Rachel K Collier

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Rachel K Collier
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Background information
Birth nameRachel K Collier
BornMumbles, Swansea, Wales
Genres House, electro house, drum and bass, deep house, pop, jazz
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, producer
Years active2012–present
Labels Strictly Rhythm, Hospital Records, Anjunabeats
Associated acts Ray Foxx, Mat Zo, Wookie, Andrew Huang

Rachel K Collier is a Welsh electronic music producer and performer [1] from Swansea, Wales. She studied Creative Music Technology (BMus) for four years at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before moving to London to further pursue her music career. [2]

Contents

Music career

2012: Hard Road to Travel

In May 2012 Rachel recorded "Hard Road to Travel", a song originally recorded by Jimmy Cliff in 1967. The song was then released commercially by Saatchi & Saatchi, peaking at 79 on the UK Singles Chart [3] after being featured in a QualitySolicitors advert. [4] This was followed up in July 2012 with the release of the collaboration with Wookie (musician) on the single "2 Us".

2013–2014: Boom Boom (Heartbeat) & breakthrough

In August 2013 Rachel featured on Ray Foxx's single "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)". The song peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number 2 on the UK Dance Chart and number 13 on the Scottish Singles Chart. "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)" was also nominated for "Best Collaboration" at the Urban Music Awards 2013. [5]

November 2013 saw another collaboration, this time with Mat Zo on the track "Only For You (feat. Rachel K Collier)", the second track on the album "Damage Control" [6] with Rachel credited as co-writer and featured vocalist. [7]

Rachel's debut single "Predictions", Sarah Jane Crawford's 'Smash' of the week on BBC Radio 1Xtra in November 2013, [8] was released on 13 January 2014 on Strictly Rhythm. [9]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

YearTitlePeak chart positions
UK
2012"Hard Road to Travel"79
2014"Predictions"
2016"Ships"
2017"Paper Tiger"
"Rust"
2018"Darkshade"
"Poison"
2019"Dinosaur"
YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK Singles
[10]
UK Dance Singles
[11]
SCO Singles Chart
[12]
2012"Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything?"
(Lung featuring Rachel K Collier)
Non-album singles
"2 Us"
(Wookie featuring Rachel K Collier)
2013"Boom Boom (Heartbeat)"
(Ray Foxx featuring Rachel K Collier)
12213
"Only for You"
(Mat Zo featuring Rachel K Collier)
"Damage Control"
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards

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References

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  5. "Tag Archive for "UMA 2013 nominations"". Urban Music Awards. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
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  10. Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
  11. Peak positions for the dance singles in the UK:
  12. Peak positions for the featured singles in Scotland: