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Inside Sophie-Ellis Bextor's dramatic rise to pop stardom and mid-life career renaissance as an LGBTQ icon after establishing herself as global lockdown's greatest entertainer
The singer returned to the spotlight on New Year's Eve with a live BBC performance, during which she was joined by a host of special guests for a medley of her greatest hits.
Ellis-Bextor's solo career began 25 years earlier, after her guest vocals on Spiller's iconic Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) propelled her to number one on the UK singles chart in 2000 That figure was soon eclipsed however, when second single Murder On The Dancefloor became a top-10 hit across the globe, charting within the top three in Australia, New Zealand, and four European countries - including the United Kingdom, where it climbed to number two. The track's prominent placement in Saltburn - a film that earned two Golden Globe and five BAFTA nominations - gave the singer's career a significant boost after commercial interest in her music had started to cool.
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