“You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism - so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.”

English singer, songwriter, actress and television personality

Paloma Faith Blomfield is an English singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. After signing with Epic Records in 2008, she released her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? in 2009. The album brought her the UK top-twenty singles "Stone Cold Sober" and "New York". Her second album, Fall to Grace, followed in 2012, reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, and led to two Brit Award nominations. It also produced her first UK top-ten single, "Picking Up the Pieces", along with a top-twenty cover of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart".