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Celeste (singer)

Celeste, British singer

Life at a glance

Born
1994 · May 5
Age this year
32No death recorded in our data
Known as
singer-songwriter, singer, and composer. Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born
32nd anniversary of their birth this year

Their story

Who they were

Personal life In 2017, Celeste moved to London with only £100 and was fired from her job as she would skip work to make music. She told the BBC: "I'd rather call in sick and go to the studio than have the money for that month." [ 1 ] She currently resides on Ladbroke Grove, [ 2 ] She is a keen football fan and an avid supporter of Arsenal F.C. [ 3 ] ^ Cite error: The named reference :33 was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ Newfold, Alice (23 January 2020).

Celeste Epiphany Waite, known by the mononym Celeste, is an English singer and songwriter. She began her career in 2014 providing vocals for electronic producers such as Avicii, Tieks and Real Lies, while also self-publishing music onto SoundCloud on the side. She made her solo debut via Lily Allen's vanity label Bank Holiday Records with the EP The Milk & the Honey (2017), and then released her second EP Lately (2019) after signing with Polydor Records in 2018.

Early life

Educated at: Varndean College.

Early life and education Celeste Epiphany Waite was born in Culver City, California , on 5 May 1994, to an English mother and a Jamaican father. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her mother had been working as a make-up artist in the U.S., after graduating from beauty school in London. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Her father had moved to the U.S. from Jamaica to be with his mother while she studied at university. [ 4 ] Following her parents' separation,

Path and career

Career 2016–2017: The Milk and The Honey Celeste released her debut single "Daydreaming" under Lily Allen 's record label, Bank Holiday Records, in October 2016. [ 1 ] The song was produced by London-based producer J. D. Reid and Tev'n . [ 2 ] She wrote the song while working in her local Black Horse pub in Rottingdean . She told i-D : "I couldn't wait to leave! I was pulling pints and listening to Shirley Bassey imagining I was in Carnegie Hall doing a performance in floor length fur." [

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Questions about Celeste (singer)

When was Celeste (singer) born?

May 5 1994.

How old would Celeste (singer) be today?

32 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.

Who else was born on May 5?

Justin Kluivert, Mervyn Westfield, Jenna Davis and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.

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