Show Notes
In 2006, an eighteen-year-old from South London finished her final year at the BRIT School, recorded a three-song demo and gave it to a friend. The friend put it on MySpace. A few months later, one of the biggest music careers in history began. This week on AMPED, we go back before the Grammys, before the stadium tours, before Someone Like You, to the flat above a pound shop in West Norwood where it all started.
Clips: Backstage at Jools Holland BRIT Awards 2008 North American Tour footage from 19 Album. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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