Artist Name

NAO

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Jupiter (2025)	And Then Life Was Beautiful (2021)	Saturn (2018)
For All We Know (2016)

Members
1 Female

Origin
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London

Genre
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R&B

Style
Urban/R&B

Mood
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Born

1987

Active
2014 to Present...

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Current Record Label
speed icon Little Tokyo

Most Loved Tracks

Track	Last.FM Listens	Loves
Bad Blood	899,682	9 users
Fool to Love	284,263	9 users
Inhale Exhale	308,776	9 users
Another Lifetime	505,699	5 users
Drive and Disconnect	547,485	5 users
Girlfriend	223,505	4 users
Get to Know Ya	197,014	3 users

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Nao (also styled NAO; /ˈneɪ.oʊ/), is a British singer-songwriter from East London. Her sound has been described as neo soul combined with electronic music and alternative R&B.
NAO studied vocal jazz at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and went on to be a musician for Kwabs and Jarvis Cocker. In October 2014 she released her first EP, So Good, it reached number 4 on the iTunes electronic chart and the title track made the BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra national playlists in the United Kingdom.This was followed by a second EP, February 15 (II MMXV), in May 2015, receiving the "Best New Music" tag from Pitchfork Media.

Nao played Glastonbury Festival in June 2015. In September 2015 Nao was named as a nominee for best newcomer at the 2015 MOBO Awards. Nao was a featured vocalist and writer on Disclosure's UK number 1 album, Caracal, on the track "Superego". She was featured in the long list for the BBC Sound of...2016 prize in November 2015, ultimately being named in third place in January 2016.