“I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.”

English soul singer and songwriter

Rebecca Caroline Ferguson is an English soul singer and songwriter. She came to wider attention in 2010, when she finished as runner-up on the seventh series of The X Factor. She released her debut album, Heaven, in 2011, and it reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. She later added three more albums that also entered the top three, Freedom in 2013, Lady Sings the Blues in 2015, and Superwoman in 2016. Her influences include Aretha Franklin, Kings of Leon, Christina Aguilera, and Amy Winehouse.