Billie Marten
Billie Marten was born in Ripon, England, United Kingdom on May 27th, 1999 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 24, Billie Marten biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Isabella Sophie Tweddle (born 27 May 1999), who performs under the stage name Billie Marten, is a British singer-songwriter and singer from Ripon, North Yorkshire.
When a video of her singing on YouTube attracted thousands of viewers, she first came to fame at the age of twelve.
She recorded her first EP at the age of fifteen in 2014 and her second EP a year later.
She had been nominated for the Sound of 2016 award at the end of 2015.
Early life
Isabella (or "Billie") Tweddle was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire, on May 27, 1999. She began playing guitar and singing when she was seven or eight years old, and soon after, she began writing songs. By the age of nine, she had her own YouTube channel on which she posted pop songs, mainly for the benefit of her grandparents, who live in France. Ont' Sofa, a local YouTube channel, when she was twelve, she did some music sessions for a local YouTube channel. She performed "Middle of the Bed," a cover version of Lucy Rose's "Middle of the Bed" that gained thousands of views in a short time. "I didn't know how quickly it would spread," Marten said in a later interview. I was a child and it was crazy." She attended Ripon Grammar School.
Personal life
Marten is a huge fan of alpacas and has expressed an interest in buying one. "I have this strange obsession with alpacas that I can't explain," she says. "I think they're lovely, and I adore them."
Marten was diagnosed with a serious seasonal affective disorder (SAD) at the age of 18, contributing to depression and anxiety.
Music career
In May 2014, just before her fifteenth birthday, Billie Marten released the single "Ribbon" via Burberry's curation program. She wrote the single with Fiona Bevan the previous year. According to Marten, one theme of "Ribbon" is "the elusiveness of the city, and how quickly you can lose something amongst the people and tube stations." In June 2014 she released her debut EP Ribbon. In August 2014 Marten played the BBC Introducing stage at the Reading Festival. She described her music in December 2014 as "a mix between acoustic and quite folky and a little indie."
In January 2015 Billie Marten signed to Chess Club Records, a division of Sony Music and their RCA Records recording label. She released the single "Heavy Weather" in April 2015 which premiered on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show. A 7" vinyl version of "Heavy Weather" was released in May with her cover version of Royal Blood's "Out of the Black" on the B-side. She released the single "Bird" in September 2015. She wrote the song with Olivia Broadfield, and according to Marten, the song is about "how words can truly affect people, not always for the right reasons". She toured for the first time in October 2015 as the supporting act for Lucy Rose. Marten released her second EP As Long As in November 2015.
In November 2015 she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016.
In 2018 Marten's Blue Sea, Red Sea featured as Annie Mac's hottest record on Radio 1.
In January 2021, Marten announced her third album titled Flora Fauna, set for a 21 May release.