The value that Black female artists have brought to countless records can’t be ignored, though they’ve tried there is a myth that surrounds them, entrenched in racist ideology that seeks ultimately to hold them back. ‘Black women’s appearances are heavily scrutinised no matter their talent.’ In 2007, she also became the first female artist to top the Billboard Blues chart. The world-renowned Joan Armatrading was the first female artist to win a Grammy Award in the Blues category, going on to be nominated three more times. Arlo Parks’ Mercury Award winning debut album Collapsed In Sunbeams peaked at No.3 in the UK charts and earned her several nominations at the 2021 BRIT Awards. Kele Le Roc, Raye, Kelli-Leigh and Alika, to name just a few, are essential in the success of dance giants like Basement Jaxx, Duke Dumont, Jax Jones, Cliq and Regard As the cultural and economic capital of Black British music rises exponentially, Black female artists have and continue to achieve record-breaking firsts and against undeniable odds. Black female vocals have also been the driving force behind some of our most loved dance hits. Headie One’s sampling of Faith Evans on Home from his certified silver mixtape Music x Road in 2019 made it a fan favourite. Aitch’s recent single Baby samples and features Ashanti’s hook from her classic hit Rock Wit U, propelling Aitch to No.2 in the UK charts. Dynamite taking things A Little Deeper with her 2002 debut, earning her a Mercury Prize, two BRIT Awards and three MOBOs, are just two earlier examples of Black British women thriving in the mainstream, proving that there is a varied and fruitful path for them in the UK.īlack female voices are the Midas touch that can soar on a power ballad, or glide on a house track. Neneh Cherry taking a Buffalo Stance in 1988 and Ms. The Black female voice has been revered, envied and commercialised for centuries from Shirley Bassey’s iconic Bond themes to the haunting vocal of Jorja Smith’s Blue Lights, these voices have always told the stories of their times in a way that no one else can.
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