Background
Russell co-wrote the song "Crazy Glue" with the help of her father which Jessica Sanchez, American Idol 2011 contestant, covered on her debut European Parliament. Russell was born on August 10, 2000 in Toronto, Canada.
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Career
She was signed to Syco Records at the age of 10 by Simon Cowell. Russell is releasing her first European Parliament in the fall of 2015 under her own label, BBox Entertainment. She expressed that she wanted to be a singer/songwriter at the age of 5 at which time she started taking piano lessons and began to write songs with her father.
Musical career
After one month on YouTube, her original song "Beautiful" garnered the attention of Rob Fusari, who then signed Russell to a production deal.
Fusari introduced Heather to Simon Cowell and had her flown to London to meet him. Upon meeting, and witnessing her performance, Cowell signed Russell on the spot to a recording contract with Syco Entertainment.
Russell was offered three recording contracts in addition to Simon Cowell"s offer, ultimately signing with Cowell at Syco Entertainment. She then signed for talent representation with Rob Light at Civil Aeronautics Administration. The Syco Entertainment recording contract ended in 2012 allowing Russell to dedicate her time with Rob Light at Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2013, Russell worked with BBox Entertainment which then signed a distribution agreement with Kobalt Label Services in the spring of 2015.
BBOX/Kobalt released Russell"s debut European Parliament, Phases, on October 2, 2015.
The video for "Got This Feeling" premiered with Tiger Beat Magazine and was featured on Us Weekly. Russell"s single, "Got This Feeling," was featured in an episode of Pretty Little Liars (television series) on January 12, 2016. Growing up, Russell was introduced to different genres of music including soul, Rhythm & Blues, popular, rock and jazz standards such as Alicia Keys, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, David Bowie, The Eagles, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Queen, Stevie Wonder, and Whitney Houston.
Russell is identified as a singer-songwriter.
Her sound is predominantly popular/soul music
