Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé has a voice that disarms me every time. Born in Sunderland and raised in Aberdeenshire, she trained toward medicine at the University of Glasgow before music pulled her in, and you can hear that thoughtfulness in everything she writes. Her performances at both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics announced a major talent. A Brit Award winner and an MBE, she still sings with sincerity rather than showmanship. What I value about her is durability; she writes songs built to outlast trends, and that is rarer than chart success in any era.

Name (English)

Emeli Sandé

Name (Japanese)

エミリー・サンデー

Reading

えみりー・さんでー

Born

March 10, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Origin

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer-songwriter / singer / composer / lyricist / musician

University

University of Glasgow

Awards & achievements

• James Joyce Awards
• 2017 Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist
• Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.emelisande.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/emelisande/
• Xhttps://x.com/emelisande
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeli%20Sand%C3%A9
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470429

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• singer
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.