Everything there is to know about 'Indestructible' singer Becky Hill 🎶
She has SUCH an incredible voice
Becky Hill's songs have been dancefloor fillers for more than a decade now, from her debut, Number 1 hit 'Gecko (Overdrive)', to huge songs like 'Heaven On My Mind' with Sigala and 'Run' with Galantis - she's also worked with the likes of David Guetta, Ella Henderson and Joel Corry.
The singer-songwriter has come a long way since starting out on The Voice back in 2012. Already in 2024, Becky has released 'Never Be Alone', 'Outside of Love', and 'Indestructible', along with her album called 'Believe Me Now?'. She'll also be going on tour starting in October. Here we take a look at who Becky Hill is and her amazing career journey so far...
Who is Becky Hill?
Becky Hill is a British singer/songwriter who started out making music when she was just 14-years-old and performing at some small festivals. She later worked part-time behind a bar before auditioning for The Voice.
Where is Becky Hill from?
Becky Hill is from Bewdley, Worcestershire.
How old is Becky Hill?
Becky was born on 14th February 1994 making her currently 30-years-old and an Aquarius.
What is Becky's latest song?
Becky's most recent song is 'Outside of Love', released on 28th March at 5pm. The song was co-written with the song's producers PARISI, who has worked with Fred again.. and Swedish House Mafia.
At the time she released the song, Becky also dropped them music video, premiering it on YouTube. The video is set against a backdrop of powerful waterfalls and tranquil pools of water. Take a look below.
'Never Be Alone'
On 19th January 2024, Becky released her song 'Never Be Alone'. Her song is born out of a post lockdown world, with the singer explaining: "'Never Be Alone' was born out of a post lockdown world where isolation and distance were forced upon the world. With my partner and I both being in music, we really felt the full force of an imposed lockdown on the events industry.
How did Becky Hill get famous?
Becky Hill took part in The Voice back in 2012 and later became the first contestant to have a Number 1 single in the UK with 'Gecko (Overdrive)'. On the show, Becky Hill attracted the attention of will.i.am and Jessie J, who both swivelled their chairs for Becky, she decided to go with Jessie J and got through to the semi-finals.
Did Becky Hill win The Voice?
Becky Hill became famous after she took part in The Voice, however Becky didn't win the popular TV show! The singer was in Jessie J's team and got through to the semi-final during the first year, but Leanne Mitchell in Tom Jones' team was eventually crowned the winner.
WATCH: Becky Hill performs 'Ordinary People' for her audition on The Voice
Would Becky Hill return to The Voice?
Yes, Becky Hill told us she would love to return to The Voice, but next time as a judge, telling us it would be going "full circle". She told us how one of the contestants has auditioned for The Voice using one of her songs! Becky revealed she thought the contestant did really well, as it was a big song to sing.
Becky Hill on Love Island
Becky Hill has a long-standing association with Love Island, as her music has appeared in the iconic background music of the show for a number of years now - and she even went into the villa to perform a set with DJ Joel Corry.
She also had a laugh with one of her fans on Twitter about how many of her songs would appear on the Love Island soundtrack in 2021 - joking that ALL of her songs should be played each season... And we can't help but agree!
Is Becky Hill going on tour?
She is! In exciting news, Becky announced her first arena tour, which will take place in October 2024. Becky revealed the exciting news in a sweet Instagram post which featured pictures from her career journey so far.
Tickets for Becky's tour are now on sale!
Becky Hill at The BRITs 2022
The BRIT Awards 2022 with Mastercard were certainly great for Becky Hill! After winning the award for Best Dance Act (her first ever BRIT Award), Becky had us all in tears with her emotional acceptance speech.
The singer gushed: "I love dance music, I have been a little drum and bass raver since I was 12-years-old, I love dance music, to be up against people like RAYE, Joel, Fred, Calvin is an honour for me. It’s been 16 years since they had a dance category and I am so honoured to win this award tonight."
Becky at the BRITs 2023
Becky made it two-for-two - winning Best Dance Act yet again at the BRIT Awards 2023! Once again, Becky gave an incredible and emotional acceptance speech as she picked up her award, winning over the likes of Bonobo, Calvin Harris, Eliza Rose and Fred Again.
She said: "I want to thank the BRITs' committee for putting me on the shortlist of the Dance Act for another year, and it is such an honour to be nominated especially alongside the amazing Eliza Rose, and the incredible RAYE who are an inspiration for women and people of colour in such an underrepresented scene."
Becky also performed at the awards show alongside David Guetta, Ella Henderson and Sam Ryder as they performed 'Remember', 'Crazy What Love Can Do' and David's smash hit with Bebe Rexha, 'I'm Good (Blue)'.
WATCH: David Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson, Sam Ryder - Live at The BRIT Awards 2023
In 2024, Becky was nominated in the Best Dance Act category again, with Calvin Harris picking up the gong. Becky delivered an incredible performance at the 2024 BRIT Awards, teaming up with Chase & Status to perform their track 'Disconnect'.
Becky Hill's first album
Becky released her debut album 'Only Honest on the Weekend' in August 2021, featuring songs like 'Better Off Without You', 'Heaven on My Mind' and 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)'. No stranger to a collab, Becky worked with the likes of MNEK, Ella Eyre, Sigala and David Guetta on the record!
It peaked at Number 7 in the UK and has been certified Gold by the BPI with 100,000 sales.
Becky Hill's second album
Becky's second album is called 'Believe Me Now' and was released on 31st May 2024. The singer previously told BANG Showbiz back in 2021: "I’m going to start writing again and experimenting with new sounds and new phase of music for me, I'm very excited about that."
