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British singer-songwriter
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Female
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27 June 1993(Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Sophie Frances Cooke (born 27 June 1993), known mononymously as Frances, is a British singer and songwriter from Newbury, Berkshire, England.
Early life
Born in Oxford, she grew up in Newbury and attended St Gabriel's School in nearby Sandleford. She later studied music at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Career
In August 2014, she was the featured artist for the track "Fire May Save You" for the French music label Kitsuné. The single was released as part of an EP, which contained remixes of the same track. In July 2015, she released the EP Grow for Communion Records. In October 2015, she released the EP Let It Out.
In November 2015, she was shortlisted for the 2016 BRIT Awards: Critics' Choice Award. In December 2015, she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016.
In 2016 she portrayed Katter the Butterfly singing "In My Life" in Beat Bugs episode 10b.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
BEL (FL) |
BEL (WA) |
SCO | ||
| Things I've Never Said |
|
43 | 33 | 90 | 58 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||
| 2014 | "Fire May Save You" | — | non-album single |
| 2015 | "Grow" | — | Things I've Never Said |
| "Let It Out" | — | ||
| "Borrowed Time" | — | ||
| 2016 | "Don't Worry About Me" | 83 | |
| "Say It Again" | — | ||
| "Under Our Feet" | — | ||
| 2017 | "No Matter" | — |
Songwriting and Production Discography
Songs Co-written
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | SG Lewis | Non-album single | "Warm" | Samuel George Lewis |
| Jennifer Zamudio | 15 Jaar Spesiale Uitgawe | "Layers" | Allen McKendree | |
| "Bitter Pill" | Stephen Langstaff, Allen McKendree | |||
| 2016 | Karen Harding | Non-album single | "Open My Eyes" | Joshua Wilkinson, James F. Reynolds |
| Lauren Aquilina | Mum's List OST | "Something So Beautiful" | No additional writers | |
| 2017 | Leo Stannard | Maratea | "Gravity" (featuring Frances) |
Leonard Stannard, Neil Ormandy, Steven Solomon |
| Grey | Chameleon EP | "Room 101" (featuring Frances) |
Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha, Rachel Furner | |
| 2018 | SG Lewis | Dusk EP | "Coming Up" | Samuel George Lewis, Finlay Robson |
| "Sunsets, Pt. II" | Samuel George Lewis | |||
| Dan Caplen | Non-album singles | "Trouble" (featuring Ms Banks) |
Daniel Caplen, James Newman, Frederik Eichen | |
| King Henry | "Bad for Me" (featuring Elle Watson) |
Henry Allen, Elle Watson | ||
| Jess Glynne | Always in Between | "All I Am" | Jessica Glynne, Janee Bennett, James Newman, Bastian Langebaek, Sandy Rivera, Jay Sealee | |
| JC Stewart | Non-album singles | "Medicine" | John Stewart | |
| Joseph Marcus | "Better Love" | Joseph Marcus | ||
| Liv Dawson | Bedroom EP | "I Like You" | Olivia Dawson | |
| 2019 | SG Lewis | Dawn EP | "Blue" | Samuel George Lewis, Finlay Robson |
| The Magician | Non-album singles | "Ready to Love" | Stephen Fasano, Mark Ralph | |
| Sody | "The Bully" | Sophie Dyson | ||
| Don Diablo | "Brave" (with Jessie J) |
Don Schipper, Martijn van Sonderen, Jessica Glynne, Janee Bennett, James Newman, Edvard Erfjord, Henrik Michelsen | ||
| SG Lewis | Dawn EP | "Flames" (featuring Ruel) |
Samuel George Lewis, Alexander Oriet, David Phelan | |
| Rozes | Non-album single | "Call Me" | Elizabeth Mencel, Alexandra Robotham | |
| Aaron Smith | Loveless EP | "Better Than You Loved Me" | Aaron Smith, Joseph Rubel | |
| Maisie Peters | It's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral EP |
"This is On You" | Maisie Peters | |
| Sody | I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry EP |
"What We Had" | Sophie Dyson | |
| 2020 | Meghan Trainor | Treat Myself | "Ashes" | Meghan Trainor, Daniel Gleyser |
| "Have You Now" | Meghan Trainor | |||
| Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | "Hallucinate" | Dua Lipa, Samuel George Lewis, Stuart Price |
Songs Produced
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lauren Aquilina | Mum's List OST | "Something So Beautiful" | No additional producers |
| 2018 | JC Stewart | Non-album singles | "Medicine" | Geoff Swan |
| Sody | "Maybe It Was Me" | No additional producers | ||
| Liv Dawson | Bedroom EP | "I Like You" | No additional producers | |
| 2019 | Sody | Non-album single | "The Bully" | No additional producers |
| Maisie Peters | It's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral EP |
"This is on You" | Sam Tsang | |
| Brandon Colbein | Non-album single | "Mad" | No additional producers | |
| Sody | I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry EP | "What We Had" | No additional producers |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organisation | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BRIT Awards | Critic's Choice | Nominated |
| BBC | Sound of...2016 | Nominated |