Marli Harwood

A piano and guitar player, she is of Eritrean, Italian, Welsh and English extraction.

[1] In 2002, Harwood appeared on Fame Academy, and finished eighth in the series.

[4] In January 2011, Harwood's song "It's Called a Heart" was played to Jeff Smith, head of music at BBC Radio 2, by her management team and on 25 January it was announced by the Press Association that the track was Record of the Week on Radio 2.

[6] With a final working date of 1 July 2011 before the birth, Island Records were pushing to get her 12-track album Clocks and Full Stops released.

[8] Marli has co written the Kygo hit single "Stole the Show" and continues to have cuts worldwide including Kim Hyun Joong in Korea whose album went to number 1 on the Billboard world chart.