She went on to reveal: "I have a love for dance music and always have done since I was a child. I would love to experiment with more instruments, namely live instrumentation in dance music so you can get that live stage feel while being on the dance floor.
"I’ll definitely be upping the budget on album two and making sure there’s lots of live instruments on there, I think it could really be a breath of fresh air for dance pop music."
Then in May 2023, in an interview with Sam Thompson, Becky revealed a bit more about her album, she said: "There's lots of proper club records on there which I'm really excited about. I've been back in writing more drum and bass as well. I actually think I've written one of the best drum and bass records since I've written 'Afterglow', which I'm really excited about.
"I wrote it with Chase & Status as well, so that's really exciting! There should be new music out quite a lot this year! I just want to see how this next year goes, you know, I've got to go out to America and try and break America, and I've got to really plant my feet."
In December 2023, Becky announced she would be releasing a new song on 19th January 2024, this turned out to be a banger called 'Never Be Alone'. Then, also in January 2024, Becky revealed the album's title and release date.
Who would Becky Hill like to collaborate with next?
Becky is the queen of collabs, having worked with many big artists including Sigala, David Guetta, Jonas Blue, and she even teamed up TWICE with dance DJ Wilkinson, but who else would she really like to work with?
Speaking ahead of Hits Live Liverpool, Becky told Jordan-Lee all about it. Revealing how she'd already joined Joel Corry in the studio - with the pair later releasing their banger 'History' - Becky went on to tell us how she slid into Kwabs' DMs.
"I slipped into his DMs, and we need to do a dance song together, your voice is incredible and he's back. He's just on a new Regard song called 'Signals'."
Becky continued: "And it's really lovely to hear Kwabs’ voice back on record. So, I've been chatting to him and I'm hoping that will happen."
However, there's one DJ who hasn't seen her messages - Calvin Harris.
"Someone that I have been going on for probably the large part of my career is Calvin Harris who hasn't seen my messages," Becky explained laughing: "It's his loss."
Becky Hill as a solo artist
Despite doing a lot of collaborations, Becky has revealed that in 2023 she was going to: 'step out as my own artist'. The singer didn't want to have people featuring on her songs, and would be returning to her 'raver roots'.
On 12th May 2023 she released her first solo song in over a year called 'Side Effects', the music video was also released and featured the singer in various locations including a nightclub, a bed and on stage. In June that year, Becky performed at Glastonbury.
Is Becky Hill a songwriter?
Yes, Becky has co-written a number of songs both for herself and others. Becky has co-written Jax Jones' 'All Day and Night' with Martin Solveig and Madison Beer, MNEK's 'Crazy World' and Oliver Heldens' 'Last All Night (Koala)' featuring KStewart.
She's also co-written a song for Swedish DJ Alesso and Swedish singer Zara Larsson. She took to Instagram to tell her fans: 'i need to also tell u about a new writing cut me & @kazpoole have with @alesso & @zaralarsson! kaz, i love writing with you & being around your incredible talent ❤️ what do u guys think? another dance banger?? 👯♀️ ' (sic)
Becky also co-wrote songs that she has performed including 'Remember' with David Guetta, 'Crazy What Love Can Do' with Ella Henderson and David Guetta, and 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)' with Topic.
Becky Hill on Project Icon
In March 2023, Becky joined Jason Derulo and US music mogul Frank Harris on a new show called Project Icon. Becky shared a promo video on Instagram saying: '26th march, mark your calendars! @jasonderulo @therealfrankharris #ProjectIcon @bbcthree'. (sic)
Is Becky Hill engaged?
Yes, Becky Hill is engaged to Charlie. Becky announced her engagement in January 2022 and also spoke about it in an interview with us. In the interview, Becky admitted the proposal came as a surprise.
"I should have known when he took me to a ring shop, but I didn't," she admitted. Becky recounted how she spent a bit of money on some sapphires in Sri Lanka on a holiday with Charlie, but they then split up. While on a break when she wrote 'Wish You Well' and 'Better Off Without You' she decided to make them into a couple of rings.
The couple got back together and while on holiday in the Maldives, she wanted to look at some jewellery, so they popped to a ring shop. Looking at the rings Charlie started to haggle, but it turned out the ring was for him!
However, Charlie had a surprise in store for Becky. "We went to some little desert island, and it was all just a little bit weird," she revealed. "We were shooting content for the resort weirdly. They were getting us to run down the beach and they'd drawn like a heart in the sand and they were like, can you guys lie in the heart and do a heart with your hands!"
Becky then told how he popped the question saying: "Out of his bag, he pulled a ring and he got down on one knee and I told him to shut up a couple of times and burst into tears! It couldn't have been more Becky and Charlie if it had tried."
Why is Becky's wedding on hold?
Becky's wedding is no longer on hold! The singer told fans that she has confirmed a date for her wedding in January 2024.
Becky previously said her wedding was on hold as she got engaged back in 2022. In May 2023 she told us her wedding plans were on hold. In an interview with us she explained: "I really need to make sure this next album works, to work out what kind of wedding I can have, and what kind of life I can have after it!"
She continued: "This is my literal future, I'm 30 next year, if it doesn't go well this year it's... in the music industry it's never given to you, like any minute, the rug can be ripped from under your feet. It's like the least secure job, I think we definitely all saw that through lockdown and stuff.
"I just want to make sure that this album goes well, and then I can kind of relax a little bit, and do some life stuff."
Becky Hill covers 'You've Got The Love'
As well as singing her own amazing songs, Becky sure knows how to cover a song! She performed a gorgeous rendition of Florence and the Machine's 'You've Got The Love' with Pete Tong, Jules Buckley and The Heritage Orchestra on their 'Ibiza Classics Live' tour.
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