Background
Henson grew up in Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Henson grew up in Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Her 2015 debut album, Number Romeo, includes the United Kingdom top 20 single "Solo Dancing" (2014). She moved to Nottingham to live with her partner, with whom she has two children: Etta (born in 2013) and Harvey. The family had moved to Long Eaton in Derbyshire by 2015.
She was approached by musician John Beck after she uploaded a cover of one of his compositions, "Gabriel", to the video sharing website YouTube.
They wrote their first song together, "Blind as I Am", which she performed at her first gig in April 2012, at the semi-finals of the live music competition Future Sound of Nottingham. "Blind as I Am" was released as Indiana"s debut single in November 2012, followed by "Bound" in February 2013, "Smoking Gun" in June 2013, and "Mess Around" in October 2013.
Also in 2013, Indiana signed a record deal with Sony Music and played at the Splendour in Nottingham and Glastonbury music festivals, the latter on the British Broadcasting Corporation Introducing stage. She performed for Queen Elizabeth II during the monarch"s visit to British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1, singing a cover of David Bowie"s "Heroes" with Irish band The Script.
Indiana"s fifth single, "Solo Dancing", became her breakthrough release, amassing substantial attention from music blogs and inclusion on Time magazine"s mid-year " of 2014" list.
Released commercially in April 2014, it reached number 14 on the United Kingdom Chart. "Heart on Fire", its follow-up (in August 2014), was less successful, peaking at number 89 in the United Kingdom. Indiana"s debut album, Number Romeo, was released in February 2015 and reached number 17 on the United Kingdom Chart. John Beck co-wrote and produced the majority of Number Romeo, which also features contributions from Joel Pott and Jesse Shatkin.
Indiana embarked on a United Kingdom tour in May 2015 and performed for the second time at the Glastonbury Festival the following month.
In July 2015, Indiana released an European Parliament entitled State of Play, which features her track "Blind as I Am" alongside cover versions of George Michael"s "Careless Whisper", Dolly Parton"s "Jolene", and Blu Cantrell"s "Breathe. In November, she was featured on the single "Dance on My Heart" by producers Mark Knight and Adrian Hour.
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