Celeste | |
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.png) Celeste at the2020 Royal Variety Performance | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Celeste Epiphany Waite (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (age 31) Culver City, California, U.S. |
| Origin | Brighton, East Sussex, England |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | celesteofficial |
Celeste Epiphany Waite (born 5 May 1994), known by the mononymCeleste, is an English singer and songwriter. She began her career in 2014 providing vocals forelectronic producers such asAvicii,Tieks andReal Lies, while alsoself-publishing music ontoSoundCloud on the side. She made her solo debut viaLily Allen'svanity label Bank Holiday Records with theEPThe Milk & the Honey (2017), and then released her second EPLately (2019) after signing withPolydor Records in 2018.
In 2019, Celeste topped theBBC's annualSound of... poll and won theRising Star Award at theBrit Awards.[6] Her debut albumNot Your Muse was released in 2021 and debuted atop theUK Albums Chart. It earned her nominations forAlbum of the Year,Best Female Solo Artist andBest New Artist at the2021 Brit Awards, as well as the2021 Mercury Prize. In the same year, Celeste was also nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing her song "Hear My Voice" from the filmThe Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
Celeste Epiphany Waite was born inCulver City, California, on 5 May 1994, to an English mother and aJamaican father.[7][8][9] Her mother had been working as amake-up artist in the U.S., after graduating from beauty school in London.[10][11] Her father had moved to the U.S. from Jamaica to be with his mother while she studied at university.[10] Following her parents' separation, Celeste moved to her mother's native United Kingdom, settling inDagenham at the age of three,[8] before moving to the village ofSaltdean on the outskirts ofBrighton at the age of five, where she spent most of her early years.[12][13]
At the age of 10, Celeste spent a year doing ballet at a performing arts school.[14] She recalls becoming interested in music through discoveringAretha Franklin, whose music was played throughout her family home, before discovering her own music from names such asThelonious Monk,Koko Taylor through YouTube andiTunes at the age of 14.[15][16][13] Celeste recalls singing hymns at church in Brighton as one of her earliest musical memories.[17] When Celeste was 16, her father died of lung cancer, aged 49.[9]
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As a teenager, Celeste would write music and perform in bands.[19] She "accidentally" wrote her first song, "Sirens", with her former bandmates at the age of 16. The song was inspired by the death of her father and was published to YouTube where it got the attention of her current manager.[13][8][20] Her manager arranged studio sessions for her atSarm West Studios inNotting Hill,[20] where the crew would give her more time in the studio.[8] At 18, she started working in the studio after she graduated and began taking her music career seriously,[13] while playing her first gigs in and aroundBrighton.[21] Celeste studiedMusic Technology atVarndean College for hersixth form education.[22]
Celeste toldAnnie Mac that while her friends asked for driving lessons as their 18th birthday gift, she asked for aMacBook laptop which she would later use to begin recording herself onGarageBand.[23][non-primary source needed] Celeste published her firstSoundCloud song, "Born Again" to the platform in July 2014.[24] The song, which was produced byTev'n, was described byJim Carroll ofThe Irish Times as "a striking blast of soulful, seductive vocals backed by a ghostly electronic r'n'b groove."[25] Throughout 2014, Celeste published more songs such as "DEVIL" and "What's Your Poison?",[26][27] the latter of which is the only 2014 song that remains on her SoundCloud account.[28] In November 2014, she compiled those three songs into a four-track self-titled EP to the platform. The EP which was described byVice as a "combination of melancholic pop and glitchy electronic tracks."[29] Celeste also started herBBC musical journey when she uploaded her song "North Circular" onto theBBC Music Introducing website in 2014,[30] where it gained support from DJs onBBC Radio 1.[31] She featured on British dance producerTieks' 2014 debut single "Sing That Song" which reached No. 90 on theUK Singles Chart.[32] She also featured on Swedish musicianAvicii's song "Touch Me" in 2015, prior to making her solo mononymous debut.[33] It was during this time that Celeste assisted electronic duoReal Lies as a vocalist while they toured withFoals in 2015.[11]
