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Louise LaBelle is a British singer-songwriter from East London and is best known for her collaborative work with HannahV, Jacob Banks, Jake Isaac, Talay Riley, Gordan Chambers. Louise LaBelle is signed to SOTA management company.

Career
Louise Developed her impressive vocals singing along to the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston from the age of 4. Born into a family of singers, It was no surprise Louise caught the bug and was singing at any opportunity. Raised in East London to Glaswegian parents, for much of her teen years she would write poems and songs and compete in local talent shows. Onto bigger things, she’s spent the last few years honing her live skills touring the world with the likes of Jessie J and Olly Murs in Arena’s and Stadium’s. The biggest festival’s supporting Sam Smith and Take That and 100,000+ crowd at Roc in Rio - Brazil supporting Justin Timberlake. Past projects have seen chart success working with songwriter’s Talay Riley, Gordan Chambers and currently Jacob Banks. Now back on Uk soil Louise has teamed up with London production duo ‘Sounds of Sonics’ (Wretch32, Mel C) for her long awaited EP. ‘Atmospheric, gritty, r&b-pop is what I call it’ Packed with soaring melodies and lyrical maturity, her silky tone and surprising vocal range accommodate the natural London r&b ﬂair she lays on her records. Louise’s debut EP ‘Smoke - Less’ is due for release Autumn ’16.

Music
As a songwriter Louise developed her skills whilst in female duo Addictive under the name Louise Bagan. Signed to Gut records (2008-10) 2nv records (2010-13) Addictive released debut single 'your gonna be mine' featuring producer T2. The single reached #3 in the BBC radio dance charts, made #1 as the MTV Base video for 3 consecutive weeks, and #1 MTV Dance video for 2 weeks. Followed with 2 more singles, 'Domino Effect' which was rated 'single of the week' by Now magazine. The release of their mixtape 'they wonna wife me' had lead single 'Bad girls' The single was championed by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. In 2012 Louise collaborated with Mobo award winner 'Funky DL' on track '........' Released from the album '.......' With most success in Japan. In 2013 Louise left the group to Pursue a solo career. Teaming up with SOTA management she began writing and experimenting new sounds for her own project. May 2013 she brieﬂy made an appearance on 'Britain's got talent' as part of vocal harmony group 'Band of voices'  Reaching the semi ﬁnals. Continuing to write she also began writing as well as receding vocals for other artists alongside producer 'Tre Jean-Marie' With credits including 'The Saturdays, Jacob Banks, MNEK. In 2014 Louise voice was part a collective of the ofﬁcial World Cup song '.........'  in Brazil and shown worldwide. In 2015 She then collaborated with Producer HannahV for single 'it ain't right' as the featured artist. The song had moderate success and was used in the Rimmel makeup lipstick campaign worldwide. It made track of the week in Radio 1xtra mister jam show. As of September 2015, Louise has teamed up with London production duo ‘Sounds of Sonics’ (Wretch32, Mel C) for her long awaited EP 'Smoke Free' Writing and collaborations with Jacob Banks, J Warner, Ari Smith, Varren Wade. The ﬁrst single is due for release Autumn 2016, followed by her debut EP later that year.

Touring
In August 2013 Louise embarked on a UK arena tour with 'Jessie J' as her backing vocalist. They preformed at 'Roc in Rio' supporting Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys  2014 Louise continued to tour with Jessie J in Africa, America, Europe and Asia. March 2014 Louise did a 28 date UK arena tour with Olly Murs and headlined at Vfestival  Other credits include Sam Smith, Charlie XCX, Matrix and Futurebound, Jess Gylnne, Jocelyn Brown.

Releases/Collaborations
2009 - Addictive - 'Your gonna be mine'  2010- Addictive -  'Domino Effect'  2011 - Addictive - 'They wonna wife me' mixtape  2011 - Addictive -  'Bad girls'  2012 - Funky DL feat Louise Bagan -  2015 - Brooks and the company fest Louise Labelle 'apple' 'SOS'  2015 - HannahV feat Louise LaBelle - 'it ain't right'