 22 October 2012. It reached the Top 50 iTunes singles charts in its first week on pre-orders alone. To promote her EP, Aquilina performed an eight song set in Tromsø, Norway and was noticed by a Norwegian newspaper who called Aquilina "a great, talented songwriter who plays piano to accompany her beautiful voice." In September 2012, Aquilina announced on both her Facebook and Twitter accounts that she would be headlining her very first UK tour in early 2013.
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