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Karen Harding
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| Born | (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 |
| Origin | Consett, County Durham, England |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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Karen Harding (born 18 November 1991) is an English singer and songwriter from Consett, County Durham. Her first single, "Say Something", released in February 2015, entered the Top 10.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Discography
3.1 Singles
3.1.1 As featured artist
3.2 Guest appearances
3.3 Songwriting credits
4 References
Early life
Born to an English father and Filipina mother,[1] Harding grew up in Consett and attended Moorside Community Technology College.[2] She used to work at her parents' oriental food store and, in 2008, won a regional music competition called Music Means Life.[3] One of her first recordings was a cover version of the anti-racism song "Strange Fruit", made famous by Billie Holiday.[4]
She is a supporter of Newcastle United.[citation needed]
Career
In 2010, she competed on the television programme Eurovision: Your Country Needs You, the national final deciding who would represent the United Kingdom in that year's Eurovision Song Contest.[5] She was eliminated in the penultimate round after singing Kylie Minogue's "What Do I Have to Do".[6] Harding was a contestant on the tenth series of the television singing competition The X Factor, but was eliminated at the boot camp stage during the controversial six-chair challenge.[7][8]
Following The X Factor, Harding was approached by the producer MNEK, who had seen a video she uploaded onto the Internet of her covering Disclosure's "Latch".[9] She was subsequently signed by Disclosure's record label, Method Records.[10] Her first single, the MNEK-produced "Say Something", was released in January 2015 by Method and Capitol Records[11] and attracted notice from Fact magazine, MuuMuse, Noisey and The Singles Jukebox.[12] "Say Something" entered the UK Singles Chartand peaked at number seven, with by frequent airplay on BBC Radio 1 and its sister station, 1Xtra.[13] It spent 26 weeks on the official charts and achieved gold status.
Harding has worked with producers and songwriters such as Tom Aspaul, CocknBullKid, Mark J. Feist, Rodney Jerkins, Jimmy Napes and Richard Stannard.[10] She is featured on the house duo Arches' single "New Love", released in April 2015,[14] and on Blonde's single "Feel Good (It's Alright)", released in August 2015.[15] Harding played at several festivals during mid-2015, including Birmingham Pride, Ibiza Rocks, Lovebox, Manchester Pride and Parklife.[16]
Harding's influences include female solo artists such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson and Lisa Stansfield, as well as dance and garage acts Artful Dodger, Craig David and Madison Avenue.[1][8] She has also cited house music of the 1990s as an influence.[9]
In May 2016, Harding was selected to perform the national anthem at the 2016 FA Cup Final. However, she missed her cue, and only managed to join in with the crowd for the last few lines.[17]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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UK [18] | IRE [19] | SCO [20] | BEL (Wa) [21] | ||||
| "Say Something" | 2015 | 7 | 73 | 11 | 80 |
| TBA |
| "Open My Eyes" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Like I Can" (with Tough Love) | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Runaway"[23] (with Tom Ferry) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Picture" | — | — | — | — | |||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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UK [18][24] | IRE [19] | ||||
| "New Love" (Arches featuring Karen Harding) | 2015 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (Blonde featuring Karen Harding) | 76 | — | |||
| "Sweet Lies" (Wilkinson featuring Karen Harding) | 2016 | — | — | Hypnotic | |
| "Good for Me" (Giorgio Moroder featuring Karen Harding) | — | — | TBA | ||
| "Gun Shy" (ImanoS featuring Pusha T & Karen Harding) | 2017 | — | — | xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Music from the Motion Picture) | |
| "Down" (FooR featuring Karen Harding) | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "The Weekend" (This Diamond Life featuring Karen Harding) | — | — | |||
| "More & More" (Tom Zanetti featuring Karen Harding) | 73 | — | |||
| "Stay" (Le Youth featuring Karen Harding) | 2018 | — | — | ||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "All U Need"[25] | 2018 | Example | Bangers & Ballads |
Songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with |
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| "Shame" | 2016 | Alex Newell | POWER EP | Co-writer | George Tizzard, Rick Parkhouse, Thomas Dutton |
| "Pyramids" | 2018 | Kokiri | Non-album single | Tonino Speciale, David Asante | |
| "Shame on You" | Claire Richards | My Wildest Dreams | Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Mich Hansen, Chelcee Grimes |
References
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^ Barry Nelson. "Music provides life – and a recording contract for Karen". The Northern Echo.
^ Barry Nelson. "Music provides life – and a recording contract for Karen". The Northern Echo.
^ "Serving up a top 10: Former Sunderland takeaway worker Karen Harding reaches number seven in the charts". Sunderland Echo.
^ "Karen from Consett will sing on Your Country Needs You". BBC News. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- Katie Davies (6 March 2010). "Singer Karen Harding aiming for Eurovision". N E Chronicle.
- "Eurovision hopeful has previously beaten Joe McElderry in a singing contest". Daily Star.
^ "Josh flying the flag for United Kingdom in Oslo". Eurovision.tv.
^ John Plunkett. "X Factor viewers complain over 'cruel' bootcamp twist". The Guardian.
^ ab "Karen Harding X Factor MNEK Debut Single 'Say Something' –". Grazia Live.
^ ab Duke (27 January 2015). "Consett singer Karen Harding heading for the top 10 with Say Something". N E Chronicle.
^ ab "The 405 meets Karen Harding". The 405.
^ "iTunes Music – Say Something – Single by Karen Harding". iTunes Store.
^ Bradley Stern. ""Say Something" Video: Karen Harding Takes Over The Dance Floor". MuuMuse.
- The Singles Jukebox http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=13809. Retrieved 10 August 2016. Missing or empty|title=(help)
- "PREMIERE: Karen Harding – "Say Something"". Noisey.
- "Stream Wookie's remix of newcomer Karen Harding's 'Say Something'". Factmag. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "Uptown Funk scores 7th week at Number 1". Official Charts.
- "BBC – Radio 1Xtra – Playlist". Radio 1Xtra.
- "BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist". Radio 1.
^ "Premiere: Arches "New Love" ft Karen Harding". Wonderland.
^ "VIDEO: Blonde Feat Karen Harding 'Feel Good (It's Alright)'". Dropout UK.
^ "Karen Harding". Love Box Festival.
^ "FA Cup final 2016: Singer Karen Harding misses cue to sing national anthem". BBC Sport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ ab "Karen Harding". UK Charts. Official Charts Company.
^ ab Hung, Steffen. "Discography Karen Harding". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
^ "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "Karen Harding – Say Something". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "Karen Harding" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
^ "Runaway – Single by Karen Harding & Tom Ferry on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ "Tom Zanetti" (select "Singles" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ "Bangers & Ballads by Example". iTunes (UK). 17 August 2018.
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