Cleo Sol

Cleopatra Zvezdana Nikolic^[2] (born 24 March 1990), better known by her stage name Cleo Sol, is an English singer-songwriter. Working closely with her husband, the producer Dean Josiah Cover, she has released five solo studio albums beginning with the EP Winter Songs (2018), followed by full-lengths Rose in the Dark (2020), Mother (2021), Heaven (2023), and Gold (2023) and is the lead vocalist of music group Sault.

Cleo Sol was born and raised in Ladbroke Grove to jazz musicians who lived in Notting Hill. Her mother is Serbian-Spanish and her father is Jamaican.^[3]

Cleo Sol made her debut in 2008 featuring on the single "Tears" by Tinie Tempah.^[4] In 2011 Cleo Sol signed to DaVinChe's record label Dirty Canvas and Island Records, releasing singles such as "High" and "Never the Right Time (Who Do You Love)".^[5][6] She took a musical hiatus from 2012 to 2017.^[1] She returned with the EP Winter Songs, released on 9 March 2018.^[7] In 2019, she was featured on the single "Selfish" by British rapper Little Simz, reconnecting in 2021 with the rapper for the song "Woman".^[8][9]

Cleo Sol lanzó su álbum de estudio debut , Rose in the Dark , el 27 de marzo de 2020. Fue incluido por Complex y Clash en sus listas de fin de año. ^{[ 10 ] [ 11 ]} Al año siguiente, lanzó su segundo álbum de estudio, titulado Mother , el 20 de agosto de 2021. ^{[ 12 ]} Los álbumes sorpresa Heaven y Gold siguieron en septiembre de 2023. Es miembro del colectivo musical británico SAULT que ha lanzado once álbumes de estudio. ^{[ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]} El grupo rara vez aparece en vivo o da entrevistas y Cleo Sol rara vez actúa en vivo. ^{[ 16 ]}

Cleo Sol ha citado como influencias a Stevie Wonder , Erykah Badu y Jill Scott . Creció escuchando reggae , Motown , jazz y música latina . ^{[ 3 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ]}

Cleo Sol está casada con el productor discográfico inglés Inflo (Dean Josiah Cover); su hijo nació en 2021. ^{[ 19 ]}