2010–2013: Career beginnings Glynne completed a month long music course at an
East London college,
Access to Music London, where she met her future collaborators: songwriter
Jin Jin and producer Bless Beats. Black Butter co-president Joe Gossa said of Glynne, "her voice just flipped me out, there was a fierceness to it. She can talk about everyday things in this way that's just epic". She signed a contract with
Atlantic Records in August 2013, consequently leaving her job at the time in brand management for a drinks company.
2013–2016: I Cry When I Laugh and breakthrough In 2013,
deep house producer
Route 94 approached Glynne about rewriting and providing vocals for his song "
My Love". It was later released as a single in February 2014 and reached number one on the
UK Singles Chart. It was later certified
platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry. British band
Clean Bandit heard "My Love" and approached Glynne to feature on their song "
Rather Be". The single attained number one and top five positions on charts across Europe and Oceania, and was a top ten hit on the US
Billboard Hot 100. Both "Rather Be" and "My Love" received nominations at the
BRIT Awards for Best British Single. For her work on "Rather Be", Glynne won the
Grammy Award for
Best Dance Recording and was nominated for Song of the Year at the inaugural
BBC Music Awards. in 2014 In July 2014, Glynne's debut solo single, the
Gorgon City-produced "
Right Here", was released. It charted in several countries, including at number six in the UK. Glynne appeared at many British music festivals during mid 2014, including
Bestival,
Glastonbury,
Lovebox,
V Festival and
Wireless. She toured around the UK from October 2014, beginning in Sheffield and finishing at the Electric Brixton in London. Also during 2014, Glynne collaborated on songwriting projects with
Little Mix,
MO,
Rudimental, and
Tinie Tempah. A second collaboration with
Clean Bandit, "
Real Love", was released in November 2014 and reached number two in the UK. Glynne's second solo single, "
Hold My Hand", was released in March 2015. It debuted at number one in the UK, where it spent three weeks. In June 2015, Glynne was featured on "
Not Letting Go", a single by English rapper
Tinie Tempah. It also reached number one in the UK, bringing Glynne's total of UK number one singles to four. She underwent surgery on her vocal cords in mid-2015 and consequently cancelled several live performances, including the
Glastonbury Festival. Glynne's debut album
I Cry When I Laugh was released in the UK in August 2015, following the number one single "
Don't Be So Hard on Yourself". It features contributions from Knox Brown,
Naughty Boy,
Starsmith,
Talay Riley, and
Switch, as well as her regular collaborators Bless Beats and Jin Jin.
I Cry When I Laugh entered the
UK Albums Chart at number one and later received a triple Platinum certification. In October 2015, Glynne appeared on
the twelfth series of The X Factor as a guest judge at
Cheryl's Judges' Houses segment. The same month, she presented the
Vice magazine-produced documentary film
The Brit Invasion, which documented the rise of
EDM and British dance music in the United States. Glynne's track "
Take Me Home" was released as the official
Children in Need 2015 charity single in November and peaked at number six in the UK, becoming Glynne's eighth overall top ten single in the country. Glynne embarked on her first UK arena tour in November, titled the Take Me Home Tour.
2016–2021: Always In Between In October 2016 and later in 2017, it was reported that Glynne was working with some "big" producers for her second album, including
Ed Sheeran. One of the songs recorded was "
Woman Like Me", which was later given to the band
Little Mix for their fifth studio album
LM5. In January 2018, Glynne featured on
Rudimental's single "
These Days" alongside American rapper
Macklemore and
Dan Caplen. The song was a commercial success, initially charting at number two for seven consecutive weeks behind "
God's Plan" by
Drake, before claiming the number one position in March. With this achievement, Glynne became the first British female solo artist in UK chart history to have six number-one singles. In May 2018, Glynne performed at
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in
Swansea. Later that month, the lead single "
I'll Be There" from her second album was released. The song later reached number one in June, becoming Glynne's seventh chart-topping single of her career. In August, second single "
All I Am" was released and charted at number seven in the UK. The following month, the album
Always In Between was released, becoming Glynne's second number one album. Her third single "Thursday" was released in October 2018 and peaked at number three in the UK. Glynne embarked on her Always In Between Tour from November 2018, covering Europe, the UK and the United States, over 50 dates. Many of the tour dates on the United States leg of the tour included
Leon Bridges as a featured Artist. Also in November 2018, Glynne was announced as a special guest on the
Spice Girls'
reunion stadium tour, held in 2019. Glynne was due to perform at BBC Radio1 Big Weekend in 2019 however dropped out at last minute. At the
2019 Brit Awards Glynne received five nominations, including Best British Female and Best British Single with both "These Days" and "I'll Be There". In June 2019, Glynne received a lifetime ban from the
Isle of Wight Festival when she cancelled her set, giving only 10 minutes warning. The singer confessed that her reason for cancelling was after a heavy night ("It is true that I went out and celebrated the end of the Spice World tour.") and, later that month, cancelled a number of gigs "on the advice of her vocal surgeon", including a headline performance at the Rochester Castle Concerts. However, the ban was revoked less than a year later.
2022–present: Career break, new label releases Following a disagreement with her record label about the future direction of her music, Glynne split from
Atlantic Records in January 2022. In October 2022, it was confirmed that Glynne has signed to
United Talent Agency to represent her worldwide, alongside signing to the management division of
Roc Nation. A month later, Glynne confirmed she had signed a new record deal with
EMI and would be releasing new music in 2023. When announcing her first release, "Silly Me", under EMI, she confirmed that the split with Atlantic and her management had been amicable and focussed on Glynne wanting to explore a new sonic direction. "Silly Me" was released 28 April 2023 and was co-written with Knox Brown, P2J Mike Horner. Glynne also confirmed other song titles for an upcoming album, including "Promise Me", "Love Is Not Enough" and "Enough". Much of the album was recorded between 2022 and 2023, while between labels. It included studio sessions with
Greg Kurstin,
Malay and
Boots. A second song, "What Do You Do?" was released on 14 July 2023. On 26 April 2024 Glynne launched
Jess, her third studio album, and was then presented with the prestigious
BRIT Billion Award for achieving over 1 billion streams in the UK. ==Artistry==