Sandi Thom

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SANDI THOM
Sandi Thom (real name Alexandria) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Macduff in Aberdeenshire. In 2006, after a series of virtual concerts broadcast from her basement flat in Tooting she secured a record deal with RCA. Her infamous debut single I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker went on to become Number One in the UK and 6 other countries. Her debut album Smile it confuses people also went straight to number one in the UK.

At the age of 17, Sandi Thom became the youngest ever student to be accepted at the prestigious Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts aka LIPA. It has been dubbed The Fame Academy due to the number of industry professionals teaching there and having Sir Paul McCartney as its patron. It was here that she met her band and producers.
Originally a 7-piece whilst at LIPA with Sandi at the helm, they entered the BBC Radio 1 Urban Music Competition and made it to the semi-finals, recorded an EP, Time To Breathe, at Liverpools famous Parr Street Studios and toured the UK. Thom also sang in a gospel choir called Love and Joy, the highlight of her tenure being a rendition of Youll Never Walk Alone to 40,000 football fans at Liverpools Anfield Stadium sang by the choir.
In 2003, Sandi Thom graduated from LIPA with a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts and is the first and only LIPA Graduate to have a number one music album in the charts.