'In January 2011, at the age of 14, Birdy released a cover version of Bon Iver's song "Skinny love." The song became her first hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at 17. In 2009, Birdy performed live on piano for BBC Radio 3's Pianothon in London. ![]() She performed her own song at the competition called "So Be Free" in front of 2,000 people. She won both the under-18s category and the Grand Prize, against 10,000 other competitors. In 2008, as a 12-year-old, Birdy won the UK talent contest Open mic UK, a spinoff of the Live and Unisinged competition. Her stage name comes from the nickname her parents gave her as a baby, because she opened her mouth like a little bird when fed.Her family and friends call her Birdy, while only teachers called her Jasmine, her given name. Her great-great-great grandfather was Belgian, the rest of her ancestors were English and Scottish. Her great uncle was the actor Sir Dirk Bogarde. Birdy studied at Brokenhurst College in Brokenhurst, a sixth form college in the New Forest, as of 2013. Her mother is a consert pianist, and Birdy learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and began writing her own music at the age of eight. This is a book for the well-known and loved Birdy, also known as Jasmine van den Bogaerde.īirdy was born on, in Lymington, Hampshire.
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