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| Born | Susanna Marie Cork (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (age 36) |
| Origin | Bishop's Stortford, England |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Website | www |
Susanna Marie Cork[1] (born 18 February 1989), known professionally asSuRie, is an English singer and songwriter. She was born inHarlow,Essex, and raised inBishop's Stortford,Hertfordshire.[2]
SuRie was born Susanna Marie Cork to Andrew Cork and Julia (née Kornberg). Her maternal grandfather,Sir Hans Kornberg, is a German-born British-Americanbiochemist, whose own parents were murdered inthe Holocaust. Her stage name SuRie is a combination of first names Susanna Marie.[3] SuRie attendedHills Road Sixth Form College and later graduated from theRoyal Academy of Music.[4] Initially trained classically, she can play piano andoboe. She also trained as a vocalist. She started writing at 12-years-old. She has had residencies in Jazz lounges in London.[5] Her younger brother is singer-songwriterBenedict Cork.
She performed in front of the formerPrince of Wales as a child soloist and appeared in different British venues such asThe Royal Albert Hall andSt. Paul's Cathedral[3] and at venues all around the world, includingSt. Mark's Basilica in Venice.[6]
In January 2018, SuRie was confirmed as one of six artists competing inEurovision: You Decide, the British national selection show for theEurovision Song Contest 2018.[7] On 7 February 2018, she won the show with the song "Storm", written and composed by Nicole Blair, Gil Lewis, and Sean Hargreaves, and represented theUnited Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 inLisbon.[1][8]
She has a previous experience in the contest, as a backing vocalist and dancer forLoïc Nottet who represented Belgium inEurovision 2015 in Vienna, Austria with "Rhythm Inside" and she also appeared as a musical director forBlanche’s "City Lights" in Kyiv, Ukraine inEurovision 2017.[6]
As the United Kingdom is a member of the "Big Five", SuRie automatically qualified to the grand final of the contest, which took place on 12 May 2018[9] in Lisbon afterSalvador Sobral's win in 2017.
SuRie's performance in the final was disrupted by Dr ACactivism who grabbed her microphone and shouted "Modern nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom, war is not peace."[10] She was able to complete her performance, and the broadcast cut to an unscheduled interview in the green room following the song. As a result, SuRie was given permission to perform again after the final performance, but she subsequently declined to do so saying she was proud of her one performance.[10]
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| "Lover, You Should've Come Over" | 2017 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Storm" | 2018 | 50 | 103 | |
| "Taking It Over" | — | — | ||
| "Only You and I" | 2019 | — | — | |
| "Last Christmas" | 2020 | — | — | |
| "Best of You" | 2022 | — | — | |
| "Somebody" | — | — | ||
| "Who Do You Think You Are" | — | — | ||
| "They Won't Go When I Go" | — | — | ||
| "Best of You" | 2023 | — | — | |
| "Because the Night" | — | — | ||
| "When It All Goes Quiet" | — | — | Building A Woman | |
| "Treading Water" | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
| Preceded by | United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | Succeeded by |
