出身自英倫流行樂團Theaudience的主唱，年僅22歲的Sophie Ellis-Bextor(蘇菲)在瞬息萬變的英國流行樂壇已經是具有5年演唱資歷的老將了。16歲起就開始在俱樂部里演唱的Sophie Ellis-Bextor，18歲時和樂手Billy Reeves等 人組成了流行樂團theaudience。 2000年以一首英國金榜冠軍曲“If This Ain’‘’‘t Love”驚艷歌壇，這首disco house舞曲與Modjo的“Lady”并列2000年兩大舞廳國歌，成功建立起Sophie Ellis-Bextor Disco女伶的形象。她的嗓音被形容是帶有disco風味ChrissieHynde，而她復古冷艷的美貌更媲美年輕時的Audrey Hepburn(奧黛麗赫本)。 首張單飛大碟《Read My Lips(唇語)》洋溢著輕快的節奏律動，巧妙的將80年代的靈魂樂、放克與迪斯科舞曲注入鮮活的電子流行溫度。翻唱自老牌天后Cher 79年Top 8單曲的首波強打“Take Me Home”，為老歌新添加Disco元素和French-house節奏，透過Sophie Ellis-Bextor令人心醉神迷的詮釋，魅力狂襲舞林，不僅空降英國金榜亞軍、稱霸電臺點播榜冠軍，更獲得權威音樂雜志Q四顆星高分嘉許。清晰的弦樂與散發放克快意的吉他聲響，讓散發80年代的靈魂風情的“Murder On The Dancefloor”時髦活潑了起來，再度順利攻占英國金榜亞軍；碎心抒情曲“Move This Mountain”中蕩漾著教堂鐘聲，戲劇張力十足；電音舞曲“Everything Falls Into Place”則閃爍著Sophie Ellis-Bextor歌聲中俏皮的言不由衷。 天絲絨質感的嗓音、風情萬種的撩人豐姿加上誘人的流行旋律節奏，《ReadMyLips》發行至今在英國已經創下突破雙白金的銷售佳績、停留在英國專輯榜Top 40超過五個月，Sophie Ellis-Bextor更獲得今年全英音樂獎“最佳女歌手”的提名。放眼英倫流行樂壇，最璀璨耀眼的新女聲非Sophie Ellis-Bextor莫屬！ by David Peter Wesolowski Throughout the '90s the U.K. music scene was filled to the brim with nerdy cockney types sporting messy threads and even messier hair. Fresh faced Sophie Ellis-Bextor was amongst the first Brit-pop stars to break with this trend. She made it onto the stage in 1997 as the teenage vocalist behind new wave outfit Theaudience. Smartly dressed (often in black) and boasting a sexy, posh voice, she caused quite a stir on London's alternative circuit. Theaudience became known the world over as a groundbreaking pop act and even enjoyed success on the crowded U.K. singles chart with such imaginatively titled numbers as "I've Got the Wherewithal." Due to internal conflicts, however, the group split up and Ellis-Bextor went searching for success on her own. The solo thing wasn't really working out and it took her a while to re-emerge on the scene. But when she did, it was in late 2000 as a major star alongside Italian DJ/producer Spiller. The 6'9" Venetian had just put together a disco house number, titled "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)," and was looking for a female vocalist to add spice to the work. Though very popular in the clubs as an instrumental, the track started selling like mad after Ellis-Bextor strutted her stuff over its deep grooves. It was a number one hit on singles charts around the world. Spiller and Ellis-Bextor both starred in the now famous film clip to the track, in which the Londoner's eye-popping set of cheekbones vied for supremacy with the Venetian's imposing stature. A year on, Ellis-Bextor was again making waves with the pop single "Take Me Home." Thanks to that effort, she beat the likes of Five to the number one spot on the U.K. singles chart. In their ongoing search for controversy, the British press even touted her as the main competitor to enormously popular Victoria Beckham, previously known as Posh Spice. That same year, Ellis-Bextor served up another chart-topper in the ultra-cool disco tune "Murder on the Dancefloor."