Griff (singer)

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"Sarah Griffiths" redirects here. For the soccer player, see Sarah Griffith.
Griff
File:Griff at Fonda Theatre 01.jpg
Griff at Fonda Theatre in 2022
Born Sarah Faith Griffiths
(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2019–present
Awards Brit Award for Rising Star (2021)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Labels Warner
Website officialgriff.com

Sarah Faith Griffiths (born 21 January 2001), known professionally as Griff, is an English singer-songwriter. In 2019, she released her debut single, "Mirror Talk", through Warner Records. This was followed by her debut extended play of the same name, released later that year. Griff was named the Rising Star at the 2021 Brit Awards, becoming one of the youngest winners in the category at 20. Later that year, she released her debut mixtape, One Foot in Front of the Other, to commercial success and critical acclaim. On 12 July 2024, Griff released her debut studio album, Vertigo.

Early life and education

Griff was born on 21 January 2001 as Sarah Faith Griffiths,[2] in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire.[3] Her father Mark Griffiths is the son of Jamaican immigrants who were part of the "Windrush generation", and her mother Kim is a first-generation migrant whose family moved to England amid the Vietnam War.[4] Griff has stated that she feels "more in touch with my Chinese side".[3] Griff's parents foster children and her experiences with the children were reflected in her song "Good Stuff".[5]

Griff stated that her earliest memory of loving music was being gifted an iPod Shuffle with the Taylor Swift album Fearless (2008) downloaded to it,[6] when she was around the age of eight.[7] She then taught herself to record and produce music on her older brother's laptop, and used tutorials on YouTube to inform her on techniques.[3] While attending St Clement Danes School, Griff kept her musical life private, due to not knowing if her musical career would be successful, stating: "no one likes that person at school who talks about how they want to sing".[3][4] After finishing her A Levels, she told teachers that she was taking a gap year, rather than informing them on her music ventures.[3] On using the stage name Griff, she stated: "Sarah Griffiths isn't that glamorous, I sound like I have a mortgage and 4 kids, it's very corporate".[7]

Raised an evangelical Christian, Griff has said of her own faith: "I guess if you grow up with Christian parents, you get to a point where you ask: “Okay, do I actually believe or am I just going through the motions?” And from a young age I felt like it was something I actually do believe and so it’s always been something that I’ve owned."[4]

Career

File:Griff in Sydney.jpg
Griff performing in Sydney, Australia in January 2024.

On 4 July 2019, it was announced that Griff had been signed to Warner Records.[8] On the same day, she released her debut single "Mirror Talk", accompanied by a music video. Annie Mac featured the song on BBC Radio 1 under the New Name playlist.[9] She stated that the writing process for the song took an hour.[3] Griff described the release as a career highlight, since it was released immediately after she had finished her A Level exams.[6] Billboard described the song as an "electrifying debut", and praised her "powerful voice and vulnerable lyrics".[8] The next month, Griff released her follow-up single, "Didn't Break It Enough",[10] accompanied by a music video in which the clothing worn was made by Griff herself.[11][12] She released the single "Paradise" in October 2019,[13] which was followed by the release of her debut extended play, The Mirror Talk, on 15 November 2019.[14] In December 2019, Griff released a cover of the Bangles' 1989 song "Eternal Flame".[15]

On 7 February 2020, Griff released the single "Good Stuff". Despite people thinking the song is about a romantic breakup, she clarified that the subject of the song is about missing children that her family fostered, since they felt like siblings.[16] In March 2020, a song titled "I Love You's", that Griff co-wrote, was released by American singer Hailee Steinfeld.[17] This was followed by "Forgive Myself", a song released by Griff on 29 May 2020,[18] described by NME as an "anthem".[19] In July 2020, Griff was nominated by The Ivors Academy for an Ivor Novello Rising Star Award,[20] and later that month, she released the song "Say It Again".[21] In October 2020, she was part of two collaborative songs; "1,000,000 X Better" with English band Honne,[22] and "Inside Out", a song with German DJ Zedd.[23][24] In January 2021, she released "Black Hole", which NME described as a "dark pop anthem".[25] On 19 March 2021, Griff won the Brit Award for Rising Star and performed "Black Hole" at the 2021 ceremony.[26] Later that day, she announced details of her debut mixtape, One Foot in Front of the Other, which was released on 18 June 2021.[27] Two months later, Griff followed up the mixtape with single "One Night".[28] In October 2021, she embarked on a tour across the United Kingdom in support of her mixtape.[29] She later did European and North American tour dates.[30]

In November 2021, Dua Lipa announced Griff as one of her three supporting acts for the European dates of the Future Nostalgia Tour in 2022.[31] In September 2022, she performed on eight dates of the +–=÷× Tour by Ed Sheeran.[32] In 2023, she also took part in the Music of the Spheres World Tour by british band Coldplay as opening act for a few European dates including Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.[33]

In August 2023, after a break from music whilst on the Future Nostalgia Tour, Griff released the single "Vertigo".[34] The song was promoted by Taylor Swift on Instagram, who said she "loved" the song.[35] She released an EP to support the single, Vert1go Vol. 1, in October 2023.[36] Later that month, Griff announced her single "Astronaut", which was written in collaboration with Coldplay lead vocalist Chris Martin and released in December.[37]

On 22 June 2024, Griff opened for Taylor Swift as part of the Eras Tour in London alongside Paramore.[38]

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with release date, and label shown
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]		 AUS
[39]		 GER
[40]		 IRE
[41]		 SCO
[2]
Vertigo 3 27 75 93
[43]		 2

