Leslie Clio

Leslie Clio
Clio at Live Entertainment Award 2022
Clio at Live Entertainment Award 2022
Background information
Born (1986-08-16) 16 August 1986 (age 38)
Hamburg, West Germany
OriginBerlin, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, producer, director
Years active2012–present
LabelsVertigo, Embassy Of Music, House Of Clio
Websitewww.leslieclio.com

Leslie Clio (born 16 August 1986) is a German singer songwriter, music video director, producer and entertainer.

Career

In 2008, Clio moved to Berlin. In 2013, she released her first album Gladys, a retro soul pop record which got her signed to Universal Music and charted at No. 11 in the German Albums Chart. The singles "I Couldn't Care Less" and "Told You So" became instant airplay hits and earned her a nomination for an "ECHO" Award in the category "Best Female Artist National". She played with Keane, Marlon Roudette, Phoenix and Joss Stone on tour. Following the success of her first album, Clio released her second record Eureka (Universal Music) in spring 2015, which charted at No. 13. The first single "My Heart Ain't That Broken" became another top 50 airplay song. In 2015, Clio appeared on Shuko's record For the Love of It (2015) with the song "Heatwave" featuring Talib Kweli. She became one of the five members of the German jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. Her third record Purple was released on 17 May 2017, and the additional acoustic EP was released in October. In 2018 she appeared on the German TV Show Sing Meinen Song. A Purple Deluxe Edition was released in June 2018. In June 2019 she released Repeat, an EP with 6 cover songs. In 2020 she founded her own label House Of Clio. In 2021, she released the children's album HIGHFIVE! under the name KID CLIO[1] and translated and sang the theme song for the Disney Princess 2021 campaign Ultimate Princess Celebration,[2] originally sung by Brandy. Her fourth and self released studio album Brave New Woman was released on 4 February 2022.[3] She was a finalist in the German edition of The Masked Singer.[4] In 2023 she opened the Berlinale and supported Lionel Richie on his german shows.[5] In 2024 she wrote two songs for Marianne Rosenberg's Album Bunter Planet.[6]

Personal life

Leslie is vegan and a Peta Activist[7]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[8] 		AUT
[9] 		SWI
[10]
Gladys
  • Released: 8 February 2013
  • Label: Vertigo Berlin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 11 30 22
Eureka
  • Released: 17 April 2015
  • Label: Vertigo Berlin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 14 — 85
Purple[11]
  • Released: 17 May 2017
  • Label: Embassy of Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 41 — 67
Brave New Woman
  • Released: 4 February 2022
  • Label: House of Clio, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 55 — —
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
[9] 		AUT
[9] 		SWI
[10]
"Told You So" 2012 41 53 — Gladys
"I Couldn't Care Less" 2013 25 25 66
"Twist the Knife" — — —
"My Heart Ain't That Broken" 2015 57 — — Eureka
"Eureka" — — —
"And I'm Leaving" 2017 — — — Purple
"Rumours" 2018 — — — Purple Deluxe Edition
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

References

  1. ^ "KID CLIO | Start". www.universal-music.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  2. ^ "Leslie Clio singt "Ich flieg' los" – den offiziellen Song der Disney Prinzessin Kampagne!". www.universal-music.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  3. ^ "Leslie Clio – Brave New Woman (Album 04.02.2022)".
  4. ^ "Die Zahnfee bei "The Masked Singer" 2022 | ProSieben". www.prosieben.de. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ "Peter Rieger Konzertagentur -". www.prknet.de. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  6. ^ "MARIANNE ROSENBERG Wissenswertes über ihre neue CD "Bunter Planet" (VÖ: 07.06.2024)!". Smago (in German). 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  7. ^ "Leslie Clio nackt für PETA: "Alle Tiere haben die gleichen Teile!"". PETA Deutschland e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  8. ^ "Discographie von Leslie Clio". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  10. ^ a b "swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  11. ^ "Purple". iTunes.Apple (DE). Retrieved 2017-03-26.