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.jpg) Barnes at the 2019 AIM Awards | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Georgia Barnes |
| Born | London, England |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Website | georgiauk |
Georgia Barnes, known mononymously as Georgia, is an English record producer, songwriter, singer, rapper and drummer. The daughter of Leftfield cofounder Neil Barnes, Georgia began her music career as a drummer for artists such as Kwes and Kae Tempest.
She began her career as a singer and record producer with the release of her debut studio album Georgia (2015). Her second studio album Seeking Thrills was released in 2020, and was shortlist for the Mercury Prize. Her third studio album Euphoric was released in 2023.
Georgia Barnes was born in London; her father is Neil Barnes, the cofounder and keyboardist of English electronic music group Leftfield. As a child, Georgia was a footballer who had played in youth squads associated with Queens Park Rangers W.F.C.[2] and Arsenal W.F.C. She left football after the death of her coach, when she described things as getting "too intense".[3]
Barnes attended the BRIT School in the London Borough of Croydon, where she began playing the drums professionally.[3][4]
Georgia is signed to the label Domino.[5] In 2019, before the release of her second studio album Seeking Thrills, she performed at the Glastonbury Festival[6] and won the Association of Independent Music's One to Watch award in association with BBC Music Introducing.[7][8]
Vice have described Georgia's sound as "euphoric, late-night dance", while her 2015 self-titled album was compared to Missy Elliot and MIA.[9] Talking about her 2019 single "About Work the Dancefloor" with Sean Tayler from Futuremag Music, Georgia shared "I made this song after a weekend in Berlin entirely dancing in a few clubs and I realised how important the dancefloor is to people to give them a certain relief from their everyday activities".[10]
In a 2019 interview with Billboard, Barnes discussed her decision to quit alcohol and become vegan.[11]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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| UK [12] |
UK Indie [13] |
UK Down [14] |
BEL (FL) [15] | ||
| Georgia[16][17] |
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| Seeking Thrills[18][19] |
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24 | 1 | 5 | 139 |
| Euphoric |
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86 | — | — | — |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| BEL (FL) Tip [15] |
BEL (WA) Tip [15] |
MEX Airplay [20] |
US Dance [21] | |||
| 2015 | "Move Systems" | — | — | — | — | Georgia |
| "Nothing Solutions" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Feel It" | — | — | — | — | Seeking Thrills |
| 2018 | "Mellow" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Started Out" | 26 | 31 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "About Work the Dancefloor" | 44 | —[A] | 5 | — | |
| "Never Let You Go" | 36 | —[B] | 12 | — | ||
| 2020 | "24 Hours" | 41 | 40 | — | 30 | |
| 2021 | "Get Me Higher" (with David Jackson) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2023 | "It's Euphoric" | — | — | — | — | Euphoric |
| "Give It Up for Love"[22] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "All Night" | — | — | — | — | ||
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Location Unknown" (Honne featuring Georgia) |
2018 | Love Me / Love Me Not |
| "Days Forever" (Suicideyear featuring Georgia) |
Color The Weather | |
| "Summer Blues" (Ragz Originale featuring Georgia) |
Nature | |
| "Xhosa" (Africa Express featuring Otim Alpha, Moonchild Sanelly, Damon Albarn, Georgia, Nick Zinner, BCUC, Blk Jks & Blue May) |
2019 | Africa Express Presents: Molo |
| "City In Lights" (Africa Express featuring Nick Zinner, Otim Alpha, Mahotella Queens & Georgia) |
Egoli | |
| "Mama" (Africa Express featuring Radio 123, Georgia & Otim Alpha) | ||
| "Live Like We're Dancing" (Mura Masa featuring Georgia) |
2020 | R.Y.C |
| "Aries" (Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook & Georgia) |
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez |
| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2019 | Rober Awards Music Prize | Floorfiller of the Year | "About Work the Dancefloor" | Nominated | [23] |
| AIM Independent Music Awards | Independent Track of the Year | Nominated | [24] | ||
| One to Watch | Herself | Won | |||
| MTV Europe Music Award | Best Push Act | Nominated | |||
| BBC | Sound of 2020 | Longlisted | |||
| Popjustice £20 Music Prize | Best British Pop Single | "About Work the Dancefloor" | Won | [25] | |
| 2020 | NME Awards | Best British Song | Nominated | [26] | |
| Best Song in the World | Nominated | ||||
| Mercury Prize | Best Album | Seeking Thrills | Nominated | ||
| Best Art Vinyl | Best Vinyl Art | Nominated | [27] | ||
| MTV EMA Awards | Best Push | Herself | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | GAFFA Awards | Best International Solo Act | Nominated | [28] | |
| Best International Album | Seeking Thrills | Nominated |
