Charli XCX
Apr 26, 2015
Charlotte Emma Aitchison better known by her stage name Charli XCX, is a British singer and songwriter. She was signed to IAMSOUND Records in 2010 and released her debut EP, You're the One in June 2012. After a year-long delay, she released her debut major label studio album, True Romance in April 2013. She wrote and is credited on "I Love It" with Icona Pop, which went to No. 1 in the UK and featured on "Fancy" with Iggy Azalea, which went to No.1 in the U.S.. The release of "Boom Clap" gave XCX her first top 10 hit as a solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100. She later released her second major-label studio album, Sucker in December 2014.
In May 2014, she contributed the song "Boom Clap" for the soundtrack to The Fault in Our Stars. The song was released as the album's first single and eventually peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, it also charted within the UK Singles Chart at number 6, as well as certifying Platinum in Australia. In August 2014, Charli announced the title of her third studio album to be, Sucker, which would be released 21 October 2014. The second single from the album, "Break the Rules", was released on August 18th, with the music video featuring Rose McGowan was released on August 25th.
In September 2014, Katy Perry announced via her Twitter page that XCX would open all shows on the last leg of her Prismatic World Tour. A song recorded by XCX and Duran Duran's frontman Simon LeBon was included in the original soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 film, which was released in November. The same month, Iggy Azalea's reissue album Reclassified was also released and XCX co-wrote "Beg for It", which features Danish singer-songwriter MØ. XCX joined the list of the 9th Annual Billboard Women in Music honorees as a hit-maker. Charli XCX latest singles are entitled, "Doing It," and features fellow singer, Rita Ora and her newest single is entitled, "Famous."