Sandi Thom

Sandi Thom
Sandi Thom at the Ealing Blues Festival, 2011
Sandi Thom at the Ealing Blues Festival, 2011
Background information
Birth nameAlexandria Thom
Born (1981-08-11) 11 August 1981 (age 43)
Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
OriginBanff, Scotland
GenresPop, folk, R&B, rock, blues, acoustic
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • guitarist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • harmonica
Years active2004–present
LabelsViking Legacy,[1] Sony BMG, RCA, Guardian Angels
Websitesandithommusic.com

Alexandria "Sandi" Thom (/tɒm/) (born 11 August 1981) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Banff, Scotland. She became widely known in 2006 after her debut single, "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)", topped the UK Singles Chart in June of that year, as well as in Australia and Ireland. The single became the biggest-selling single of 2006 in Australia, where it spent ten weeks at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart.

Thom has released six studio albums throughout her career, Smile... It Confuses People (2006), The Pink & the Lily (2008), Merchants and Thieves (2010), Flesh and Blood (2012), The Covers Collection (2013), and Ghosts (2019).

  1. ^ "SANDI THOM | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.