DEAN
Olivia

• 1. Career

Olivia Lauryn Dean is an English neo soul singer. Her music is described as "devastating heartbreak ballads and sing-along self-love anthems".

She has released one studio album: Messy (2023) and five EPs. In 2021, Dean was named the breakthrough artist of the year by Amazon Music and, in 2023, Dean was selected as BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year.

Career

Dean began writing songs at age 16, teaching herself the guitar and piano. She performed at her graduation concert. She attracted the attention of Emily Braham, a young woman who she hired as her manager.

Braham got Dean into an audition with Rudimental, who hired Dean as a backing vocalist at age 17. Her first show was at the Sziget Festival in front of 16,000 people. She was featured on Rudimental's single "Adrenaline" on the album Toast to Our Differences (2019). She said that she was not good in the position as she often sang the tune instead of just the harmony.

In November 2019, she released her debut EP, OK Love You Bye, recorded in a converted east London pub. After it was streamed millions of times, she was offered and signed a recording contract with EMI. Her second EP, What Am I Gonna Do On Sundays?, was released in December 2020.

In 2021, Dean recorded an exclusive version of Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" for Amazon's Christmas Originals line-up, which charted at number 19 in the UK singles chart. That year, she was named the breakthrough artist of the year by Amazon Music.

In 2023, Dean was selected as BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year.

In June 2023, she released her debut album, Messy.

She is embarking on a headline tour in Europe in the spring of 2024.