Celeste completed herGCE Advanced Levels in Music and Textiles in 2016 before working at the local pub inRottingdean.[34][10]
Celeste released her debut single "Daydreaming" underLily Allen's record label, Bank Holiday Records, in October 2016.[3] The song was produced by London-based producer J. D. Reid andTev'n.[35] She wrote the song while working in her local Black Horse pub inRottingdean. She toldi-D: "I couldn't wait to leave! I was pulling pints and listening toShirley Bassey imagining I was inCarnegie Hall doing a performance in floor length fur."[36] Celeste made her radio debut in December 2016 when BBC Radio 1 presenterAnnie Mac played "Daydreaming" after announcing Celeste as one of her "New Names".[13][37] The song was added to theBBC Radio 1Xtra playlist in February 2017.[38]
Celeste released her debut EP,The Milk & the Honey, under Bank Holiday Records in March 2017.[39][40] The 3-track EP includes the tracks "Milk & Honey", "Chocolate" and "Daydreaming". Celeste toldThe Line of Best Fit that the song "Milk & Honey" is about "finding some sort ofNirvana". She continued by saying that the song "touches upon [her] aspirations of wealth and love and visions [she has] had dreams about, and reminisces on times of melancholy."[37] Eugenie Johnson ofDIY compared Celeste's vocals on "Chocolate" to that ofBillie Holiday.[16] The EP also received support fromBeats 1 presenterJulie Adenuga.[41]
Following the EP's release, Celeste completed a month-long residency at a venue named Laylow inLadbroke Grove.[42][41] It was here where Celeste began performing for celebrities such asRiz Ahmed andIdris Elba. "Spike Lee picked up one of my records and I signed it for him, which I neverever expected," Celeste toldNME.[42] She embarked on her second-ever UK tour as a supporting act, this time withRae Morris in September 2017.[43]
Celeste released thepromotional single "Not For Me" in October 2017.[44] Celeste described the single as "a song about unrequited love and falling out of love with the city that [she] grew up in, London."[45] She originally wanted the song to be on her first EP,The Milk & the Honey, but lost it on the digital file system. She released it as an independent single after finding it a few months later.[45] Celeste embarked on her third-ever supporting tour of the UK and Europe with the bandSkinny Living in October 2017. She played her last show supportingRoy Ayers atThe Jazz Café in London in late November 2017.[46][47][non-primary source needed][12]
Celeste signed toPolydor Records where she caught the attention of singer-songwriterMichael Kiwanuka, who was already on the label.[40] Throughout 2018, Celeste released the singles "Lately" as well as a live version of the song "Both Sides of the Moon".[48][49] The two songs were recorded by UK production collective Gotts Street Park and were released ahead of Celeste's second EP,Lately which was to be released in March 2019.[50] In January 2020, Celeste toldNME that "Both Sides of the Moon" was her favourite song to write and record, stating "It was the first song at the time that I felt used all of the lyrics and imagery that I'd wanted to for so long in a song, but also had a sonic that I'd been trying to achieve for a while".[51] Celeste signed toWarner Chappell Music publishing company in December 2018,[52] before releasing the single "Father's Son", a "heartbreaking examination of absent fathers",[40] in January 2019.[50] She saw support when "Father's Son" was promoted onBBC Radio 6 Music byTom Robinson in March 2019,[53][54] as well as when "Both Sides of the Moon" was played onBBC Radio 1 byAnnie Mac andHuw Stephens in October 2019,[55] "Both Sides of the Moon" was also played onBeats 1 byElton John, who noted: "Celeste is quite something else...watch out for her."[56] The song was also picked forApple Music's Best of 2018 playlist.[57][58][non-primary source needed]
Celeste released her second extended play titledLately in March 2019.[40] The five-track EP features "Both Sides of the Moon (Live)", "Lately", "Father's Son", "Summer (ft. Jeshi)" and "Ugly Thoughts".[56] The EP charted on the British, German, French and SpanishiTunes charts.[59] Shannon Mahanty ofThe Guardian wrote, "Proving Celeste's deft ability to sever a heartstring, [Lately] moves from the soul-tinged jazz of the title track, to sultry toxic love ballad 'Both Sides of the Moon', via 'Father's Son'".[40] Celeste performed a showcase atSXSW underBBC Radio 1 in March 2019, as well as aBBC Music Introducing session atMaida Vale Studios in April 2019.[38] Celeste supportedNeneh Cherry at theBrighton Festival in May 2019,[60] and performed on the BBC Music Introducing stage atGlastonbury Festival as well as atField Day in June 2019.[61][62] Gemma Samways fromNME described Celeste's debutPrimavera Sound set in June 2019 as "spellbinding", noting that "next year she'll be on a much, much bigger stage."[63]
