MY SIX BEST ALBUMS

EMELI SANDÉ, 31, is the Brit Award-winning singer who performed at the London Olympics in 2012 and has had hits with Heaven, Next To Me and Clown. She also featured on Professor Green’s No 1 hit Read All About It. She is appearing at Greenwich Music Time in London on July 3. greenwichmusictime.co.uk D’ANGELO: Voodoo (EMI) I had a love of music from my dad but this was the first time I discovered something independently.

I loved the rawness of this album and it feels like a journey. AMY WINEHOUSE: Frank (Universal/Island) When I was in London doing showcases, my manager said I needed to hear this girl who sits and plays guitar. Frank was so fresh: elements from jazz but with her incredible voice and lyrical content.

JONI MITCHELL: Blue (Reprise) I take sleeper trains from Glasgow and London and remember playing this on repeat.

The music is really a backdrop for her poetry, sweet but painful. Hearing songs with a unique structure, you get engrossed in her world. Great road trip music. LAURYN HILL: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia) My friend and I both discovered her and we’d go into school saying, “Have you heard this track?” This takes elements from doo-wop and Motown and fuses them with reggae and hip-hop. It’s a perfect blend. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: Legend (Universal/Island) These songs make you feel amazing and I love the live recordings. My dad would always mention Marley alongside Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela so I had him up there as more than a musician. JIMI HENDRIX: Live At Fillmore East (Universal/Island) I recently found this. We’ve got to a point in the music industry where everything is so organised that hearing someone who is a legend improvising is wonderful. His playing is electric.