Olivia Dean

Olivia Lauryn Dean (born 14 March 1999) is an English singer. She began her career working in collaboration with Rudimental. She was named Amazon Music's 2021 breakthrough artist of the year and recorded an exclusive version of Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" for Amazon's 2021 Christmas Originals line-up, which charted at number 19 in the UK singles chart. Early life Dean was born in the London Borough of Haringey to an English father and a Jamaican-Guyanese mother. She grew up in Walthamstow. She took musical theatre lessons and participated in a gospel choir from a young age. She then attended the BRIT School. Influences Dean has cited Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse, Carole King, and the Supremes as inspirations. Music Videos After recording a handful of music videos for her first singles, Dean's aesthetic took a turn in the music video for her breakout single "The Hardest Part". Filmed in London, the music video features Dean and two carbon copies of herself as back-up singer/dancers. Dean also cited The Supremes as one of her visual references for this music video.