Paloma Faith Blomfield was born on July 21, 1981, in Hackney, London, England, to Pamela "Pam" Oakes-Ash and Jose Ramon Blomfield.
Known for her retro and eccentric style, Paloma Faith's music career began when she met her managers Jamie Binns and Christian Wåhlberg in 2007.
Her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, was released in 2009 and has been certified double platinum in the UK. The album included the singles "Stone Cold Sober", "New York", and "Upside Down", earning her a BRIT Award nomination in 2010.
In 2012, Faith released her second studio album, Fall to Grace, which debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album received critical acclaim and surpassed the success of her debut, earning her numerous award nominations in 2013 and a double platinum certification in the UK.
The album produced her first top ten single, "Picking Up the Pieces", the top twenty cover version of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart", and earned her two BRIT Award nominations for Best British Female and British Album of the Year.
Faith released her third album, A Perfect Contradiction, in 2014, which stands as her most successful album to date. The album spawned the two UK top ten singles "Can't Rely on You" and "Only Love Can Hurt Like This", with the latter topping the charts in Australia.
Faith won Best British Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards in 2015. Her fourth studio album, The Architect, was released in 2017, and debuted at number one in the UK, becoming her first number one album.
In addition to her solo work, Paloma Faith has collaborated with the duo Sigma on the 2014 track "Changing", which charted at number one in the UK, and DJ Sigala on "Lullaby", which reached the top ten in 2018.
Faith has also made feature film appearances in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Dread, the 2007 remake of St Trinian's, and Youth. In 2016, Faith appeared as a judge on the fifth series of The Voice UK.
