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Emeli Sandé

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BHouseRhythm and blues

Emeli Sandé is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Shalamar, Emily King, Jacob Banks, Delilah and Wretch 32. Those roots explain a lot about how Emeli Sandé arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Leona Lewis, Rebecca Ferguson, Jessie J, Alexandra Burke and James Morrison, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mimi Webb, Koryn Hawthorne, Dami Im, Alesha Dixon and Professor Green, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Emeli Sandé, reaching back through Shalamar and forward to Mimi Webb. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Emeli SandéShalamarEmily KingJacob BanksDelilahWretch 32A. K. PaulPlease Please MeBastilleMimi WebbKoryn HawthorneDami ImAlesha DixonProfessor GreenDevlinCheryl ColeTinie TempahLeona LewisRebecca FergusonJessie JAlexandra BurkeJames MorrisonJames BayJohn LegendLaura Mvula

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Emeli Sandé connections

Emeli Sandé grew out of Shalamar, Emily King, Jacob Banks and Delilah, shares an orbit with Leona Lewis, Rebecca Ferguson, Jessie J and Alexandra Burke, went on to shape Mimi Webb, Koryn Hawthorne, Dami Im and Alesha Dixon. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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