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Ella Mai
File:Ella Mai 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg
Background information
Birth name Ella Mai Howell
Born (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 30)
London, England
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
Education Queens High School of Teaching
Genres R&B[1]
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2014–present
Labels
Website ellamai.com

Ella Mai Howell (born 3 November 1994) is an English singer-songwriter. Her musical career began at London's British and Irish Modern Music Institute in 2014, during which time she auditioned as part of a trio on the 11th season of The X Factor. In 2015, she uploaded a four-track solo EP of originals to SoundCloud titled Troubled, and was discovered on social media by American record producer Mustard and signed with his record label, 10 Summers Records.

From 2016 to 2018, she released three EPs on the label, including Time, Change, and Ready. Her self-titled debut studio album was released in October 2018 and featured the singles "Boo'd Up" and "Trip", which charted in the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 5 and 11, respectively. In 2019, "Boo'd Up" was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Song of the Year and Best R&B Song, winning for the latter, as well as Mai herself being nominated for British Breakthrough Act at the 2019 Brit Awards.[2] At the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, she won three awards, including the award for Top R&B Artist.[3]

Early life

Ella Mai was born on 3 November 1994 to a Jamaican mother and an Irish father[4] in London. According to the singer, her mother, a lover of American jazz music, named her after Ella Fitzgerald.[5] Mai moved from London to New York City at the age of 12 when her mother took on a teaching job there. Mai's transition to life in New York City was difficult because she was often bullied for her accent.[6] Mai graduated from Queens High School of Teaching in Glen Oaks, Queens, before returning to England.[4] She is a fan of Arsenal F.C. and club's legend Thierry Henry.[7]

Career

Ella Mai's singing career began studying at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute London (BIMM London) in 2014. During that time she competed on series 11 of The X Factor as part of a trio, 'Arize', but didn't advance beyond the initial audition for the judges. The group broke up shortly thereafter.

2015–2019: Self-titled debut album

In 2015, Mai uploaded a four-track solo EP of original recorded songs to SoundCloud titled Troubled. Shortly after the release of Troubled, Mai was discovered on Instagram and signed to DJ Mustard's label, 10 Summers Records and Interscope Records.[8] In February 2016, she released Time, the first in her EP trilogy. The six-track EP included the single "She Don't", which featured Ty Dolla Sign.[9] She released her second EP, Change, in November 2016 and third, Ready, in February 2017.[10] "Boo'd Up", which was featured on the EP, rose in popularity on social media as well as in nightclubs over the next few months.[11] Ella Mai toured with Kehlani on her SweetSexySavage World Tour.[12] After Mai served as the opening act on Kehlani's tour, her music reached a bigger audience and the song grew on radio airplay in the spring of 2018.[13]

File:Ella Mai 2017.png
Ella Mai in 2017.

On 26 April 2018, she released a music video for "Boo'd Up" after it started to gain popularity.[14] The song became her first top ten song in the US in the following month, deeming it her "breakthrough hit."[15] Rolling Stone wrote that the single is "one of the biggest singles by a breakout female R&B singer in the past 10 years."[16] The single peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100,[17] and broke the record for the most weeks at number one of any song by a woman on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.[18] On 14 August, she joined Bruno Mars on the 24K Magic World Tour after Cardi B dropped out.[19]

On 3 August, she released the single "Trip", with an accompanied music video releasing on 18 September.[20] The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ella Mai released her self-titled debut album, a 16-track set featuring "Boo'd Up", on 12 October 2018, with guest appearances from Chris Brown, John Legend, and H.E.R.[21] The album sold 69,000 album-equivalent units with 17,000 coming from pure sales.[22] On 22 October 2018, Mai announced her debut tour set to begin in January 2019.[23][24] In November, she made two guest appearances on JID's song "Tiiied", along with 6lack and on Meek Mill's song "24/7", on the albums Dicapiro 2 and Championships respectively. On 18 November, she performed on Saturday Night Live with Jezebel describing Mai as "Pure '90s R&B Heartthrob".[25][26]

