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Laura Mvula

Birmingham, United Kingdom • b. 1986-04-23

Laura Mvula is credited on 45 releases across 30 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2013–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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45

Pressings credited

30

Albums

2

Decades active

31

In collections

Biography

Laura Mvula (née Douglas; born 23 April 1986) is a British singer. A native of Birmingham, England, Mvula gained experience as a member or leader of a cappella, jazz/neo-soul and gospel groups and choirs. She was classically trained. In 2012, she signed with RCA Records and released an extended play, She, to critical acclaim. Mvula released her debut studio album, Sing to the Moon (2013), to favourable reviews, and earning two MOBO Awards and a Mercury Prize nomination. In 2014, an orchestral re-recording of the album with the Metropole Orkest was released. Her second album, The Dreaming Room (2016), was also received with critical acclaim, and won the Ivor Novello award and garnered a Mercury Prize nomination. Mvula then wrote the music for the 2017 theatre production of Antony & Cleopatra by the Royal Shakespeare Company. While working on her third album, she released the 1/f EP in February 2021. In 2018, Mvula received an honorary doctorate of music from her alma mater, Birmingham City University.

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45 releases · 30 albums · active 2013–2025

  • Performance · 99
  • Other credits · 6

Studios: The Centrale Office · Abbey Road Studios · Spark Studio, London · Atlantic Sound Studios

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