2013–2015: Career beginnings and Karate at
V Festival 2014 After a chance meeting, Anne-Marie secured recording time in Rocket Studios, owned by
Elton John, which signed her to a
recording contract after hearing her sing. On Rocket, she released the
demo "Summer Girl" in 2013. It attracted attention when
Ed Sheeran linked to it on his
Twitter account. A possible solo career was curtailed for her to develop herself as an artist. After guest appearances on songs by
Magnetic Man,
Gorgon City, and Raized by Wolves, she gained the attention of
Rudimental, She also featured on four tracks on their second album
We the Generation (2015), including co-features with
Dizzee Rascal and
Will Heard, She said that she was writing daily while touring. Anne-Marie's debut
extended play (EP),
Karate EP, was released on 10 June 2015, under Rudimental's then-new label Major Tom's. She released the single "
Do It Right" in November, which peaked at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart
2016–2018: Speak Your Mind Her debut album had the working title of
Breathing Fire. It spent one week at number 76 in June before resurfacing a month later; it later peaked at number 16 In October 2016, Anne-Marie was confirmed to play at the 31st edition of
Eurosonic Noorderslag in
Groningen, Netherlands. On 10 October 2016, Anne-Marie featured on
Illy's song "
Catch 22". The same month,
Clean Bandit released their song "
Rockabye", with Anne-Marie as main vocalist and featuring Jamaican rapper
Sean Paul. It spent nine consecutive weeks at number one and gained the coveted
Christmas number one. The song has since been certified multi-platinum across most of Europe, North America and Oceania. The
Official Charts Company ranked "Rockabye" as the 57th biggest song of the decade (2010–2019) in the UK. In March 2017, Anne-Marie released "
Ciao Adios", which she had previously performed live at
KOKO on 28 November 2016. The single became a top 10 hit in the UK, charting at number nine and being certified double platinum by the BPI. Anne-Marie's next single saw her collaborate with
Snakehips on "
Either Way", which also featured
Joey Badass. In September 2017, Anne-Marie released "
Heavy", followed by "
Then" on 15 December. In 2018, Anne-Marie collaborated with
Marshmello on "
Friends". The song was released on 9 February 2018, and was Anne-Marie's second top five UK hit as a lead artist. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Friends" was the ninth best-selling single of 2018 with sales of 9.6 million track-equivalent units. Anne-Marie's debut studio album,
Speak Your Mind, was released on 27 April 2018. "2002" became one of Anne-Marie's most successful singles worldwide. It peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, where it spent 47 non-consecutive weeks. In South Korea, the song topped the
country's year-end chart in 2019, making Anne-Marie the first and only foreign artist to achieve this feat. That same year, "2002" was also the most-streamed song on the Korean music streaming service
Melon. As of March 2023, "2002" is the fourth-longest-charting song in Melon history (145 weeks), and the only non-Korean song to surpass 350 million streams on the platform. Her debut album,
Speak Your Mind, was a commercial success, peaking at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and charting in 22 other countries. It has since been certified Platinum in the UK and remained on the chart for a total of 102 non-consecutive weeks.
Speak Your Mind was also the biggest debut album by a British artist in 2018. On 15 June 2018, Anne-Marie teamed up with
Rudimental and
Major Lazer on a song "
Let Me Live", which also featured
Mr Eazi. In July 2018, Anne-Marie featured on a
David Guetta song titled "
Don't Leave Me Alone", which peaked at 18 on the
UK Singles chart. In November 2018, Anne-Marie released the single "
Perfect To Me", which was a remixed and retitiled version of her song "Perfect" from her debut album. On 4 November, Anne-Marie and Marshmello performed an acoustic version of "Friends" at the
2018 MTV Europe Music Awards. The same month, Anne-Marie and
James Arthur recorded "
Rewrite the Stars" from
The Greatest Showman for the re-recording of its soundtrack,
The Greatest Showman: Reimagined.
2019–2021: The Voice UK, single releases and Therapy Following the release of her debut album in 2018, Anne-Marie began working on her next album. In an interview at the
Brit Awards 2019, she stated that the album had been finished. However, it was ultimately scrapped later that year. In June 2019, Anne-Marie performed her first solo set on the Pyramid Stage at the
Glastonbury Festival 2019. In August 2019,
Lauv released the single "
Fuck, I'm Lonely", featuring Anne-Marie, for the soundtrack of
13 Reasons Why: Season 3. Anne-Marie released the song "
Birthday" on 7 February 2020. On Mother's Day 2020, Anne-Marie released the song "Her". In May 2020, Anne-Marie featured on a remix of "
This City" by
Sam Fischer. "
To Be Young", was released on 17 July, featuring American rapper
Doja Cat. On 28 August, Anne-Marie featured on the
Rudimental song "
Come Over", alongside
Tion Wayne. On 12 November, Anne-Marie released the single "Problems". On the same day, her documentary,
How To Be Anne-Marie, was released on
YouTube Originals. The documentary gives light to the fans and a closer look about her personal life and her "time away from the limelight". Her documentary also features fellow celebrities, including
Little Mix. On 2 January 2021, she made her first appearance as the newest coach for the tenth series of
The Voice UK, replacing
Meghan Trainor. A member of her team,
Craig Eddie, won series 10, giving Anne-Marie her first win on her first series as a coach. Anne-Marie spent the next two years as the coach, with the
twelfth series, aired in 2023, being her last. On 15 January, Anne-Marie released the single "
Don't Play" in collaboration with British YouTuber and rapper-singer
KSI and English DJ and producer
Digital Farm Animals as the lead single from her second studio album. Anne-Marie contributed vocals on the song "
Way Too Long" in collaboration with
Nathan Dawe and
MoStack on 9 April. The same month, she teamed up with Singaporean singer
JJ Lin on a song "Bedroom" from his EP,
Like You Do. On 13 May, Anne-Marie announced the single "
Our Song" with
Niall Horan as the third single from her upcoming second studio album. The song was released on 21 May. On 12 July, Anne-Marie released the track "Beautiful". The music video for the song retold the life of the Syrian refugee and parathlete
Dima Aktaa. On 23 July, Anne-Marie released the single "
Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" as the fourth single, featuring
Little Mix and released the album
Therapy. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. On 30 September, Anne-Marie released her first book "You Deserve Better: An Imperfect Guide To Finding Your Own Happiness". The book was published by
Orion Spring and was a
Sunday Times bestseller. As of 8 February 2022, the book has sold over 10 000 copies. The Korean version of the book was published on 23 February 2022 and was the only official translation. In November 2021 it was announced she would dance with
Graziano Di Prima in the
2021 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, which she went on to win. The same month, Anne-Marie and Niall Horan released a cover of
Fleetwood Mac's song "
Everywhere" for the
BBC Children in Need alongside other British musicians, including
Ed Sheeran and
Yungblud.