Mai was also nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song and Song of the Year with "Boo'd Up", winning for the former.[27] "Boo'd Up" would go onto to win the 2019 Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Song.[28] In 2019, Mai won the Billboard Music Awards for Top R&B Artist and Top Female R&B Artist.[29] Apart from her music, Mai also performed a sketch on Nickelodeon's All That (which aired on 27 July 2019) called "Boo'd Up", a paranormal parody of The Dating Game, in which she played herself as a contestant looking for a ghost to haunt her family home, but instead of choosing the three suitors offered, she chose her former ghost who came back and she forgave him.[30]

2020–present: Heart on My Sleeve

In 2020, Mai received her third nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album for her self-titled debut at the 62nd Grammy Awards.

On 2 October 2020, Mai released the single, "Not Another Love Song".[31] On Friday, January 28, 2022, she released "DFMU". On March 28, 2022 Mai announced the title of her second studio album Heart on My Sleeve which was released on May 6, 2022. the album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 making it her second top 20 on the chart.

Artistry

In multiple interviews, Ella Mai names Lauryn Hill, Chris Brown, Brandy, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, and Mariah Carey as her biggest influences.[32] Vibe said her "perception of the powerful emotion is kindred to R&B heartthrobs of the '90s, who flooded the radio airwaves with soulful ballads, baby-making tunes, and heart-wrenching break-up anthems."[33] Rolling Stone described her sound as "a British émigré full of self-confidence and an affinity for classic Nineties R&B."[34]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[35]
AUS
[36]
BEL
(FL)

[37]
CAN
[38]
IRE
[39]
NLD
[40]
NZ
[41]
US
[42]
US
R&B/
HH

[43]
US
R&B

[44]
Ella Mai 18 19 94 16 55 31 7 5 4 1
Heart on My Sleeve
  • Released: 6 May 2022
  • Label: Interscope, 10 Summers
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
15 9 2

EPs

List of extended plays with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
CAN
[50]
US
[51]
US
R&B
/HH

[52]
US
R&B

[53]
US
Heat.

[54]
Time
  • Released: 15 February 2016[55]
  • Label: 10 Summers
  • Format: Digital download
Change
  • Released: 18 November 2016[56]
  • Label: 10 Summers
  • Format: Digital download
35 20 6
Ready
  • Released: 22 February 2017[57]
  • Label: 10 Summers
  • Format: Digital download
86 29 15 3 25
"—" denotes items which failed to chart.

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[35]
AUS
[58]
CAN
[59]
IRE
[60]
NZ
[61]
US
[62]
US
R&B
/HH

[63]
US
R&B

[64]
US
R&B/HH
Airplay

[65]
US
Adult
R&B

[66]
"She Don't"[67]
(featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
2016 Time
"10,000 Hours" 2017
  • RIAA: Platinum[48]
Change
"Lay Up"[68]
"Naked"[69] 17
  • BPI: Silver[46]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[48]
Ella Mai
"Boo'd Up" 2018 52 46 43 85 8 5 4 1 1 1 Ready and Ella Mai
"Trip"[71] 47 63 78 22 11 6 1 1 1 Ella Mai
"Shot Clock"[73] 2019 [upper-alpha 1] 62 27 3 5
  • RIAA: Platinum[48]
"Not Another Love Song"[31] 2020 [upper-alpha 2] [upper-alpha 3] 37 9 12 2 Heart on My Sleeve
"DFMU"[78] 2022 [upper-alpha 4] 85 22 3 5 2
"Leave You Alone" [upper-alpha 5] 22
"How"[81]
(featuring Roddy Ricch)
[upper-alpha 6] 14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[35]
UK
R&B

[83]
NZ
Hot

[84]
US
[62]
US
R&B
/HH

[63]
US
R&B

[64]
US
R&B/HH
Airplay

[65]
US
Adult
R&B

[66]
"24/7"
(Meek Mill featuring Ella Mai)
2018 66 22 21 54 25 3
  • RIAA: Platinum[48]
Championships
"What You Did"[85]
(Mahalia featuring Ella Mai)
2019 90 29 15 13 6 Love and Compromise
"Don't Waste My Time"[86]
(Usher featuring Ella Mai)
19 [upper-alpha 7] 13 12 1 Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[35]
AUS
[58]
NZ
[87]
US
Bub.

