Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7th October 1978) is a
British singer,
MC,
songwriter, model and
television personality. After finding fame in the all-female trio
Mis-Teeq, she released her debut solo album in 2008 after the initial UK release of the album
Fired Up was cancelled.
Fired Up was released in Japan in February 2008 under Victor Records. Dixon was crowned
Strictly Come Dancing champion in December 2007, beating
actor Matt Di Angelo in the final.
Her 2008 comeback single "
The Boy Does Nothing" has been her most successful to date, gaining her first UK Top 10 hit, peaking at number 5 and spending over three months in the UK Top 20.
Biography
Dixon was born in
Welwyn Garden City,
UK, one of seven children born to a
British mother and
Jamaican father. She has five half-brothers and one half-sister. She was educated at
Monks Walk School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and had planned to become a
PE teacher after leaving college. After completing a diploma course, she had planned to take up a place at
Loughborough University when she was approached on a train by a record producer, who asked her if she could sing, and on the way back home she was approached again by someone who asked if she was in a band. She then decided to put her degree on hold.
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