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with release date, selected chart positions, and label shown
Title Mixtape details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]		 IRE
[41]		 SCO
[2]
One Foot in Front of the Other
  • Released: 18 June 2021
  • Label: Warner
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming media
 4 85 5

Extended plays

List of EPs, with release date and label shown
Title EP details
The Mirror Talk
  • Released: 15 November 2019
  • Label: Warner
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Vert1go Vol. 1
  • Released: 20 October 2023
  • Label: Warner
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Ver2igo Vol. 2
  • Released: 5 April 2024
  • Label: Warner
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]		 BEL
(FL)
Tip
[44]		 IRE
[41]		 NZ
Hot
[45]		 NOR
[46]
"Mirror Talk" 2019 — — — — — The Mirror Talk
"Didn't Break It Enough" — — — — —
"Paradise" — — — — —
"Good Stuff" 2020 — — — — — Non-album singles
"Forgive Myself" — — — — —
"Say It Again" — — — — —
"1,000,000 X Better"
(with Honne)		 — — — — —
"Inside Out"
(with Zedd)		 — — — — —
"Black Hole" 2021 18 28 25 16 — One Foot in Front of the Other
"One Foot in Front of the Other" —[lower-alpha 1] — — — —
"One Night" 45 — 85 — — Non-album singles
"Head on Fire"
(with Sigrid)[49]		 2022 44 — — 35 33
"Vertigo" 2023 84 — — 23 — Vertigo[upper-alpha 1]
"Miss Me Too" 2024 — — — 22 —
"Anything" — — — — —
"It Could Have Been Us"
(with Christopher)		 — — — — — Non-album singles
"Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow"
(with Aodhán King)[50]		 — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]		 BEL
(FL)
Tip
[51]		 IRE
[41]		 NZ
Hot
[52]		 NOR
[53]
"Eternal Flame" 2019 — — — — — Non-album singles
"Love Is a Compass"
(Disney supporting Make-A-Wish)		 2020 42 9 — — —
"Shade of Yellow" 2021 — — — 26 — One Foot in Front of the Other
"Walk" 2023 — — — — —
"Astronaut" — — — — — Vertigo
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Title Year Director(s)
"Mirror Talk" 2019 Sylvie Weber
"Didn't Break It Enough" Rory DCS
"Paradise" Unknown
"Good Stuff" 2020 Imogen Snell and Riccardo Castaneo
"Forgive Myself"
"Love is a Compass" Maria Goulamhoussen
"Say It Again" Stephen Isaac-Wilson
"Black Hole" 2021 Joe Shaw and Eseosa Ohen (SOB)
"One Foot in Front of the Other" Stephen Isaac-Wilson
"One Night" ABCDCD
"Head on Fire" 2022 CC Wade
"Miss Me Too" 2024 Colin Solal Cardo

Songwriting credits

Title Artist Year Album Notes
"I Love You's" Hailee Steinfeld 2020 Half Written Story Co-writer
"Angry Man" Kawala 2021 Paradise Heights Co-writer
"Happy Hunting Ground" Maisie Peters 2021 Trying: Season 2 Co-writer, performer
"Minute" Kim Petras 2023 Feed the Beast Co-writer

Tours

Headlining

2024 Tour

Date City Country Venue Opening Act
2 January 2024 Brisbane Australia Fortitude Music Hall
3 January 2024 Sydney The Metro Theatre
6 February 2024 Los Angeles United States The Roxy Theatre
9 February 2024 New York City (Le) Poisson Rouge
10 March 2024 Stockholm Sweden Debaser Strand Amanda Cy
11 March 2024 Oslo Norway Parkteatret Scene
12 March 2024 Copenhagen Denmark VEGA
15 March 2024 Hamburg Germany Mojo Club CXLOE
16 March 2024 Berlin Heimathafen Neukölln
18 March 2024 Cologne Gloria
19 March 2024 Amsterdam Netherlands Tolhuistuin
21 March 2024 Brussels Belgium Botanique - Orangerie
22 March 2024 Paris France La Machine du Moulin Rouge
24 March 2024 Bournemouth United Kingdom O2 Academy Bournemouth
26 March 2024 Dublin Ireland 3Olympia Theatre
28 March 2024 Manchester United Kingdom Albert Hall
30 March 2024 Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
31 March 2024 Birmingham Birmingham O2 Institute
2 April 2024 Camden, London Roundhouse

Supporting

Awards and nominations

Organisation Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
BBC 2021 Sound of 2021 Herself Fifth [54]
Brit Awards Rising Star Herself Won [55][26]
MTV UK Push One to Watch Herself Nominated [56]
LOS40 Music Awards Best International New Act Herself Won [57][58]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best New Herself Nominated [59]
Best Push Herself Nominated [59]
BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record of the Year "Black Hole" Fifth [60][61]
Popjustice £20 Music Prize Best British Pop Single Nominated [62]
Brit Awards 2022 Best New Artist Herself Nominated [63]
Best Pop/R&B Act Nominated [63]
NME Awards NME Radar Award Won [64]
Best Collaboration "Head on Fire" (with Sigrid) Won [65]
Ticketmaster New Music Award New Music Award Herself Won [66]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Vertigo" is also included on the Vert1go Vol.1 while "Miss Me Too" is also included on Ver2igo Vol. 2.
  1. ↑ "One Foot in Front of the Other" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number forty-five on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[citation needed]

References

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