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BIOGRAPHY Sophie Ellis Bextor was born on 10 April 1979, in London , England , to Janet Ellis , a former '' Blue Peter '' presenter (Sophie appeared on the programme as a child), and Robin Bextor, a distant descendant of the poet Lord Bextor . Ellis and Bextor divorced when Sophie was four years old. Her official website hyphenates her surname, which is the joining of her parents' surnames; some other sources separate the names with a space. theaudience Ellis-Bextor began her career in 1997 , with an indie band called Theaudience . She sang the lead vocal in the band. While she was a band member, readers of '' Melody Maker '' elected her to the Number 1 position among the 'most sexy people in rock'. She recorded a duet with Manic Street Preachers —"Black Holes for the Young"—as a B-side for their 1998 single " The Everlasting ". Some songs released by theaudience are "I Got the Wherewithal", "If You Can't Do It When You're Young (When Can You Do It?)", "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)", and "A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed" (perhaps their best-known single). The band split in December 1998 . Rise to stardom After theaudience split, Sophie took a year off from singing; she tried modeling, but didn't like it and soon quit. She also started writing a novel. In 2000, Sophie collaborated with Italian DJ ''. In that same year, it won the awards for Best Single and Best Ibiza Tune at the Ericsson Muzik Awards. {Link without Title} Solo career In 's most played song of the year. Her third single, " Get Over You " was released in June 2002 and reached No. 3. The fourth single, " Music Gets The Best Of Me ", rose to No. 14 in December . In 2002, ''Read My Lips'' was re-released, and Ellis-Bextor won the Recording Artist Award, at that year's Showbusiness Awards. {Link without Title} Beginning in 2002, Ellis-Bextor was nominated, three years in a row, for the "British Female Solo Artist" Brit Award . {Link without Title} {Link without Title} {Link without Title} Her second album, '' Shoot From The Hip '', was released in October 2003 . Although it was not as commercially successful as her previous material, it held two further top-10 singles. The album reached no higher then No. 19 on the U.K. charts; its two singles were " Mixed Up World ", which reached No. 7, and " I Won't Change You " (No. 9). Around this time, rivalry against Victoria Beckham was suggested again; Victoria's single "This Groove"/"Let Your Head Go" reached a higher position in the charts than "I Won't Change You". Since then, Sophie has paused her musical career to take care of her first-born baby, Sonny, with her husband, Richard Jones , who is Bass Guitarist for The Feeling . In 2004 , she announced that she was working on a third album. Although its future release date is unclear, she is working with Fred Schneider of The B-52s to create a fun dance/party album, with an expected release date towards the middle of 2006 . In early 2005 , she performed on a track by the duo Busface , entitled "Circles (Just My Good Time)". She has become a minor icon to the Gay community. DISCOGRAPHY Albums and their singles Collaborations
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