Emeli Sande

Sand™ began her career after finishing her medical degree at the university. She began writing tracks for artists such as Alesha Dixon, Chipmunk, Professor Green, Devlin, Preeya Kalidas, Cheryl Cole, Tinie Tempah, and more. She soon signed a record deal with Virgin Records and EMI Records. In an interview, she states "I was doing a show in London for 1Xtra and I met this guy called Naughty Boy. We got in the studio and we clicked work wise. We just started writing, not necessarily for me, we just thought lets write a pop tune and experiment. And we wrote the Chipmunk track and I thought nothing of it. Naughty Boy sent it off to Chipmunk who really liked it and wrote his stuff around it." She signed a record deal with Virgin Records in 2010. She later signed another deal with EMI Records in early 2011. Sand™ made her singing career debut in 2009 after appearing on the track she wrote for Chipmunk's first debut single, "Diamond Rings". The single charted at #6 on the UK Singles Charts, making it Chipmunk and Sand™'s first ever Top 10 Hit. She later appeared on another single singing guest vocals, after collaborating with Wiley on his come back single "Never Be Your Woman", the single charted at number-eight on the UK Singles Charts becoming Sand™'s second exclusive Top 10 Single.
2011-present: Upcoming debut album and songwriting

While making her debut album, Sand™ began to work with Tinie Tempah. She co-wrote "Let Go" which she provided guest vocals. She also stated working with Devlin after recording a song titled "Dreamer". Sand™ later revealed she would be working on Alesha Dixon's upcoming album, The Entertainer. She co-wrote the hit single "Radio" along with Shahid Khan. and co-wrote tracks on Cheryl Cole's albums as well as Professor Green's album, which Sand™ gave guest vocals on.

Sand™ revealed her first solo single would be released in early 2011. There was some speculation surrounding what track she would release, after many newspapers stated that "Daddy" would be released. "Heaven" will be released as her first official single from her upcoming debut album on Sunday 14th August 2011.

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