Mae Stephens

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Mae Stephens
Birth nameAnna Mae Kelly
Born (2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 21)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Genres Pop
OccupationSinger-Songwriter
Years active2020–present
Labels EMI [1]
Website maestephens.com

Anna Mae Kelly [2] (born 24 March 2003), [3] known professionally as Mae Stephens, is an English pop singer. She peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 2023 with her pop-funk single "If We Ever Broke Up", [4] which initially gained popularity after being teased on Mae Stephens' TikTok account. [1] [5] [6]

Contents

Mae Stephens is from Kettering, Northamptonshire. [7] She regards Freddie Mercury and Sigrid among her musical influences. [1]

Career

As Anna Mae Kelly, she self-released two songs called "I Want You to Be Here" and "Devil Eyes" in March and April 2020 respectively. [8] These were followed by two more self-released songs as Mae Stephens entitled "Infamous Kiss" (September 2020) and "White Lies" (March 2021). [4] In 2021, Stephens was interviewed by the BBC about performing during the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

In December 2022, Stephens released snippets of her song "If We Ever Broke Up" to TikTok. [10] [11] The clips went viral during January 2023. Shortly afterward Stephens was signed to EMI and "If We Ever Broke Up" was released as a full single in February 2023. [12] [13] [14] Stephens also recorded the song Out of the Shadows for the video game remastered version of Until Dawn .

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[4] 		CAN
[15] 		IRE
[16] 		LIT
[17] 		NLD
[18] 		NOR
[19] 		NZ
Hot
[20] 		POL
[21] 		SWE
[22]
"I Want You to Be Here"2020—————————Non-album singles
"Devil Eyes"—————————
"Infamous Kiss"—————————
"White Lies"2021—————————
"If We Ever Broke Up"20231389895742361563
"Mr Right"
(with Meghan Trainor)		——————15——
"Jungle"
(with Alok and The Chainsmokers)		————28—293—
  • ZPAV: Platinum [24]
Summertime Friends
"Cheeky but Charming"
(featuring Kuromi)		—————————Non-album singles
"ADHD" [26] 2024—————————
"Make Me Your Mrs" [27] —————————TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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  20. ↑ Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart:
  21. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
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  26. ↑ "Mae Stephens Has Shared a New Single About Understanding Herself, ADHD". Read Dork. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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