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Birth name | Jasmine Ying Thompson[1] |
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Born | 8 November 2000 (age 18) London, England[2] |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Atlantic |
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Website | jasminethompsonmusic.com |
Jasmine Ying Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is an English singer and songwriter. Thompson began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to YouTube.[3] In 2014, she was featured on German deep house producer Robin Schulz's song 'Sun Goes Down'.[3] This song charted within the top 10 in multiple countries including Australia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.[4] As of March 2019, her YouTube channel has over 3.3 million subscribers and over 570 million views.
Her acoustic cover version of Chaka Khan's original 'Ain't Nobody' reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart;[5] this success led to the song being featured in an advertisement by Sainsbury's. The remixed version from Thompson was then remixed by DJ Felix Jaehn in 2015 and became a huge hit, peaking at number 2 in the UK, and charting in several other countries.[6][7] Her voice has been described as 'eerie', 'soft' and 'incandescent'.[2]
Thompson was born on 8 November 2000 in London, England,[8] to an English father and a Chinese mother.[9] In 2017, Thompson opened up about the divorce of her parents, which has inspired her, at an interview about Wonderland, her latest EP at that time.[10]
In July 2013, Thompson self-released a cover of Naughty Boy's single 'La La La'.[11] In August, she released 3 different covers: a cover of Taylor Swift's 'Everything Has Changed' (as a duet with Gerald Ko),[12] a cover of Passenger's 'Let Her Go',[13][14] and a cover of David Guetta's 'Titanium'.[14] In September the same year, she self-released her debut album Bundle of Tantrums, which included the singles 'La La La', 'Let Her Go', and 'Titanium'.[15][16]
In September 2013, Thompson released a cover of Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody'.[17] The song featured in an advert for UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's for their by Sainsbury's range. The song has peaked at number thirty two on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released the extended play Under the Willow Tree.[18] One of the songs, named 'Run', enjoyed moderate success in Europe and the United States.[citation needed]
On 20 April 2014, Thompson released her second album, Another Bundle of Tantrums. The album peaked at number 126 on the UK Albums Chart. In September 2014, Thompson's cover of 'Everybody Hurts' was used in the BBC autumn trailer for EastEnders. The trailer showed characters Kat Moon, Sharon Watts, and Linda Carter repeating Thompson's lyrics.[19][20]
On 12 June 2015, Thompson released her first single on Atlantic Records's label, entitled 'Adore'.[3] Later that year, on 18 September, Thompson released her third extended play, Adore. It included 5 songs: 'Adore', 'Do It Now', 'Great Escape', 'Let Myself Try', and 'Crystal Heart'.
In 2015, German music producer and DJ Felix Jaehn released a remix of 'Ain't Nobody', originally released by Thompson in 2013 titled 'Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)'. The song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the Netherlands, and peaking within the top ten of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland.[citation needed]
In 2016, her cover of 'Mad World' was used in the trailer for Ewan McGregor’s film American Pastoral.[16][21][21] In the same year, her cover of ″Mad World″ also was used in the French movie, Ares. It is played at the end of the movie leading to the credits.[21][22]
On 19 May 2017, Thompson released her fourth extended play, Wonderland.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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Bundle of Tantrums[23] |
| 160 | 8 | ||
Another Bundle of Tantrums[24] |
| 126 | 9 |
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Under the Willow Tree[25] |
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Take Cover[26] |
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Adore EP |
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Wonderland EP[27] |
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Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |||||||||
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UK [5] | FRA [28] | GER [29] | IRE [30] | ITA [31] | SCO [32] | SWI [33] | |||||||
2013 | 'Ain't Nobody' | 32 | -- | -- | 76 | -- | 32 | -- | Non-album single | ||||
2016 | 'Adore' | -- | -- | 91 | -- | 34 | -- | 39 |
| Adore | |||
'Do It Now'[34] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
2017 | 'Mad World' | -- | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Non-album single | |||
'Where We Belong' (with Hugel) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
'Rise Up' (with Thomas Jack) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
'Wonderland' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Wonderland EP | |||||
'Old Friends' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
2018 | 'Lonely Together' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album single | ||||
2019 | 'Loyal' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Colour | ||||
'Take Care' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
'More' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
'—' denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [5] | AUS [35] | AUT [36] | FRA [28] | GER [29] | IRE [30] | ITA [31] | NLD [37] | SWE [38] | SWI [33] | |||||
2014 | 'Sun Goes Down' (Robin Schulz featuring Jasmine Thompson) | 94 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 62 | -- | 57 | 3 |
| Prayer | |
2015 | 'Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)' (Felix Jaehn featuring Jasmine Thompson) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
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'Unfinished Sympathy'[39] (The Six featuring Jasmine Thompson) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album singles | |||
2016 | 'Steady 1234' (DJ Vice featuring Jasmine Thompson & Skizzy Mars) | -- | -- | 22 | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 58 | -- |
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'—' denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with |
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'Hot Water' (with Audien featuring Victoria Zaro)[40] | 2017 | 3LAU | Non-album single | Co-writer | Justin Blau, Nathaniel Rathbun, Emily Schwartz, Scott Friedman, Ido Zmishlany, Victoria Zaro |
'Friends' (with Anne-Marie)[41] | 2018 | Marshmello | Speak Your Mind | Christopher Comstock, Anne-Marie Nicholson, Eden Anderson, Nat Dunn, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard | |
'Higher' (featuring Betty Who)[42] | Don Diablo | Future | Don Schipper, Michael Sonderson, Michael McGinnis, Nicolas Scapa, Lindy Robbins |