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Izzy Bizu

Izzy Bizu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Akira The Don, Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Bettye Swann and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Izzy Bizu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pip Millett, Mahalia, Emeli Sandé, Joy Crookes and Rebecca Ferguson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Guetta, Coldplay, Sam Smith, Rudimental and Foxes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Izzy Bizu, reaching back through Akira The Don and forward to David Guetta. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Isobel Bizu Beardshaw, better known as Izzy Bizu, is a British-Ethiopian singer-songwriter previously signed with Epic Records. Bizu has garnered mainstream radio support from BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac and Phil Taggart and BBC Radio 1Xtra's Trevor Nelson. She has supported Coldplay, Sam Smith, Rudimental, and Foxes. In November 2015, Bizu was shortlisted for a Brit Critics' Choice award and longlisted for BBC's Sound of... 2016. She won the BBC Music Introducing Award at the 2016 ceremony. On 25 June 2016, Bizu performed on the Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Izzy BizuAkira The DonWhitney HoustonElla FitzgeraldBettye SwannJames BrownAmy WinehouseAdeleThe Black KeysDavid GuettaColdplaySam SmithRudimentalFoxesTinie TempahJess GlynneMilky ChancePip MillettMahaliaEmeli SandéJoy CrookesRebecca FergusonOlivia DeanLaura MvulaJacob Banks

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Izzy Bizu connections

Izzy Bizu grew out of Akira The Don, Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald and Bettye Swann, shares an orbit with Pip Millett, Mahalia, Emeli Sandé and Joy Crookes, went on to shape David Guetta, Coldplay, Sam Smith and Rudimental. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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