Jasmine Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is an English singer and songwriter from Central London. Thompson was born in England, and is half Chinese. Thompson became well-known with her YouTube channel, Jasmine Thompson, which has over 1,200,000 subscribers and over 150 million views. Her acoustic reworking of Chaka Khan's Ain't Nobody made number 32 on the UK Singles Chart after being featured in an advert for supermarket chain Sainsbury's for their by Sainsbury's range. "Ain't Nobody" also made number 32 in Scotland.
In July 2013, Thompson released a cover of Naughty Boy's single "La la La". In August she released a cover of Taylor Swift's single "Everything Has Changed" as a duet with Gerald Ko, a cover of Passenger's single "Let Her Go" and a cover of David Guetta's single "Titanium". In September 2013, she released her debut album Bundle of Tantrums which included the singles "La la La", "Let Her Go" and "Titanium".
In September 2013, Thompson released a cover of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody", the song featured in an advert for supermarket chain Sainsbury's for their by Sainsbury's range. The song has peaked to number 32 on the UK Singles Chart and Scottish Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released her first extended play Under the Willow Tree. In early July, Thompson supported Aussie pop phenomenon Cody Simpson on his Acoustic Tour. She finished the Tour in Birmingham, posting a photo of the fans on Twitter and thanking them for their support. In September 2014, Thompson's cover of Everybody Hurts was used in the BBC autumn trailer for EastEnders. The trailer showed characters Kat Moon, Sharon Watts and Linda Carter repeating Thompson's lyrics.
Her voice has been described as "particularly smoky, eerie".
On May 25th, 2015, Jasmine Thompson announced via her Facebook page that she has been signed to a contract with Atlantic Records. Thompson will release her first single on the label entitled "Adore". (Source)