In the latter half of 2019, Celeste released 4 singles, namely "Coco Blood", "She's My Sunshine" and both a studio and live version of "Strange".[64] "Coco Blood" was described by Savannah Sicurella ofPaste as a "warm coming-of-age song" that references Celeste's British-Jamaican heritage.[65] Celeste ventured toJamaica to film the music video which was directed by Akinola Davids, also known as Crack Stevens.[66][67] Celeste collaborated withMulberry in June 2019 when she performed at the inaugural #MulberryMyLocal event in London.[68][69] She provided the theme song for the acclaimedBBC documentary programmeBlack Hollywood: They Gotta Have Us in July 2019.[41][70] In October 2019, Celeste supportedJanelle Monáe for a night at Columbiahalle inBerlin.[71][72] She made her television debut when she performed "Strange" onan episode ofLater... with Jools Holland on 24 October 2019.[73][74]
In November 2019,Elton John added "Strange" and "She's My Sunshine" to his personalApple Music playlist.[75] Celeste gained support from English television personalityJames Corden after he tweeted "I cannot stop listening to [Celeste] this is her song Strange. It's sensational. I dare you not to love her. I dare you x"[76] Celeste sold out a three-night residency at Omeara in London,[77][1] before embarking on a tour supportingMichael Kiwanuka in November 2019.[40][31] On 3 December 2019, Celeste won theBBC Music Award forBBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year.[30] Following this, she appeared onBBC Radio 4'sWoman's Hour segment where she talked about her musical upbringing.[78]
On 6 December 2019, theBritish Phonographic Industry announced that Celeste was the winner of theRising Star Award at the2020 Brit Awards and that she would be receiving the award and performing at the ceremony in February 2020.[19] This was followed by the release ofCompilation 1.1, a collection of Celeste's "best singles so far".[79][80] The project is a re-issue of the EPLately, with "Strange" and "Coco Blood" as additional songs. Celeste took to Twitter to promote the project, saying: "All of my releases so far in one place, Compilation 1.1 is available to stream now".[81] Celeste was later longlisted in the annual poll of 170 music critics,Sound of 2020 by BBC, who admired her for her "Timeless soul to tug at your heartstrings" and specifically noted her as "the one to beat" following her previous accolades from the Brit Awards and BBC Music Introducing.[82]
While in Paris, Celeste made her French television debut when she performed "Strange" after actorsTimothée Chalamet,Saoirse Ronan andFlorence Pugh promoted their filmLittle Women (2019) on an episode of the French talk showC à vous in December 2019.[83] She also later performed the song on the New Year's special ofTop of the Pops onBBC One.[84]
During the 2020 New Year, Celeste was predicted as a breakthrough act for the year by publications such asVogue,[85]The Guardian,[86]NME,[87]GQ,[88]The Independent,[89] andTicketmaster UK.[90] On 9 January 2020, Celeste was announced as the winner of BBC's music pollSound of 2020,[14] before she released her first single of the year, "Stop This Flame".[91]GQ named Celeste as "the most hotly tipped singer for 2020." after the release of "Stop This Flame".[34] Celeste made her first appearance onBBC World News on theBreakfast segment, before having her single "Stop This Flame" debuted onBBC Radio 1 by Annie Mac.[92]Compilation 1.1 reached No. 1 on the UK's iTunes Chart following her BBC Sound of 2020 win.[93]
Celeste made her American late-night television debut when she performed "Strange" onThe Late Late Show with James Corden in late January 2020.[94] She was featured alongsideMaisie Peters on the front cover ofMusic Week in January 2020.[95] Following Celeste's performance of "Strange" at the2020 Brit Awards, Celeste saw interest from other big names in the pop music industry who attended the ceremony such asBillie Eilish,[96]Camila Cabello,[97][non-primary source needed]Finneas,[98] andStormzy.[99] In late March 2020, Celeste made the front cover ofThe Sunday Times Style, where she was named "fashion's new front-row star".[100][101]
