Jasmine Ying Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is a British singer and songwriter. She began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to

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. In 2014, she was featured on German

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producer

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's song " Sun Goes Down", which charted within the top 10 in multiple countries including Australia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. As of March 2019, her YouTube channel has amassed over 3.3 million subscribers and over 570 million views. Her acoustic cover version of

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's original "

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" reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart in 2013; this success led to the song being featured in an advertisement by

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. The remixed version from Thompson was then remixed again by DJ

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—as " Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)"—in 2015 and became a huge hit, peaking at number two in the UK, and charting in several other countries. Her voice has been described as "eerie", "soft", and "enchanting".

Early life

Jasmine Ying Thompson was born on 8 November 2000 in

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, to an English father and a Chinese mother. Her parents divorced when she was very young, a life-changing event that attracted her to music and in 2017 inspired her second EP, ''Wonderland''. Thompson has an older brother, named Jed.

Career

2013: ''Bundle of Tantrums''

In July 2013, Thompson self-released a cover of

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's single " La La La". In August, she released three different covers: a cover of

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" (as a duet with Gerald Ko), a cover of

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's "

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", and a cover of

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's "

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". In September the same year, she self-released her debut album ''Bundle of Tantrums'', which included the singles "La La La", "Let Her Go", and "Titanium". In September 2013, Thompson released a cover of

's "

". The song featured in an advert for UK supermarket chain

for their ''by Sainsbury's'' range. The song has peaked at number thirty-two on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released the extended play ''Under the Willow Tree''. One of the songs, named "Run", enjoyed moderate success in Europe and the United States.

2014: ''Another Bundle of Tantrums''

On 20 April 2014, Thompson released her second album, ''Another Bundle of Tantrums''. The album peaked at number 126 on the

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. In September 2014, Thompson's cover of "Everybody Hurts" was used in the

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autumn trailer for ''

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''. The trailer showed characters

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, and

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repeating Thompson's lyrics. Jasmine also released a cover of

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's song "

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" on 13 April 2014.

2015–2016: ''Adore'' EP

On 12 June 2015, Thompson released her first single on

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's label, entitled " Adore". Later that year, on 18 September, Thompson released her third extended play, ''Adore''. It included 5 songs: "Adore", "Do It Now", "Great Escape", "Let Myself Try", and "Crystal Heart". In 2015, German music producer and DJ

released a remix of "

", originally released by Thompson in 2013 titled " Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)". The song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the Netherlands, and peaking within the top ten of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland. In 2016, her cover of "Mad World" was used in the trailer for Ewan McGregor's film ''

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''. In the same year, her cover of "Mad World" was also used in the French movie ''

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''. It is played at the end of the movie leading to the credits.

2017: ''Wonderland'' EP

On 19 May 2017, Thompson released her fourth extended play, ''Wonderland''.

2019: ''Colour'' EP

On 29 March 2019, Thompson released her fifth extended play, ''Colour''.

2020: New music

On 16 July 2020, Thompson collaborated with German DJ

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on the song " Funny".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

References

External links

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