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Alice Florence Clarissa Merton (born 13 September 1993) is a British-based German-Canadian singer-songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, " No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name and in 2019, she released her debut album ''
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'' and in 2022, her second album, '' S.I.D.E.S.'' was released.


Early life

Merton was born on 13 September 1993 in
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, Germany to a German mother and an Irish-born father. Merton's family moved frequently due to her father's job as a mining consultant. When she was three months old, Merton moved to
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. Shortly thereafter, they relocated to
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, Canada where she was raised until the age of thirteen, learning classical piano and singing. Her family then relocated to
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. Merton's return to Germany prompted her to learn German which enabled her to speak with her German grandmother whom she had only seen annually growing up. While in Germany, Merton wrote her first song and attended a German-language high school before graduating and moving to the United Kingdom. Merton moved frequently in her early life, living in
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,
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, and
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, among other cities. Through her upbringing, Merton has stated she has felt connected to Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France where her mother lived. In 2013, she started her studies at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in
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, where she earned a bachelor's degree in composition and song writing, and met the members of her future band.


Career


2015–2017: ''The Book of Nature'', ''No Roots'', and mainstream success

Merton first drew major attention in 2015 as a songwriter and singer on Fahrenhaidt's album ''The Book of Nature''. On 14 November 2016 while in
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, she won the annual award for the promotion of talented newcomers in the category ''Acoustic Pop''. After moving to Berlin, Merton and her manager Paul Grauwinkel founded the record label Paper Plane Records International, and released the song " No Roots" at the end of 2016. The song's lyrics were inspired by her feeling of "There's no one place where my home is." On both Hype Machine and
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's ''Global Viral 50'' charts the song reached number one, and was soon included on the "Hit Play" lists of several radio stations. The song was also featured on episode 5x09 of the NBC TV series, ''
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''. On the basis of this success, Merton officially released her first EP, '' No Roots'', on 3 February 2017. ''No Roots'' reached number one on the French charts, number two on the German charts, number three in Austria, number 25 in Switzerland and number one in US alternative radio charts. Vodafone Germany even included the song in one of its commercials. Merton signed with
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in August 2017 for marketing within the United States, and on 2 August 2017 she released her second single ''Hit the Ground Running'' with her new record label. She performed at the Life Ball in
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on 10 June 2017, and ended the year touring throughout Germany, appearing as opening act for Bosse and Philipp Poisel, among others. In late 2017 she won the 2018
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.


2018–2020: ''Mint''

On 7 September 2018, Merton released "
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", the lead single from her debut album, ''
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''. She released two other singles since then. The album was released on 18 January 2019. The second official single "Funny Business" was released 30 November. The video for the single was premiered 9 January. Also, this day she released her brand new song from album "Homesick". Merton dueted with British singer-songwriter
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in the single "Half As Good As You" that was released on 28 September 2018. On 1 February 2019, Merton released the first part of the Making of Mint documentary and announced an April 2019 USA concert tour. Alice Merton live at Southside Festival 2019 In 2019, Merton was a coach on ninth series of ''
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'', and became the first female coach to win a series with Claudia Emmanuela Santoso. On 18 October 2019, Merton released her album ''
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'' again with four additional songs (Back To Berlin, PCH, Easy and Keeps Me Awake). Later, in the beginning of 2020, she toured across
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and
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singing these new songs, as well as the ones from her previous album.


2021–present: ''S.I.D.E.S''

On 8 April 2021, Merton released "Vertigo". On 9 September, she released "Hero" and "Island", both of which are from her upcoming second studio album, '' S.I.D.E.S.'', which she revealed the name on 23 February 2022, along with its tracklist. Her new work will count with 15 tracks, of which 6 have already been released. On TikTok she released a video announcing the release of the next song “Same Team” would be on 4 March 2022. Later in April 2022, she released her next single "Blindside", and lastly "Love Back" in May 2022. She is touring with the British band
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in their "Give me the Future" American tour. Later in 2022, she performed in 7 different countries through all Europe, in her second album ''S.I.D.E.S tour.'' On 17 June, ''S.I.D.E.S.'' was released.


Personal life

Merton currently resides in
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Discography


Albums


Extended plays


Singles


Guest appearances


Notes


References


External links

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