Rachel K Collier

{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rachel K Collier | birth_name = Rachel K Collier | birth_place = Mumbles, Swansea, Wales | image = Rachel K Collier General Press Pic.jpg | caption = | origin = | genre = [[House music|House]], [[electro house]], [[drum and bass]], [[deep house]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[jazz]] | occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer | years_active = 2012–present | label = [[Strictly Rhythm]], [[Hospital Records]], [[Anjunabeats]] | associated_acts = [[Ray Foxx]], [[Mat Zo]], [[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]], [[Andrew Huang (musician)|Andrew Huang]] }} '''Rachel K Collier''' is a Welsh electronic music producer and performer from Swansea, Wales.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibiza-voice.com/story/news/8771|title=Rachel K Collier|last=Voice|first=Ibiza|date=2016-09-27|work=Ibiza Voice|access-date=2018-03-27|language=en-GB}}</ref> She studied Creative Music Technology ([[BMus]]) for four years at the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] before moving to London to further pursue her music career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xonserviceprod.com/v12/component/k2/item/488-rachel-k.html |title=Rachel K |publisher=xonserviceprod |accessdate=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116221651/http://xonserviceprod.com/v12/component/k2/item/488-rachel-k.html |archivedate=16 January 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Career== In 2012, Collier recorded "[[Hard Road to Travel]]", a song originally recorded by Jimmy Cliff in 1967. The song was then released commercially by [[Saatchi & Saatchi]], peaking at 79 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="chartarchive">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/rachel%20k%20collier|title=The Official Charts Company – Rachel K Collier|date=26 July 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref> after being featured in a [[QualitySolicitors]] advert.<ref name="stereoboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/172538/9|title=Rising Singer-Songwriter Rachel K Collier Unveils Video For Stripped Down 'Hard Road To Travel'|publisher=STEREOBOARD.COM|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref> This was followed up in July 2012 with the release of the collaboration with [[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]] on the single "2 Us".

In August 2013, Coller featured on Ray Foxx's single "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)". The song peaked at number 12 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], number 2 on the [[UK Dance Chart]] and number 13 on the [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scottish Singles Chart]]. "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)" was also nominated for "Best Collaboration" at the [[Urban Music Awards]] 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://urbanmusicawards.net/tag/uma-2013-nominations/ |title=Tag Archive for "UMA 2013 nominations" |publisher=Urban Music Awards |date=11 September 2010 |accessdate=16 January 2014 |archive-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101061113/http://urbanmusicawards.net/tag/uma-2013-nominations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

November 2013 saw another collaboration, this time with [[Mat Zo]] on the track "Only For You", the second track on the album "[[Damage Control (album)|Damage Control]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/damage-control-bonus-track/720772607?affId=1917452&iqTagFallback=matzomusic.com |title=iTunes – Music – Damage Control (Bonus Track Version) by Mat Zo |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=5 November 2013 |access-date=16 January 2014}}</ref> with Collier credited as a co-writer and featured vocalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/damage-control-mw0002581649/credits |title=Damage Control – Mat Zo | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=5 November 2013 |accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref> The song was featured in the soundtrack of the 2014 racing video game [[Forza Horizon 2]] and plays on the in-game radio station "Horizon Bass Arena".

Collier's solo debut single "Predictions", [[Sarah Jane Crawford]]'s 'Smash' of the week on BBC [[Radio 1Xtra]] in November 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/rachelkcollier/interview-with-sarah-jane|title=Interview with Sarah-Jane Crawford LIVE ON BBC Radio 1xtra 21st Nov by Rachel K Collier|publisher=[[SoundCloud]]|accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref> was released on 13 January 2014 on [[Strictly Rhythm]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/predictions-ep/797295301|title=Predictions - EP by Rachel K Collier|website=Apple Music|accessdate=3 July 2020}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Singles===

====As lead artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] |- | 2012 ! scope="row"| "[[Hard Road to Travel]]" | 79 |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Predictions" | — |- | 2016 ! scope="row"| "Ships" | — |- | rowspan=2 | 2017 ! scope="row"| "Paper Tiger" | — |- ! scope="row"| "Rust" | — |- | rowspan=2 | 2018 ! scope="row"| "Darkshade" | — |- ! scope="row"| "Poison" | — |- | 2019 ! scope="row" | "Dinosaur" | — |- | 2020 ! scope="row" | "Pila Pala Paradise" | — |- |}

====As featured artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] <ref>Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK: * For "Boom Boom": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20130818/7501/|title=Chart Archive > August 24, 2013|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=24 August 2013}} </ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Dance Chart|UK Dance Singles]] <ref>Peak positions for the dance singles in the UK: * For "Boom Boom": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20130818/104/|title=Chart Archive > August 24, 2013|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=24 August 2013}} </ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:85%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO Singles Chart]] <ref>Peak positions for the featured singles in Scotland: * For "Boom Boom": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20130818/41/|title=Chart Archive > August 24, 2013|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=24 August 2013}} </ref> |- | rowspan="2"| 2012 ! scope="row"| "Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything?" (Lung featuring '''Rachel K Collier''') | — || — || — | rowspan="3"| ''Non-album singles'' |- ! scope="row"| "2 Us" ([[Wookie (musician)|Wookie]] featuring '''Rachel K Collier''') | — || — || — |- | rowspan="2"| 2013 ! scope="row"| "[[Boom Boom (Heartbeat)]]" ([[Ray Foxx]] featuring '''Rachel K Collier''') | 12 || 2 || 13 |- ! scope="row"| "Only for You" ([[Mat Zo]] featuring '''Rachel K Collier''') | — || — || — | "[[Damage Control (album)|Damage Control]]" |- | colspan="9" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

==Awards== *[[Urban Music Awards]] nomination for Best Collaboration, together with [[Ray Foxx]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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