Elisabeth Troy

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Elisabeth Troy Antwi is a British singer and songwriter.

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She appeared on several top 40 hit singles in the UK, including MJ Cole's "Crazy Love" and "Hold On to Me" in 2000 and B.Traits' "Fever" in 2012. [1] She also co-wrote and performed the 1996 song "Headstrong", which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Mars Attacks! .[ citation needed ]

She also co-wrote and sang the duet "Incomplete" (as Elisabeth Antwi) with Fish from his 1999 solo album Raingods with Zippos , [2] and provided backing vocals on his 2013 album A Feast of Consequences .

She toured with Clean Bandit from 2013 until 2016. [3]

Discography

Singles

As main artist
As featured artist

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