Ellie Drennan Explained

Ellie Drennan
Birth Name:Eloise Suzanne Drennan
Birth Date:1998 10, df=y
Birth Place:Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Genre:Pop
Years Active:2015–present
Label:Universal

Eloise Suzanne Drennan (born 28 October 1998) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter. She is the youngest winner of The Voice Australia, competing as a member of Team Jessie at the age of 16, in July–August 2015.[1] She gained a large following from her YouTube covers.[2]

Drennan listed her inspirations as Adele, Matt Corby, Katy Perry and Angus & Julia Stone.[3] Her debut album Close Your Eyes was released on 11 September 2015 via Universal Music Australia, which reached No. 14 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Her winning track, "Ghost", became her debut single, which reached No. 25 on the ARIA Singles Chart. She followed this with "Hard Love", which peaked in the top 50. In 2019, Ellie returned to the music scene with her first independent release, a single titled 'Taxi' released digitally and announced plans to release an EP in 2020.

Early life

Drennan was born in 1998 in the Central Coast, New South Wales and went to St Josephs Catholic College, East Gosford.

Career

2015: The Voice

In 2015, Ellie Drennan, took part in season 4 of The Voice Australia, where she joined team Jessie J, after singing Take it All by Adele in the blind audition. She made it through the Grand Finale on 30 August, where she was announced winner. Her winner's single was Ghost.

denotes winner. denotes a song that reached the top 10 on iTunes.

Discography

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Ellie Drennan
  • Released: 9 February 2015
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
"Ghost"201525Close Your Eyes
"Living Inside a Dream"2016rowspan="2"
"Hard Love"41
"Taxi"2019-
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Voice Australia 2015: Ellie Drennan becomes youngest winner. 30 August 2015 . The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Ellie Drennan on YouTube. YouTube. 31 August 2015.
  3. Web site: The Voice Australia – Ellie Drennan Bio. The Voice Australia. 31 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928204625/http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/thevoice/artists/elliedrennan/bio/. 28 September 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: australian-charts.com – Discography Ellie Drennan . australian-charts.com . 25 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160916091752/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ellie+Drennan . 16 September 2016.