Our Version Of Events

Our Version Of Events

While still a teenager, Emeli Sand© got her fi rst big break as a singer and songwriter as she was named a contest winner for a BBC songwriter contest and<br>record-deal offers soon started pouring in. But instead of signing to a label, Sand© put her music career on hold and embarked on a six-year degree in medicine. Studying at Glasgow University, she specialized in clinical neuroscience cause I really like all the brain stuff. As evidenced on her debut album Our Version of Events, she holds a deep affi nity for all the heart stuff and soul stuff as well. Defying categorization, she appeals to fans of pop, credible singer-songwriters, soul, dance and everything in between. She has already had an amazing 12 monthsas her album debuted at #1 in the UK in February and she has had four songs from that album chart high on the UK singles chart, while guesting on four others that charted Top 10 for other artists. She has also been lauded as a songwriter, penning songs for UK artists as varied as Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle, while being identifi ed by none other than Simon Cowell as his favorite songwriter of the moment. She has caught the eye of diverse titans of the music industry with early admirers including Coldplay and Alicia Keys. The former tapped her to open their UK and European dates in December as well as a leg of their upcoming North American summer tour and the latter was so impressed after she opened for her in the UK last summer that she co-wrote and produced the track Hope from Our Version of Events and has been collaborating with Sand© for her own next album. Keys has also been effusive in her praise, telling Dazed and Confused she was a magnifi cent new artist... I just love her style and her fl ow super raw and Adele, upon viewing Sand¨ s performance of the track Next To Me on<br>Jools Holland, was compelled to Tweet How incredible is she? Sand© won the coveted BRIT Critics Choice Award for 2012 awarded this past February and in<br>an unprecedented twist, was also nominated as Breakthrough Artist at the BRITs as well.