In April 2020 she did a virtual performance from her bedroom onThe Graham Norton Show to encouragesocial distancing during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[102] For the April 2020 fundraiser telecast,The Big Night In, Celeste performed a cover of Bill Withers' "Lean on Me" and also appeared in theLive Lounge Allstars' charity single "Times Like These."[103][104] Celeste andSam Smith were the only two artists to do solo musical performances in the telecast.[103] The charity single was Celeste's first No. 1 and her first top 10 entry in the UK. She planned to embark on her first headlining tour of Europe in April 2020, however these shows were cancelled due to the same coronavirus pandemic.[105]
Celeste released the single "I Can See The Change", which was produced byGrammy-winning musicianFinneas, in late May 2020.[106] She was nominated in the Best New International Act category at the2020 BET Awards.[107] She recorded acover version ofBob Marley's "One Love" for the brandOakley as part of their "For the Love of Sport" campaign in August 2020.[108][109] Celeste subsequently released the non-album single, "Little Runaway", alongside a music video.[110] During this time, her single "Stop This Flame" was popular becoming the theme song forSky Sports' weekend coverage (Saturday Night Football) of thePremier League.[111]
Celeste performed and recorded three songs for the original soundtrack for the filmThe Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).[112] One of these songs, "Hear My Voice", served as the lead single for the soundtrack album,[113] and earned Celeste a nomination forBest Original Song at the93rd Academy Awards.[114] She was later nominated forBest Original Song at the78th Golden Globe Awards with the same song.[115] Celeste also provided the single "A Little Love" as the soundtrack to the 2020John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert.[116] She performed the song onthe ninth-season finale of the British television music competitionThe Voice UK,[117] as well as at the 2020Royal Variety Performance.[118] She also performed "Stop This Flame" and a cover ofNat King Cole's "Smile" during the2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.[119] Celeste and American jazz musicianJon Batiste provided a duet version of the song "It's All Right" inspired by the 2020Disney-Pixar filmSoul.[120][121]
On 31 December 2020, she released the single "Love is Back" and performed it onJools' Annual Hootenanny 2020/21, where she also performed "It's All Right" and a duet of "Blue Moon" withTom Jones.[122] Celeste would later perform "Love is Back" onthe 449th episode ofThe Graham Norton Show in mid January 2021.[123] Celeste's debut studio album titledNot Your Muse was released on 29 January 2021,[124] and debuted at number one on theUK Albums Chart.[125] Celeste sang the lullaby "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in aSuper Bowl ad forInspiration4, an all-civilian charity space mission.[125] At the 2021 Brit Awards, she was nominated forAlbum of the Year,Best Female Solo Artist andBest New Artist.Not Your Muse was shortlisted for the2021 Mercury Prize.[126]
On 3 November 2023,Coca-Cola released a Christmas-themed advertisement on YouTube with Celeste singing a cover to 'Anyone Can Be Santa'.[127][128]
In 2024, Celeste played a jazz club singer in the filmBlitz, directed bySteve McQueen.[129]
Celeste's vocals and music are often compared to those of soul singers andAdele.[130][131][9][3][132][19][133][134] Nick Reilly fromNME described Celeste as a "once-in-a-generation talent" who is "the finestBritish soul singer to emerge in years."[1] David Smyth fromEvening Standard wrote, "it's obvious she has it in her to join the wall of fame very soon."[9] Modestas Mankus fromOur Culture Mag wrote: "Celeste has established herself as an artist who can mould and bring out authenticity and passion with fluency and maturity that not many artists can do so quickly in their careers [...], [her] consistency in putting out thoughtful and quality music puts her on a positive track to becoming a vastly influential figure in the world of music."[135]BBC Radio 1 DJAnnie Mac said: "I have received countless emotional texts from listeners who have had to sit in their car and lose themselves to her song 'Strange' before carrying on with their evening. Her songwriting is personal and poignant but with universal appeal."[136]
It appears she hasn't fully realised the sheer power and talent she has just yet.[137]
— Yasmine Dankwah fromNotion after attending one of Celeste's sold-out Omeara performances in November 2019.
