Mae Stephens | |
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Birth name | Anna Mae Kelly |
Born | Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | 24 March 2003
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2020–present |
Labels | EMI [1] |
Website | maestephens |
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 single "If We Ever Broke Up", [4] which initially gained popularity after being teased on Mae Stephens' TikTok account. [1] [5] [6]
Mae Stephens is from Kettering, Northamptonshire. [7] She regards Freddie Mercury and Sigrid among her musical influences. [1]
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]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||
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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" | 2023 | 13 | 89 | 8 | 95 | 74 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 63 | ||
"Mr Right" (with Meghan Trainor) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | |||
"Jungle" (with Alok and The Chainsmokers) | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | 29 | 3 | — |
| 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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