Leslie Clio | |
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Background information | |
Born | Hamburg, West Germany | 16 August 1986
Origin | Berlin, Germany |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, producer, director |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Vertigo, Embassy Of Music, House Of Clio |
Website | www |
Leslie Clio (born 16 August 1986) is a German singer, songwriter, music video director and producer.
In 2008, Clio moved to Berlin. In 2013, she released her first album Gladys, a retro soul pop record which got her signed to Universal Music and charted at #11 in the German Albums Chart. The singles "I Couldn't Care Less" and "Told You So" became instant airplay hits and earned her a nomination for an "ECHO" Award in the category "Best Female Artist National". She played with Keane, Marlon Roudette, Phoenix and Joss Stone on tour. Following the success of her first album, Clio released her second record Eureka (Universal Music) in spring 2015, which charted at #13. The first single "My Heart Ain't That Broken" became another top 50 airplay song. In 2015, Clio appeared on Shuko's record For the Love of It (2015) with the song "Heatwave" featuring Talib Kweli. She became one of the five members of the German jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. Her third record Purple was released on 17 May 2017, and the additional acoustic EP was released in October. In 2018 she appeared on the German TV Show Sing Meinen Song . A Purple Deluxe Edition was released in June 2018. In June 2019 she released Repeat, an EP with 6 cover songs. In 2020 she founded her own label House Of Clio. In 2021, she released the children's album HIGHFIVE! under the name KID CLIO [1] and translated and sang the theme song for the Disney Princess 2021 campaign Ultimate Princess Celebration, [2] originally sung by Brandy. Her fourth and self released studio album Brave New Woman was released on 4 February 2022. [3] In the fall she was a finalist in the German edition of The Masked Singer. [4]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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GER [6] | AUT [7] | SWI [8] | ||||
Gladys |
| 11 | 30 | 22 | ||
Eureka |
| 14 | — | 85 | ||
Purple [9] |
| 41 | — | 67 | ||
Brave New Woman |
| 55 | — | — | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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GER [7] | AUT [7] | SWI [8] | ||||
"Told You So" | 2012 | 41 | 53 | — | Gladys | |
"I Couldn't Care Less" | 2013 | 25 | 25 | 66 | ||
"Twist the Knife" | — | — | — | |||
"My Heart Ain't That Broken" | 2015 | 57 | — | — | Eureka | |
"Eureka" | — | — | — | |||
"And I'm Leaving" | 2017 | — | — | — | Purple | |
"Rumours" | 2018 | — | — | — | Purple Deluxe Edition | |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
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