Celeste draws from fashion from the 1960s and is inspired byThe Supremes andShirley Bassey.[138][139][140][141] She is styled by Ella Lucia and has been scouted byAlessandro Michele ofGucci.[141] In March 2020, Celeste made the front cover ofSunday Times Style, where she was named "fashion's new front-row star".[101] In October 2020, Celeste was named byElle magazine as one of "10 Trailblazing Women Changing the Future You Need to Know".[142]
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."[14] She currently resides on Ladbroke Grove,[138] She is a keenfootball fan and an avid supporter ofArsenal F.C.[143]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [144] | AUT [145] | BEL (FL) [146] | BEL (WA) [147] | FRA [148] | GER [149] | IRE [150] | NLD [151] | SCO [152] | SWI [153] | |||
| Not Your Muse |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 95 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Woman of Faces |
| 12 | — | 51 | 154 | —[A] | — | — | 59 | 3 | — | |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Milk & the Honey |
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| Lately | |
| Lately |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Down. [157] | UK Vinyl [158] | BEL (FL) [146] | SCO [152] | |||||||||
| Celeste[a] |
| — | 18 | — | — | |||||||
| Compilation 1.1[b] |
| 7 | — | 187 | 92 | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [144] | BEL (FL) [146] | BEL (WA) [147] | CZR [162] | EUR [163] | FRA [164] | IRE [150] | NLD [165] | NZ Hot [166] | SCO [167] | ||||
| "Daydreaming" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Milk & the Honey | |
| "Milk & Honey" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Both Sides of the Moon (Live)" (with Gotts Street Park) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lately | |
| "Lately" (with Gotts Street Park) | —[B] | — | — | — | — | 128 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Father's Son" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Coco Blood" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Strange" | 82 | 47 | —[C] | — | — | 63 | 61 | — | 23 | 68 | Not Your Muse | ||
| "Stop This Flame" | 2020 | 47 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 79 | 81 | 21 | — | 12 |
| |
| "I Can See the Change" | — | 43 | —[D] | — | — | — | — | —[E] | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Little Runaway" | — | 45 | —[F] | — | — | — | — | —[G] | — | — | |||
| "Hear My Voice" (withDaniel Pemberton)[H] | —[I] | —[J] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | ||
| "A Little Love" | 59 | —[K] | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | Not Your Muse | ||
| "Love Is Back" | —[L] | 44 | —[M] | — | — | — | — | —[N] | — | — | |||
| "To Love a Man" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lately | |
| "Anyone Can Be Santa" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "There Will Come a Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Color Purple | ||
| "Blue Moon" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | This Town | |
| "This Is Who I Am" | —[O] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Woman of Faces | ||
| "Everyday" | 2025 | —[P] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "On With the Show" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Woman of Faces | ||
| "Woman of Faces" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Time Will Tell" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "People Always Change" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [144] | UK Dance [173] | IRE [150] | SCO [167] | SWE [174] | NZ Hot [166] | US Rock [175] | ||||||
| "Sing That Song" (Tieks featuring Celeste) | 2014 | 90 | 18 | — | 90 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Touch Me" (Avicii featuring Celeste)[33] | 2015 | — | 37 | — | — | 69 | — | — | Stories | |||
| "Times Like These" (as part ofLive Lounge Allstars) | 2020 | 1 | — | 64 | 1 | — | 5 | 12 | Non-album single | |||
| "30,000 Feet" (Jeshi featuring Celeste)[176] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bad Taste | ||||
| "Ready For You" (Black Coffee featuring Celeste)[177] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Subconsciously | ||||
| "It's All Right" (Jon Batiste featuring Celeste)[178] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Not for Me"[44] | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "She's My Sunshine"[179] | 2019 | |
| "La Vie en rose"[Q][181] | 2020 | Not Your Muse |
| "I'm Here"[182] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (FL) Tip [146] | |||
| "Tonight Tonight" | 2021 | 1 | Not Your Muse |