2022–2024: Unhealthy, features in other artists' songs On 8 February 2022, Anne-Marie performed a medley of "
Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" and "
Don't Play" at the
42nd Brit Awards. At the beginning of her performance, she stumbled while descending the steps to the stage but continued singing. Following the performance, she was praised by fans for her quick recovery. Anne-Marie's fall was described as one of the most talked-about moments of the 2022 Brit Awards ceremony. Talking to
The Standard amid the premiere of the
eleventh series of The Voice, Anne-Marie revealed that she had torn a tendon as a result of the fall. in October 2022 In May 2022, Anne-Marie collaborated with Swedish DJ duo
Neiked and American rapper
Latto on the song "
I Just Called" On 19 August, Anne-Marie featured on the remix of
Diljit Dosanjh's single "Peaches", while on 26 August,
Seventeen's new version of their song "_World" featuring Anne-Marie was released. On 16 September, Anne-Marie released the single "
Psycho", in collaboration with British rapper
Aitch, as the lead single from her third studio album. The song interpolates
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" by
Lou Bega, and peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. In an interview with
FM104 regarding her third studio album, Anne-Marie explained that "I've been writing a lot of new stuff... and I feel like I've figured out what I want to say. I feel like from the first and second album I've learnt a lot about myself, and know this is now who I am." in 2023 In February 2023, Anne-Marie released "
Sad Bitch" as the second single from her upcoming third studio album. In March 2023, Anne-Marie collaborated with Thai singer
Minnie, a member of South Korean girl group
(G)I-dle, on the song "Expectations". In April 2023, Anne-Marie teamed up with
David Guetta and
Coi Leray on the song "
Baby Don't Hurt Me", which samples
Haddaway's hit "
What Is Love". On 27 April, Anne-Marie announced that her third album
Unhealthy would be released on 28 July. The
title track from the album, featuring
Shania Twain, was released on 18 May 2023. The same month, she received the
Brit Billion Award for achieving over one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. On 5 July, Anne-Marie released "Trainwreck".
Unhealthy peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, making it her third consecutive album to debut inside the top 3 in the UK. With first-week sales of 23,778 copies, it secured the highest weekly sale for an album by a UK female solo artist since
Florence and the Machine's
Dance Fever topped the chart in May 2022. On 16 August, Anne-Marie collaborated with Haitian DJ
Michaël Brun and American singer
Becky G on the single "Coming Your Way". "Christmas Without You" was released exclusively on
Amazon Music on 7 November as part of the soundtrack for
Your Christmas or Mine 2. The same month, Anne-Marie earned her first
Grammy nomination for the song ''Baby Don't Hurt Me''. during
The Unhealthy Club Tour in November 2023 Following the conclusion of the first leg of
The Unhealthy Club Tour, Anne-Marie took a break from her career commitments for several months as she welcomed her first child in February 2024. In May, she teamed up with
Nicholas Galitzine on the song "The Idea of You", which was featured on the
soundtrack of the
film of the same name. In June 2024, she performed at the
Glastonbury Festival for the second time. On 9 August, Anne-Marie released the single "
Cry Baby" in collaboration with
Clean Bandit and
David Guetta.
2025–present: EPs and upcoming project On 14 February 2025, Anne-Marie released a two-track extended play, ''If You're Looking For a New Best Friend
. Another two-track extended play, If You're Looking for a Reason to Key Your Ex's Car'', was released on 11 April 2025. In April 2025,
Aitch released the single "Luv?" featuring Anne-Marie. On 19 September, Anne-Marie released the single "
Depressed". On 14 November, Anne-Marie released the single, "
Merry Xmas Everybody" a cover of the song by
Slade. Speaking to
The Sun Bizarre column, Anne-Marie described her fourth album as different from her first three albums, stating that she was going to "do a little spice", which is set for a 2026 release. On 3 January 2026, Anne-Marie appeared on the
seventh series of
The Masked Singer as a guest panellist and performer under the alias "Goldfish". ==Personal life==