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Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s life as she joins Neighbours - stripping off to Strictly woes
Neighbours, Daily Star has taken a dive into Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s life.The Queen of “sophisticated pop” was born in 1979 and grew up in the house of celebrity parents, therefore was aware of the business from a very young age.By the time she was a teenager, she knew she wanted to be a singer and kicked off her professional music career in 1996, at the age of 17.Standing as the lead vocalist for the indie rock back, Theaudience, the group enjoyed short-lived success as two of their singles reached the Top 40 in the UK singles chart.In 1999 however, the band were dropped after their first album, prompting Sophie to go on the hunt for her own success.In 2000, Sophie emerged as a major star when she collaborated with electronic music producer DJ Spiller on the single Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love).The song found huge success, becoming a number one hit in singles charts around the world and famously beating Victoria Beckham’s single to the top spot.To this day, it is regarded by many as Sophie’s first big hit.It anchored her solo debut album called Read My Lips which was released in 2001 and caused her career to take off.That year, the singer brought out hits like pop single Take Me Home and she also served up another chart topper in disco tune Murder on the Dancefloor which was an ultra-smash hit throughout Europe.The singers career has by no means slow down and she now has six albums under her belt, selling more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.While touring her first album in 2002, Sophie met and later fell in love with her bass player, Richard Jones.Richard was the founding member of rock band The Feeling whose biggest hits include Fill My Little World.When previously speaking about their romance, the now 42-year-old
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