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Sophie Ellis-Bextor is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Olly Alexander, Betty Boo, Cher, Spiller and Manic Street Preachers. Those roots explain a lot about how Sophie Ellis-Bextor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dannii Minogue, Rachel Stevens, Melanie C, Agnes and Little Boots, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Calvin Harris, Higher Than Heaven, George Michael, The Saturdays and Róisín Murphy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Sophie Ellis-Bextor, reaching back through Olly Alexander and forward to Calvin Harris. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer and songwriter. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo and achieved success beginning in the early 2000s. Her music is mainstream pop and dance with influences of disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic music.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor connections
Sophie Ellis-Bextor grew out of Olly Alexander, Betty Boo, Cher and Spiller, shares an orbit with Dannii Minogue, Rachel Stevens, Melanie C and Agnes, went on to shape Calvin Harris, Higher Than Heaven, George Michael and The Saturdays. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sounds and acts that shaped Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
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Artists similar to Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
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