[3][4][5] Suckling sang in the choir at York Minster at the time, and was discovered by Decca following a nationwide search.

[8][6][3][4] Her debut album was titled The Choirgirl, and was released on 29 November 2010 ahead of Christmas sales anticipated by record executives to be lucrative.

[9][10][11] The album's first single was a cover of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone", with proceeds going to the charity Age UK.

[8][9][7] Also featured was a choral recording of "Imagine" to commemorate the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death, and a duet with Aled Jones' original 1986 vocal track on "All Through The Night", previously never released.

[17][18] In 2014, Suckling sang on the soundtrack for the feature film Terroir starring Keith Carradine.