Marina and the Diamonds Follow

Marina and the Diamonds (sometimes stylised as Marina & the diamonds), is a Welsh singer-songwriter.

She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding. After releasing one private EP, Diamandis released her second extended play, The Crown Jewels EP, with help from Neon Gold Records, in 2009. Now signed to 679 Recordings, she released her debut full length studio album, The Family Jewels, followed by her third extended play, The American Jewels EP, in 2010. In 2011, Marina announce that she was working on her second album, Electra Heart, no date has been announced. The first single from the second album is called "Radioactive" and is to release in the UK, on 3rd October 2011.

Her stage name, "Marina and the Diamonds", consists of Diamandis's first name and the translation of her surname which means "Diamonds" in Greek. Although "The Diamonds" is often mistakenly believed to refer to her backing band,[5] it in fact refers to Diamandis's fans: she explains this on her Myspace page by saying "I'm Marina Diamandis. You are my fans."

Diamandis's musical style ranges from keyboard-based ballads to more up-tempo New Wave-style songs with full band backing.[4] She has cited a wide-range of influences such as Daniel Johnston, Blondie, The Distillers, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Yann Tiersen, Elliott Smith, Dolly Parton and Madonna. · Close