Rebecca Hill is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after appearing on the first series of The Voice UK, auditioning with John Legend’s Ordinary People. Judges Jesse J and will.i.am, the only coaches with an available space on their teams, turned around for her. She opted to join Jessie. In the battle rounds she competed against Indie and Pixie performing the song “Irreplaceable”, she won the battle and progressed to the live shows. She got to the semi-final stage of the competition where she was eliminated.
Hill provided vocals for and co-wrote Wilkinson’s song Afterglow, which peaked at number 8 in the UK in October 2013, the song also reached number 1 on the Uk Dance Chart. “Powerless” received a full single release in February 2014. The song peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart. Hill appeared on and co-wrote a vocal version of Oliver Heldens’ “Gecko”, renamed “Gecko (Overdrive)”, alongside MNEK. The song topped the UK Singles Chart in June 2014 thus making her the first The Voice UK contestant to achieve a number 1.
Hill announced in August 2017 that she had signed a worldwide record deal with Polydor Records and expected to release her debut album in 2019. In 2018, she released the single “Sunrise in the East”, which was treated as the lead cut from her supposedly rejuvenated debut project. Not long after, she appeared on songs including “Back & Forth”, alongside MK and Jonas Blue. This continued in the following year with “I Could Get Used to This”, with Weiss, and finally “Wish You Well”, with Sigala, which became her first top 10 hit in the UK Charts since “Gecko (Overdrive)”. She also wrote the song “All Day and Night” by Jax Jones, Martin Solveig and Madison Beer, which was her first written effort to make it to the top 10 in the UK Charts.
In 2020 she released the next singles from her debut album Only Honest on the Weekend; “Better Off Without You” with Shift K3Y and “Heaven on My Mind” with Sigala, both of which reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart. In November, she covered Alphaville’s “Forever Young” for the UK’s McDonald’s Christmas advert. The track became her first song without a joint credit to reach the UK Top 40, when it peaked at number thirty-five.
Beginning in 2021, Hill released the singles “Last Time” and “Remember” with French DJ David Guetta. They reached at No.39 and No. 3 respectively, the latter becoming Hill’s fourth top-ten hit. In August 2021, “My Heart Goes (La Di Da)” was released as the final single from the album, the song spent four weeks at number 11 becoming Hill’s ninth top-20 single.
On 8 April 2022, Hill collaborated with David Guetta and Ella Henderson on the song “Crazy Wihat Love Can Do”. In July 2022, she performed at the closing ceremony of UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 at Wembley Stadium. She also performed during the beach volleyball events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In May 2023, Hill released the lead single “Side Effects”, a collaboration with Lewis Thompson from her upcoming second studio album. Hill later confirmed the album is slated to be released in 2024.