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "All for You" (Wilkinson featuringKaren Harding)[183] | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "Heat" (Paul Woolford withAmber Mark)[184] | 2021 | Non-album single |
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Daydreaming" | 2016 | Bafic | [185] |
| "Lately" (featuring Gotts Street Park) | 2019 | Sam Hiscox | [186][187] |
| "Father's Son" | Bob Harlow | [188] | |
| "Coco Blood" | Akinola Davids (a.k.a. Crack Stevens) | [189] | |
| "Strange (Live)" | Colin Solal Cardo | [190] | |
| "You Do Something to Me" (withPaul Weller) | [191] | ||
| "Strange (Edit)" | Silent Tapes | [192] | |
| "Stop This Flame" | 2020 | Leonn Ward | [193] |
| "I Can See the Change" | Sophie Jones | [194] | |
| "Little Runaway" | [195] | ||
| "Hear My Voice" | N/A | [196] | |
| "A Little Love" | Silent Tapes | [197] | |
| "Love is Back" | 2021 | Sammy King | [198] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Inas Nacht | Herself | Episode: 2 November 2019 |
| Later... with Jools Holland | Episode:24 October 2019 | ||
| C à vous | Episode: 11 December 2019 | ||
| Top of the Pops | Episode:30 December 2019 | ||
| 2020 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Episode:29 January 2020 | |
| 2020 Brit Awards | Winner and performer | ||
| Lorraine | Episode: 19 February 2020 | ||
| The One Show | Episode: 28 February 2020 | ||
| The Graham Norton Show | Episode:10 April 2020 | ||
| The Big Night In | Performer | ||
| The Voice UK | Episode:14 November 2020 | ||
| The 2020 Royal Variety Performance | Performer | ||
| The One Show | Episode: 11 December 2020 | ||
| Top of the Pops | Episode:30 December 2020 | ||
| Jools' Annual Hootenanny 2020/21 | Performer | ||
| 2021 | The Graham Norton Show | Episode:22 January 2021 | |
| Sunday Brunch | Episode: 31 January 2021 | ||
| 74th British Academy Film Awards | Performer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | If These Walls Could Sing | Herself | Documentary[199] |
| 2024 | Blitz | Anita Sinclair | Directed bySteve McQueen[200] |
| Organization | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 2021 | Best Original Song | "Hear My Voice" | Nominated | [201] |
| A&R Awards | 2019 | Vevo DSCVR Artist to Watch | Herself | Won | [202] |
| Amazon Music | 2019 | Ones to Watch 2020 | First | [203] | |
| BBC | 2019 | Introducing Artist of the Year | Won | [73] | |
| 2019 | Sound of 2020 | Won | [14] | ||
| 2019 | Hottest Record of the Year | "Strange" | Shortlisted | [204] | |
| BET Awards | 2020 | Best New International Act | Herself | Nominated | [107] |
| BRIT Awards | 2020 | Rising Star | Won | [19] | |
| 2021 | Album of the Year | Not Your Muse | Nominated | [205] | |
| Best Female Solo Artist | Herself | Nominated | |||
| Best New Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Ivor Novello Award | 2021 | Best Song Musically and Lyrically | "Stop this Flame" | Nominated | [206] |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2021 | Best Original Song in a Feature Film | "Hear My Voice" | Nominated | [207] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2021 | Best Original Song | Nominated | [115] | |
| Jazz FM Awards | 2020 | Soul Act of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [208] |
| Mercury Prize | 2021 | Album of the Year | Not Your Muse | Nominated | [209] |
| MTV UK | 2020 | Push One to Watch | Herself | Nominated | [210] |
| NME Awards | 2020 | Best New British Act | Nominated | [211] | |
| Best New Act in the World | Nominated | ||||
| Reeperbahn Festival | 2019 | Anchor Award [de] | Nominated | [212] | |
| Satellite Awards | 2021 | Best Original Song | "Hear My Voice" | Nominated | [213] |
| UK Music Video Awards | 2020 | Best R&B/Soul Video – UK | "Stop This Flame" | Nominated | [214] |
| Best R&B/Soul Video – Newcomer | "30,000 Feet"(with Jeshi) | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Best R&B/Soul Video – UK | "Tonight, Tonight" | Won | ||
| Best Production Design in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| 2025 | Best R&B/Soul/Jazz Video – UK | "On with the Show" | Pending | ||
| "This is Who I Am" | Pending | ||||
| Berlin Music Video Awards | 2022 | Best Performer | "Le Coeur Noiu Charbon" | Nominated |
She also found time to release an excellent EP, Compilation 1.1, which brought together some of her best singles so far
...I went on BBC Breakfast and I was actually on the news which was so surreal...
singer-songwriter Celeste will be performing her latest single 'Love Is Back'.
Jon Batiste with Celeste – It's All Right (singolo)
I'm so honoured to be the top pick for Amazon Music's Ones To Watch list for 2020...
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