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Birth name | Grace Sewell |
Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 8 April 1997
Origin | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2014–present |
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Website | www |
Grace Sewell (born 8 April 1997), known professionally as SayGrace (formerly Grace), [1] [2] is an Australian singer and songwriter. She is best known for "You Don't Own Me", a cover version of the 1963 Lesley Gore song, produced by Quincy Jones, Parker Ighile and featuring G-Eazy. [3] The song, a single from her debut album with Regime Music Societe [4] and RCA Records, was a number-one hit in Australia. [5]
Grace is from Brisbane and attended All Hallows' School and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Sunnybank. She grew up listening to musical artists such as Smokey Robinson, Janis Joplin, Shirley Bassey, and Amy Winehouse. [3] Grace comes from a family of musicians. Her grandparents toured with the Bee Gees. Her brother Conrad Sewell is also a singer/songwriter, best known for featuring on Kygo's song "Firestone" and for his solo hit "Start Again". When "Start Again" hit number one on the ARIA Charts in June 2015, Conrad and Grace became the first Australian born siblings in the history of the charts to hit number one as separate acts.
She performed for Dropout Live UK, singing a cover of "Do It like a Dude" by Jessie J. [6] Grace signed with Regime Music Societe [4] and RCA Records in 2015 and began recording in Atlanta with Puff Daddy and Quincy Jones. [5]
Grace released "You Don't Own Me" in March 2015 as a tribute to and cover of the original singer, Lesley Gore, who had recently died at the time. [7] Grace recorded the song with rapper G-Eazy, with Quincy Jones returning to co-produce the track. [8] It was her first single with RCA Records. The song became a top 10 viral track on Spotify in April 2015, [9] and debuted at number 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart in May 2015, later peaking at number 1. [10] She released her debut EP Memo in May 2016. In July 2015, she was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and broadcast nationally where she performed live her single "You Don't Own Me". The song was used to promote the Australian TV series Love Child , and was used in Christmas advertisements for House of Fraser in the UK. In 2016, the song was used in the trailer for the film Suicide Squad . She also was shown performing the song on a season 3 episode of NCIS: New Orleans .
"You Don't Own Me" was included on Grace's debut studio album, FMA , which stands for Forgive My Attitude, was released on 1 July 2016. [11] [7] Grace also co-wrote a track for the album with Fraser T Smith, which features additional writing and production contributions from Parker Ighile, Diane Warren, and Quincy Jones. [12] In September, she released the official single version of "Boyfriend Jeans" which had been included as a demo version on her debut EP, Memo. Grace was the featured artist on Live from Daryl's House on 16 June 2016.
In October 2019, Grace rebranded herself to SayGrace and released the single "Boys Ain't Shit". [1] On 22 November 2019, she released the single "Doin' Too Much" and confirmed to Billboard the name of her new EP, The Defining Moments of SayGrace: Girlhood, Fuckboys & Situationships, which was released on 7 February 2020. [2]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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AUS [13] | CAN [14] | UK [15] | US [16] | ||
FMA |
| 32 | 93 | 42 | 34 |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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US [16] | ||
Memo |
| 149 |
The Defining Moments of SayGrace: Girlhood, Fuckboys & Situationships [17] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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AUS [18] | BEL [19] | CAN [20] | IRL [21] | NZ [22] | SPA [23] | SWI [24] | UK [25] | US [26] | ||||||||||||
Credited as Grace | ||||||||||||||||||||
"You Don't Own Me" (featuring G-Eazy) | 2015 | 1 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 60 | 4 | 57 | Memo | |||||||||
"Dirty Harry" [32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Boyfriend Jeans" [33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Hell of a Girl" [34] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | FMA | |||||||||
"Honor" (DJ Cassidy featuring Grace and Lil Yachty) [35] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
Credited as SayGrace | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Boys Ain't Shit" (solo or featuring Tate McRae and Audrey Mika or featuring Flo Milli) [36] | 2019 | — | — | — | 86 [37] | — [upper-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | The Defining Moments of SayGrace: Girlhood, Fuckboys & Situationships | |||||||||
"Doin' Too Much" [39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Priorities" [40] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Gone" [41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Girl" [42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||||||||
"Feel Good" [43] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Used To" [44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"No Saving Us" (with Two Friends) [45] | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Beggin You" (with Hayden James) [46] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Twentyfourseven" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Love Me or Leave Me" | 2015 | — | Nina Revisited... A Tribute to Nina Simone |
"Don't Let Me Go" | G-Eazy | When It's Dark Out | |
Title | Year | Director |
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"You Don't Own Me" (featuring G-Eazy) | 2015 | Saul Salmonman |
"Boyfriend Jeans" | Ellis Bahl | |
"Dirty Harry" | ||
"Hell of a Girl" | 2016 | — |
"Boys Ain't Shit" [47] | 2019 | Mercedes Bryce Morgan [48] |
"Doin' Too Much" [49] | ||
"Gone" [50] |
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