Beverley Knight MBE is one of Britain's most celebrated soul singers, though you'll also find her on the screens and radio waves.
Finding her voice as a child through singing in church, in 1995 Knight released her debut album The B-Funk at the age of 22, winning her two Black Music Awards. Signing to Parlophone in 1997, she released her next album Prodigal Sista, which was hailed "a joy to hear" (The Times) and proved to be her first commercial breakthrough, earning her Best Album and Best R&B Act at the 1999 MOBO Awards.
2002's Brit and Mercury Prize-nomination Who I Am was Knight's first Top 10 album, and the rest of the decade saw a prolific output including Affirmation (2004), Music City Soul (2007) and 100% (2009). Joining Take That on their 2006 reunion tour, as well as featuring on the BBC singing contest Just the Two of Us, helped propel her to mass audiences. In 2007 she was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to both music and charity.
Despite continuing to release music, the next decade saw Knight become a household name, appearing on daytime television shows such as Loose Women and beginning her theatrical career in earnest in 2013 by taking on the role of Whitney Houston's Rachel Marron in the musical reimagining of The Bodyguard. In the years since she has performed in Memphis, Cats, Sister Act, The Drifters Girl and Sylvia.
In October 2023 Knight embarks on her biggest ever headline tour, following the release of disco-inspired singles '‘Last One On My Mind’ and ‘Systematic Overload.' Additional shows for September 2024 at London Royal Albert Hall and a homecoming performance at Wolverhampton's The Civic at The Halls were also announced.
