# Grace Chatto > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grace_Chatto > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grace_Chatto.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Chatto > Source revision: 1356483446 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English musician and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Grace Chatto | image = Grace Chatto.jpg | image_upright = 0.9 | caption = Chatto in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [North London](/source/North_London), England{{cite news|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/clean-bandit-grace-chatto-500255|title=Clean Bandit's Grace Chatto talks Jamaican dancehall workouts and her rainbow hair colours|date=25 April 2017}} | origin = | genre = {{hlist|Pop|[electropop](/source/electropop)|[dance-pop](/source/dance-pop)}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer}} | instrument = {{hlist|Cello|violin|keyboards|percussion|vocals}} | years_active = 1997–present | label = | current_member_of = {{Hlist|[Clean Bandit](/source/Clean_Bandit)|[Massive Violins](/source/Massive_Violins)}} }} '''Grace Chatto''' is an English musician and co-founder of [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) bands [Clean Bandit](/source/Clean_Bandit) and [Massive Violins](/source/Massive_Violins).{{Cite web |title=Clean Bandit {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/artists/clean-bandit/18807 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=grammy.com}} == Early life == thumb|right|Chatto in 2014 Chatto was born in [North London](/source/North_London) and grew up in [Crouch End](/source/Crouch_End), later relocating to [Shoreditch](/source/Shoreditch).{{Cite news|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/clean-bandit-grace-chatto-interview|title=At home with Clean Bandit's Grace Chatto: ‘I have a Grammy in my toilet’}} She attended [Latymer School](/source/Latymer_School){{Cite news|url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/music/highly_strung_sounds_of_success_for_clean_bandit_1_3283121|title=Highly-strung sounds of success for Clean Bandit|last=Bellotti|first=Alex|work=Hampstead Highgate Express|access-date=19 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229230842/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/music/highly_strung_sounds_of_success_for_clean_bandit_1_3283121|archive-date=29 December 2015|language=en}} and [Westminster School](/source/Westminster_School),{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/clean-bandit-on-cambridge-being-shameless-and-turning-down-mi6/|title=Clean Bandit on Cambridge, being shameless, and turning down MI6|first=Charlie|last=Parrish|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 July 2015|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|url-access=subscription}} as well as the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music). She studied Modern Languages at [Jesus College, Cambridge](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Cambridge). ==Career== Grace Chatto and [Jack Patterson](/source/Jack_Patterson_(songwriter)) met while studying as undergraduates at [Jesus College](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Cambridge), Cambridge.{{cite web|title=Interview: Clean Bandit|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/3722|publisher=Varsity, the independent student newspaper for the University of Cambridge|date=30 September 2011}} Patterson was interested in Chatto’s classical string quartet, The Chatto Quartet, led at the time by violinist [Neil Amin-Smith](/source/Neil_Amin-Smith), and began making samples using recordings of the string quartet’s concerts. Patterson then enlisted his younger brother Luke Patterson on the drums. Grace and Jack’s friend Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka (also known as Love Ssega) joined as the original vocalist, but later left to undertake a PhD in laser analytics. Love Ssega later appeared on Clean Bandit song "Telephone Banking" from their debut album ''[New Eyes](/source/New_Eyes)''. Chatto also contributed vocals on the song "[Come Over](/source/Come_Over_(Clean_Bandit_song))" featuring [Stylo G](/source/Stylo_G). The band's name, Clean Bandit, comes from a translation of a Russian phrase from Chatto's friend, Maria Lisogorskaya; the meaning is similar to the English phrase "complete bastard", though Patterson later stated that it is actually a more affectionate term similar to "utter rascal".{{cite news|title=Clean Bandit: A classical approach to pop music|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27258930|work=BBC News|date=26 May 2014}}{{cite magazine|last=Augustin |first=Camille |url=http://www.vibe.com/2014/06/5-facts-you-should-know-about-clean-bandit/ |title=5 Facts You Should Know About Clean Bandit |magazine=[Vibe](/source/Vibe_(magazine)) |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=2 July 2015}} ==Personal life== Chatto endorsed the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) and [Jeremy Corbyn](/source/Jeremy_Corbyn) in the [2017 UK general election](/source/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election).{{cite news |last=Milne|first=Oliver|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-celebrities-voting-general-election-10546843|title=Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens|newspaper=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)|date=8 June 2017|access-date=14 June 2017}} Chatto has a degree in Russian literature, language and history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/clean-bandit-another-cortana-advert-i-dont-see-why-not/|title=Clean Bandit: 'When something sounds good, I don't think any of the connotations matter'|work=The Telegraph|access-date=19 March 2017|language=en-GB}} == Awards and achievements == [[File:Grace Chatto 2014.jpg|thumb|right|Grace Chatto at [Way Out West](/source/Way_Out_West_(festival)), Sweden (2014)]] Clean Bandit's 2010 single "[Mozart's House](/source/Mozart's_House)" reached number 17 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) when re-released in 2013.{{citation needed|date=April 2026}} In January 2014, they scored their first UK chart topping single with "[Rather Be](/source/Rather_Be)", a collaboration with [Jess Glynne](/source/Jess_Glynne), featuring elements of both classical and [dance music](/source/dance_music).