[76]
US
R&B
/HH
Bub.

[88]
US
R&B

[64]
"Whatchamacallit"
(featuring Chris Brown)
2018 84 66 21 3 1 7 Ella Mai

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NZ
Hot

[89]
US
Bub.

[76]
US
R&B
/HH
Bub.

[88]
US
R&B

[64]
"Good Bad" 2018 18 Ella Mai
"Sauce" 20 23
"Everything"
(featuring John Legend)
23 14
"Gut Feeling"
(featuring H.E.R.)
31 21 9 11
"Put It All on Me"[90]
(Ed Sheeran featuring Ella Mai)
2019 22 No.6 Collaborations Project
"Trying" 2022 23 Heart on My Sleeve
"Didn't Say"
(featuring Latto)
2022 24
"Sex Memories"
(Chris Brown featuring Ella Mai)
2022 11 25 22 Breezy
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Notes

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Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"10,000 Hours"[91] 2016 DJ Mustard Cold Summer
"Hit Me Up"[92] 2017 Chip League of My Own II
"This X-Mas"[93] Chris Brown Heartbreak on a Full Moon (Deluxe Edition): Cuffing Season – 12 Days of Christmas
"Talk to Me, Pt. II"[94] 2018 Craig David The Time Is Now (Deluxe)
"Tiiied"[95] JID, 6LACK DiCaprio 2
"24/7"[96] Meek Mill Championships
"Love Me Like That (Champion Love)" N/A Creed II: The Album
"Put It All on Me"[97] 2019 Ed Sheeran No.6 Collaborations Project
"Surface"[98] DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla Sign Perfect Ten
"Piece of Me" 2020 Wizkid Made in Lagos
"Iykyk" 2022 Lil Durk, A Boogie wit da Hoodie 7220 (Deluxe)
"Sex Memories" Chris Brown Breezy

Tours

Headlining

  • The Debut Tour (2019-2020)

Opening act

Awards and nominations

Award Year[upper-alpha 8] Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
American Music Awards 2018 Herself Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B Nominated [99]
"Boo'd Up" Favorite Song – Soul/R&B Nominated
2019 Herself New Artist of the Year Nominated
Favorite Female Artist- Soul/R&B Nominated
"Trip" Favorite Song- Soul/R&B Nominated
Ella Mai Favorite Album- Soul/R&B Nominated
BET Awards 2019 "Trip" Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award Won [100]
Billboard Music Awards 2019 Herself Top Female Artist Nominated [101]
Top New Artist Nominated
Top R&B Artist Won
Top R&B Female Artist Won
"Boo'd Up" Top R&B Song Won
"Trip" Nominated
Ella Mai Top R&B Album Nominated
BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards 2019 "Boo'd Up" Winning Song Won [102]
Brit Awards 2019 Herself Best Breakthrough Act Nominated [103]
Grammy Awards 2019 "Boo'd Up" Song of the Year Nominated [104]
Best R&B Song Won
2020 Ella Mai Best R&B Album Nominated [105]
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019 Herself Best New R&B Artist Won [106]
R&B Artist of the Year Won
"Boo'd Up" R&B Song of the Year Won
MTV Video Music Awards 2018 "Boo'd Up" Song of Summer Nominated [107]
2019 "Trip" Best R&B Nominated [108]
Soul Train Music Awards 2018 "Boo'd Up" Song of the Year Nominated [109]
The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award Won
Video of the Year Nominated
Herself Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Won
2019 Ella Mai Album/Mixtape of the Year Nominated [110]
"Shot Clock" Song of the Year Nominated

Notes

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References

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