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Paloma Faith Blomfield is a British singer-songwriter and actress born July 21st 1985 in Hackney, London to a Spanish father and English mother. She was raised by her mother in Stoke Newington after her parents split, who encouraged her as a child to dance and she attended weekly ballet lessons. This led to her going on to study for a degree in contemporary dance after her A-Levels at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. She later dropped out and applied for an MA in theatre directing at Central Saint Martins College or Art and Design whilst taking on numerous part time jobs to fund her studies.



Her first attempts at music began when she mimicked famous soul and jazz singers including Etta James and Billie Holiday, whom she admires and also influenced her own work and 1950s style. She worked in a pub where she would also front her manager's band which later became known as 'Paloma and the Penetrators' and during this time period she was scouted by an A&R man from Epic records, who invited her to perform for the manager of the label. She was later offered a contract, when her music on her myspace page began to stand out with hit songs that weren't generic.


In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her album stayed within the top 40 album charts for over forty weeks and she has released five singles: "Stone Cold Sober", "New York", title track "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?", "Upside Down" and "Smoke & Mirrors" of the album.