English pop singer, who took third place in the 8th season of the British talent show 'The X Factor' in 2011. Her mentor in the competition was American singer and actress Kelly Rowland. Lily's debut single, 'You Bring Me Joy', was released September 9, 2012, and immediately took off on the second line of the charts 'UK Singles Chart'.
Amelia Lily received her education, for which her parents had to shell out a lot of money in a private school from Durham Tees Valley, Teesside High School, located in the north-east of England. In an interview that Amelia Lily gave the British newspaper 'The Sun', she said that in the previous school, she had to endure more than five years of bullying by classmates that she had not managed to make friends there, and she always came home in tears. Amelia Lily thought that bullies have chosen it as their goal, because she looked and dressed differently than most girls.
Before the audition for 'The X Factor', Amelia Lily has posted some cover versions of famous songs in his performance on his page on YouTube, including 'Someone like You', which has since attracted more than a million views. In early 2011, Lily auditioned for 'The X Factor' in Liverpool, speaking to the strict qualifying jury consisting of renowned music manager Louis Walsh, member of the legendary bands 'Take That' Gary Barlow, the popular British singer with Greek roots Tulisa Contostavlos and American Kelly Rowland. She sang 'Piece of My Heart' Erma Franklin and was praised by all four judges, who found her voice is simply stunning, especially for a 16-year-old girl.
Amelia Lily has successfully passed through the training and suddenly on October 9, on the 1st week of the show; her mentor Kelly Rowland has removed it without explanation. However, shortly before the 6th live show 'The X Factor', it became known that the participant Frankie Cocozza was disqualified, and the audience offered by voting to return to the show of their favorite participant. Lily won 48.8% of the vote, returning to 'The X Factor', sang 'The Show Must Go On' to the delight of all the judges. In the end, Amelia Lily reached the final, along with other participants, Marcus Collins and a group of 'Little Mix', and took the third place for it voted 26.5% of viewers.
In spite of the fact that the victory in the contest went not to her, Amelia Lily left the show with a very weighty prize she signed a contract for half a million pounds and three albums with 'Xenomania', a subsidiary label 'Sony'. Currently, Lily and signed by 'Xenomania', and 'Sony Music', and in September 2012 she released her hugely successful debut single. Premiere of the video for the single was held July 30, 2012. Single on iTunes immediately won 1st place in sales and held it for four days, and for the first week of release it sold more than 50,000 copies. In December last year, it was announced that their debut album released the young British singer May, 2013.
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