Beth Orton
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British folktronica indie-pop singer-songwriter
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- London
- Active from
- 1970-12-14
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Beth Orton (born Elizabeth Caroline Orton, 14 December 1970, in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She initially came to notice for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid-1990s. However, these were not Orton's first recordings as she had released a solo album, Superpinkymandy, in 1993. Since the album was only released in Japan, it went large
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dereham
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- trip hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- EMI
- Official website
- bethortonofficial.com
- Image
- Beth Orton Cropped.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Beth Orton
- date of birth
- 1970-12-14
- influenced by
- Tim Hardin
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- social media followers
- 12244
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