Charli XCX

Charlotte Emma Aitchison was born on 2nd August 1992 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, father Jon Aitchison, an entrepreneur, and mother Shameera, a former nurse and flight attendant.

She grew up in Start Hill and attended Bishop’s Stortford College. However, she left the college in 2010. She later also studied for some time at the UCL’s Slade School of Fine Art in London.

Charli started writing songs from the early age of 14. She took a loan from her parents and began recording an album. By early 2008, she had begun posting songs from her album on her ‘MySpace’ page. Her music caught the attention of a promoter who ran illegal warehouse raves.

She started using the stage name Charli XCX and attended several raves. Her songs soon became hits with the local audiences and she shortly released the singles ‘!Franchesckaar!’and ‘Emelline/Art Bitch.’ She signed to Asylum Records in 2010.

Singer Alex Metric released the single ‘End of the World’ in 2011, which featured her vocals. After the song was played on BBC’s Radio One, she gained a lot of popularity. She next released the single ‘Stay Away’, and ‘Nuclear Seasons’. Both the singles gained significant attention.

In May 2012, Charli XCX released her first mixtape ‘Heartbreaks and Earthquakes’. In November 2012, she released her second mixtape ‘Super Ultra’.

She released her debut studio album ‘True Romance’ in April 2013. The album earned positive response from critics. It sold 1,241 copies in its first week and peaked at number 85 on the UK Albums Chart.

'True Romance’ was the first studio album by Charli XCX. It was released on 12th April 2013. Some of the tracks in the album were ‘Nuclear Seasons’, ‘You (Ha Ha Ha)’, ‘Take My Hand’ and ‘So Far Away’. It stood at 11th position on the Australian Hitseekers Albums Chart, at 85th position on the UK Albums Chart, and at 5th position on the US Top Heatseekers Albums Chart. It was met with positive reviews from critics.

'Sucker’ was the second studio album by Charli XCX. It was released on 15th December 2014. The album included the tracks ‘Break the Rules’, ‘London Queen’, ‘Boom Clap’ and ‘Famous’. The album was a huge commercial success, peaking at 28th position on the US Billboard 200. It sold nearly 30,000 copies in its first week. It also entered the charts in various other countries. It was met with mostly positive reviews as well.

'Break the Rules’, a song from Charli’s second album ‘Sucker’, is undoubtedly one of the most successful singles of her career. The song, which was a huge hit, was listed by ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine as the fifth best song of 2014. The song entered the charts in several countries as well. It was released on 19th August 2014, as the second single from her second album.