{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Patrick|title='Rather Be': From global hit to Grammy nominee|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/02/08/clean-bandit-rather-be-grammy-nominee/23078059/|access-date=17 March 2021|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}} The song also reached number 10 on the US [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100). Together with the other members of Clean Bandit, Jack Patterson and Luke Patterson, she has won a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for Best Dance Recording 2015{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html|title=Grammys 2015: Complete list of winners and nominees|date=8 February 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=19 March 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}} for the track "Rather Be" and was nominated for two [Brit Awards](/source/Brit_Awards) in 2015 and 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/brit-awards-2017-pictures-ed-sheeran-ellie-goulding-stars-rocking/grace-chatto-cambridge-educated-pop-band-clean-bandit/|title=Brit Awards 2017: the winners and stars in pictures, from Ed Sheeran to Little Mix|work=The Telegraph|access-date=19 March 2017|language=en-GB}} Chatto directed the video for Clean Bandit's 2016 single "[Rockabye](/source/Rockabye_(song))", which features rapper [Sean Paul](/source/Sean_Paul) and singer [Anne-Marie](/source/Anne-Marie_(singer)), and became their second number-one hit in the UK, becoming the [Christmas number one single for 2016](/source/List_of_UK_Singles_Chart_Christmas_number_ones) in its seventh consecutive week at number-one.{{Cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/clean-bandit-s-rockabye-reaches-number-1-on-the-official-singles-chart-thank-you-so-much-to-everyone-__17047/|title=Clean Bandit's Rockabye reaches Number 1 in the UK|access-date=19 March 2017|language=en}} Chatto also directed the video for Clean Bandit's single [Symphony](/source/Symphony_(Clean_Bandit_song)) in March 2017, which contained an entire orchestra, with Clean Bandit members playing among them with [Zara Larsson](/source/Zara_Larsson) on lead vocals.{{cite web|title=Fuse|website=[Fuse](/source/Fuse_(TV_channel)) |url=https://www.fuse.tv/videos/2017/03/zara-larsson-interview-youtube-restricted-lgbtq-symphony-video-gay-couple|language=en|access-date=17 March 2021}} == Other projects == [[File:Grace Chatto at Clean Bandit concert in Rome.jpg|thumb|left|Grace Chatto with [Clean Bandit](/source/Clean_Bandit) in concert at Rome, Italy on 28 June 2017.]] Chatto and Jack Patterson formed their own film production company, Cleanfilm, to make music videos for themselves and other artists.{{Cite news|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/3722|title=Interview: Clean Bandit|work=Varsity Online|access-date=19 March 2017|language=en}} Chatto has produced and directed videos with Jack Patterson since the band's inception. Chatto, with her father Ricky, formed a band of singing cellists called the [Massive Violins](/source/Massive_Violins), with whom she still performs. On 10 November 2014, Chatto, along with Neil Amin-Smith was part of [Band Aid 30](/source/Band_Aid_30){{Cite news |title=Band Aid 30: One Direction among celebrity line-up |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=10 November 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html }} and featured on "[Do They Know It's Christmas?](/source/Do_They_Know_It's_Christmas%3F)" charity single to raise money towards the [Ebola crisis in Western Africa](/source/2014_Ebola_outbreaks).{{Cite news |title=Elbow and Ed Sheeran among Band Aid 30 artists |work=[BBC News Online](/source/BBC_News_Online) |date=10 November 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29986704 }} On 13 November 2020, Chatto was featured on "[Stop Crying Your Heart Out](/source/Stop_Crying_Your_Heart_Out)" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' [Children in Need](/source/Children_in_Need) charity single.{{Cite web|title=BBC Radio 2 record star-studded official charity single to support BBC Children in Need’s 2020 Appeal, featuring Cher, Kylie Minogue, Gregory Porter and many more|url=https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/2020/11/bbc-radio-2-record-star-studded-official-charity-single/|website=Children in Need|language=en}} The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|access-date=20 November 2020|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}} and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/|access-date=20 November 2020|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}{{clear}} ==Discography== {{main|Clean Bandit discography}} ====Charity singles==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Notes |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) |- | rowspan="1" | 2014 |"[Do They Know It's Christmas?](/source/Do_They_Know_It's_Christmas%3F)"
(as part of [Band Aid 30](/source/Band_Aid_30)){{Cite news|title=Bob Geldof tells the public to download Band Aid 30 single: 'Whether you like it or not'|work=[NME](/source/NME)|date=15 November 2014|url=http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/81108}} | 1 | * BPI: Gold{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|accessdate=8 March 2022|title=Do They Know It's Christmas|id=13059-3974-1}} |style="text-align:left;"| * To raise money for [the Ebola crisis in Western Africa](/source/2014_Ebola_outbreaks).{{cite web|last=Li-mei|first=Hoang|date=10 November 2014|title=Geldof to fire up charity hit 30 years on to fight Ebola |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-ebola-geldof-idUKKCN0IU16Y20141110|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330055107/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-ebola-geldof-idUKKCN0IU16Y20141110|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2019|agency=Reuters|accessdate=14 November 2014}} |- | rowspan="1" | 2020 |"[Stop Crying Your Heart Out](/source/Stop_Crying_Your_Heart_Out)"
(as part of [BBC Radio 2](/source/BBC_Radio_2)'s Allstars){{Cite web|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}} | 7 | | To support [BBC Children in Need's](/source/Children_in_Need) 2020 appeal.{{Cite web|date=10 November 2020|title=BBC Radio 2's Allstars including Cher, Kylie and Robbie Williams to release Stop Crying Your Heart Out cover for BBC Children in Need|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/|access-date=10 November 2020|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|language=en}} |- |} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |+Films |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1998 | ''[Hilary and Jackie](/source/Hilary_and_Jackie)'' | Teena | |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Clean Bandit}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatto, Grace}} Category:People educated at The Latymer School Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Category:English cellists Category:People educated at Westminster School, London Category:People from Crouch End Category:English electronic musicians Category:English women singers Category:English women songwriters Category:English women in electronic music Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Living people Category:Musicians from the London Borough of Haringey Grace Category:21st-century British cellists {{authority control}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Grace Chatto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Chatto) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Chatto?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.