Early life Sophie was born on 2 December 1998 She moved to
Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands later with her parents. From an early age, she had an interest in music. By the age of 9, she started playing piano and singing along to many songs. At the age of 14, she had to do a school project at the International School of Eindhoven (ISE) where she should develop a new skill during 9 months, and being so much into the music, she got inspired to do something with it for this project. Besides that, she also wanted to do something with people. When doing research she found a video of a DJ playing a live set who had a great connection with the crowd. As she loved the vibe and was amazed by how one person can transfer his energy to an entire crowd with music, she realized that "when you are a DJ, you have this special connection with people, I think that's amazing!". She went to a music school in
Eindhoven, where she began taking DJ lessons and met new friends who already began producing music, kicking off her career two years before her graduation, achieved on 19 May 2017.
Music career Her first residency was at a small bar Het Pumpke in her hometown of
Sint-Oedenrode, In late November, she was invited to South Africa for a tour, where she performed main-stage at The Ruins Festival in St Francis Bay and The Coco Club in
Cape Town, Afterwards, she caught the attention of Christian by sending some demos, and the two began working together to release Sophie's music on Christian's record label Freeway Recordings. followed by her second single "Up in This", which was described by EDMTunes as "a mainstage-ready banger" that "proves why the likes of
Ummet Ozcan and
Quintino have already thrown her support". Her third single titled "Bad Boy" was released on 20 June, and later on she released the track "Annihilate" as a free download, which received over 2 million plays on
SoundCloud. and received 94% of likes from 538 listeners on the item 'Maak 't of kraak 't' (Make it or break it). In October, she performed at the
Amsterdam Dance Event for the first time, playing on a bus, touring the Dutch capital as well as she was a guest at Giel on
NPO 3FM. On 9 November she was a guest and performed at Bij Igmar on SLAM!. That same month, she released "Don't Stop" on
Dirty Dutch Music. In December, she performed at the Glazen Huis in
Breda. By the end of 2016, Sophie Francis is an in-demand artist getting booking requests from the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, US, India, China, Vietnam, Japan and UAE, but balancing the fact that she is still a high school student, working daily to find a balance between her career and her studies.
2017 On 30 January Sophie Francis signed a deal with renowned dance label
Spinnin' Records, which she said was "a dream coming true". She released her first single with them on 17 February: "Without You" which she created together with The Companions. The track was very well received and played by artists such as
Tiësto,
Nicky Romero,
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and is being played on radio stations worldwide. She has been named on
Spotify's "Top 25 Most Influential Artists Under 25" alongside artists such as
Martin Garrix and
Oliver Heldens, among others. She later performed during the "
Miami Winter Music Conference" at the Spinnin' Hotel in
South Beach and on 25 March she performed for the first time at
Ultra Music Festival in
Miami,
Florida on the "Worldwide" stage. On 27 April 2017 she performed at
AFAS Stadion in
Alkmaar during SLAM! Koningsdag 2017. Less than a month later, she released her second single on Spinnin' Records, "Lovedrunk". A poppy track with some urban influences, first announced as an ID track and supported by
The Chainsmokers,
Dimiti Vegas & Like Mike,
R3hab and VINAI among others. The single peaked at number 17 on the DMC Buzz Chart two weeks before release. An official music video for the song was released. A remix pack for the song was released less than three months later, featuring remixes from Olly James, Carta and TV Noise. She had also hosted an episode on the label's radio show Spinnin' Sessions. During summer she performed at various festivals in the Netherlands, and the
Amsterdam Arena during the Glamour Health Challenge. In July she performed at the 2017 edition of the
Tomorrowland festival for two days in
Belgium. On 9 March the long-awaited vocal version of "Get over it" was released on
Smash the house with the voice of Laurell. ==Discography==