Becky Hill (born 14 February 1994) is an English singer and songwriter from Bewdley, Worcestershire. She rose to prominence after appearing on the first series of The Voice UK, auditioning with "Ordinary People". She joined Jessie J's team and reached the semi-final of the competition. On 29 June 2014 she became the first The Voice UK contestant to score a UK Number 1 when the song, "Gecko (Overdrive)" with Oliver Heldens topped the UK Singles Chart.


Career

Becky began making music in a band called Shaking Trees – receiving much BBC Introducing support from the likes of Andrew Marston at BBC Hereford & Worcester who selected her band to perform at the Nozstock Festival of Performing Arts, as well as a live session for Adam Green and Josh Withey at BBC Radio Shropshire.
2012: The Voice
Main article: The Voice UK (series 1)

Hill has appeared in a number of live performances for YouTube, including a web series called The Rebelations. She auditioned for the first series of The Voice UK, at the blind auditions she performed "Ordinary People", she joined Jessie J's team. In the battle rounds she competed against Indie & Pixie performing the song "Irreplaceable", she won the battle and progressed to the live shows. She got to the Semi-final stage of the competition where she was eliminated.

Performances

Performed Song Original Artist Result
Blind Audition "Ordinary People" John Legend Joined Team Jessie
Battle Rounds "Irreplaceable" (against Indie & Pixie) Beyoncé Winner
Week 1 N/A
Week 2 "Good Luck" Basement Jaxx Safe
Week 3 N/A
Week 4 "Seven Nation Army" The White Stripes Bottom three
Semi-final "Like a Star" Corinne Bailey Rae Eliminated
2013–present: Breakthrough

Since appearing on The Voice UK, versions of David Guetta's "She Wolf" and "Not Giving In" by Rudimental have been published, as have covers of Paolo Nutini's "Last Request" and Alex Clare's "Too Close". Hill featured on Rudimental's track "Powerless", taken from their debut album Home. She also provided cover for Ella Eyre's vocals for Rudimental's set at Glastonbury 2013, Bestival 2013 and Lovebox 2013. Hill provided vocals for & co-wrote Wilkinson's song Afterglow,which peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in October 2013,the song also peaked at number 1 on the UK Dance Chart and number 15 on the Scottish Singles Chart. "Powerless" received a full single release on 23 February 2014. The song peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart. Hill appeared on and co-wrote a vocal version of Oliver Heldens' "Gecko", renamed "Gecko (Overdrive)", alongside MNEK. The song topped the UK Singles Chart on 29 June 2014 thus making her the first The Voice UK contestant to achieve a Number 1. She is currently working on her debut album, as mentioned on her official YouTube channel.

On November 9, 2014, Becky released her second solo-single, "Losing", which was produced by MNEK. The single debuted at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart.

Discography

Singles
As lead artist
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
2014 "Caution to the Wind" — N/A
"Losing" 56
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
As featured artist
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[10] UK Dance
[11] AUS
[12] IRE
[13] NED
[12] SCO
[14]
2013 "Afterglow"
(Wilkinson featuring Becky Hill) (uncredited) 8 1 — — — 15

BPI: Silver

Lazers Not Included
2014 "Powerless"
(Rudimental featuring Becky Hill) 73 19 — — — — Home
"Gecko (Overdrive)"
(Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill[16]) 1 1 71 30 58 2

BPI: Gold

N/A