About Jess Glynne
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Jess Glynne (born 20 October 1989) is an English singer and songwriter. After signing with Atlantic Records, she rose to prominence in 2014 as a featured artist on the singles 'Rather Be' by Clean Bandit and 'My Love' by Route 94, both of which reached number one in the UK.
Her debut studio album, I Cry When I Laugh (2015), debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and saw the international success of the singles 'Hold My Hand' and 'Don't Be So Hard On Yourself'. Glynne's second studio album, Always In Between (2018), also debuted at number one in the UK and saw continued success with the singles 'I'll Be There' and 'All I Am'; the former made Glynne the first British female solo artist to have seven number one singles on the UK Singles Chart.
Glynne's musical influences include Frank Ocean and Amy Winehouse. She cites Adele, Sam Cooke, Destiny's Child, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Etta James as inspirations for her vocal style and rappers such as Eminem, Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar for her songwriting. She has also listed India Arie, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and Mavis Staples as musical inspirations. Glynne said that Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the album that motivated her to start writing songs.
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