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Anne-Marie: Speak Your Mind (Major Toms/Asylum)

Previously a child performer in various West End musicals (Les Misérables, Whistle Down The Wind), Anne-Marie Nicholson has been looking towards front-of-stage for more than 20 years. Now 27, she was approached by Elton John’s Rocket Records five years ago. A solo career was sidelined for developmental reasons, but that didn’t prevent Anne-Marie from guesting on tracks by Magnetic Man, Gorgon City, and, crucially for ...