Name	Clare Maguire
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	9-March-1987
Place of Birth	Solihull
Famous for	Singing

Clare Maguire is a British singer-songwriter. She was signed to Universal Music Group Polydor Records in 2008. She was rated in fifth place in the BBC Sound of 2011 list of the top 15 most promising new artists. Maguire was also singled out as one of MTV's Brand New: For 2011 Acts. Her voice has been compared to Stevie Nicks and Annie Lennox.

Maguire's debut album, Light After Dark, was released on 28 February 2011 peaking at number seven in the Official UK Top 40, and spanning three single releases including "The Last Dance" and "The Shield and the Sword". Throughout 2012, Maguire stated that she was working on her second studio album. It was confirmed in January 2013 that this would in fact be her second Studio Extended Play (EP). Maguire began a European concert tour in October 2010 supporting Plan B and Hurts. She has also written a song with fellow Birmingham rap artist Mike Skinner entitled "Lock the Locks" which features on his last Streets album, Computers and Blues. Maguire also features on the track "Midnight Caller" which appears on Drum and Bass-duo Chase & Status' second studio album, No More Idols. Maguire released her debut single "Ain't Nobody" in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2010 through Polydor Records, where it debuted at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart. A remix of the song was used in Renault's 2011 Clio commercial entitled "What is Va Va Voom?". Maguire's song "You're Electric" was selected as the iTunes single of the week and was available for a free digital download from 28 December until 3 January 2011. The song also appears on Light After Dark, but was released as part of an iTunes-exclusive EP entitled Let's Begin.

In March 2011, Maguire began supporting The Script on their UK tour. On the 24th January 2013, Maguire released a new song demo called 'Happy Anniversary' on her personal Soundcloud account. While posting the link on her Facebook page, Maguire stated "I thought I'd share this demo with you. This song was written after spending an evening with my ex, what was supposed to be a special occasion turned out to be a giant hazy dose of our morbid reality... love.x (sic)". A few days previous, on the 21st January, Maguire wrote on Twitter that she was "Writing a song about my ex who left me for some ratchet (sic)". Although not strictly stated, this Tweet sounds to be referring to the demo of 'Happy Anniversary'. On the 30th January 2013, Maguire posted a Tweet to her personal Twitter account which read "EP coming soon... (Sic)" - When asked how soon it would be revealed, Maguire replied "very", and further confirming a 2013 tour.