She went to Brockenhurst College to complete her study. She had very keen interest in music as when she was only 7 years old she learned how to play the piano and one year later when she was 8 years old, she wrote her own music. At the age of 12, she had let her marks when she won a talent contest named Open Mic UK wherein she won the prize defeating competitors.
She also made a live performance on piano for Pianothon in London. At very young age, she released version of Skinny Love which made its place on UK Singles Chart and this was her first hit.
This song became the liking of everyone and was featured in an episode of Being Human. Following this, she began to sing many songs and also started to release her EPs. But she got four nominations for her work. Send Wishes. Birdy's song "Wings," from her second album, was used as the soundtrack to the Lloyds Bank year anniversary Horse Story advertisements in June The single was released on 11 September via digital download in the UK.
In October , Birdy performed a cover of Firestone, originally by Kygo ft. She performed "Words As Weapons" during the presentation. In the same year, Birdy was featured on four of the tracks on the Shadows album by Native Roses, in which her elder brother, Moses, is a drummer.
Videos for both were released. Her great-uncle was the actor Sir Dirk Bogarde. She then announced the release of her second studio album, entitled Fire Within, via a YouTube video on 10 July The video included footage of Birdy in the studio along with a preview of two songs, "Wings" and "No Angel", which are both featured on the album. The first official single, "Wings", was released on 22 July and a second song, "All You Never Say", was sent to subscribers of Birdy's mailing list and posted on YouTube on 15 August The song "Wings" was also featured on The Vampire Diaries episode "Home", which aired on 15 May her eighteenth birthday.
The album was released in the UK and other surrounding countries on 23 September and received mostly positive reviews. In North America, the album was released on 3 June A subsequent EP entitled Breathe was released on 24 September. Birdy did tours of America and Australia in After her concert in the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, a reviewer described her as a sensational pianist who appears to be shy and timid, but whose voice "rings throughout the theatre.
The tour also included appearances on TV shows like Sunrise, on which she sang "Wings. Birdy paid a visit to Australia in August , during which Dolly magazine took her on a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Her debut single, a cover version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love", was her breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia.
Her self-titled debut album, Birdy, was released on 7 November to similar success, peaking at number one in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Her third studio album, Beautiful Lies, was released on 25 March The song became her first hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at The official music video for the song was directed by Sophie Muller.
In the session, she performed both "Shelter" and "The A Team". Birdy's eponymous debut album of cover versions plus one original song written by her was released on 7 November ; the album peaked at No. She won both the unders category and the Grand Prize, against 10, other competitors. She performed her own song, called "So Be Free", at the competition in front of 2, people.
Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde born 15 May , better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in , at the age of Birdy learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and began writing her own music at the age of eight.
Her parents were married in and have two other children: Jake, born in , and Caitlin in She also has two elder half-brothers, Moses and Sam, from her father's first marriage.
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