| Name |
Sonique |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
English |
| Date of Birth |
21-June-1968 |
| Place of Birth |
Crouch End, North London, England |
| Famous for |
singing |
Sonia Clarke, known more commonly by her stage name Sonique, is a British singer, musician and disc jockey. She is well known for her successful career in dance music. She was the lead vocalist on two S'Express singles. She won the 2001 BRIT Award for British female solo artist. She was treated for breast cancer and given the all clear in 2010.
Sonia Clarke was born and raised in Crouch End to parents of Trinidadian descent. She has credited her later music success from listening to her mother's record collection of mostly R&B artists. The first record she ever purchased was Donna Summer's "I Feel Love". When Sonique was sixteen her mother re-married and moved back to Trinidad. She refused to move with her mother and two siblings and instead stayed in the United Kingdom moving into the YMCA
In 2007 when promotional work finished for her previous album On Kosmo Sonique announced she would continue touring Europe despite the flop of the album. She has been working on some new material, but has not yet completed a full new album but has said it should be out in the summer of 2009. A teaser from some of the new material she has been working on 'leaked' online on 5 October 2008 entitled "Better Than That". Due to the positive reception of this 'leak' the track was posted available to download on various legal mp3 download sites.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2009, for which she underwent surgery at a London clinic. Following her operations, Sonique opted to receive 5 months of chemotherapy in an effort to prevent a recurrence. She was given the all clear in 2010 and celebrated by appearing on a cover version of the Cyndi Lauper song Girls Just Want To Have Fun which was released to raise fund for the Cancer Research UK charity.
The single "World of Change" was released on 23 October 2009 and official video was posted by Sonique's label on YouTube.
2011- Brought the release of the ZYX album "Sweet Vibrations", which contains the previously released singles: "Better Than That" and "World of Change".
