Billie Marten

Billie Marten
Billie Marten in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Isabella Sophie Tweddle
Born	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 25) Ripon, England
Genres	Acoustic
Instrument(s)	Guitar, piano
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Fiction
Website	billiemarten.com

Isabella Sophie Tweddle (born 27 May 1999), better known under the stage name Billie Marten, is a British singer-songwriter and musician from Ripon in North Yorkshire. Her stage name came from her family's desire to keep her real name private because her music career started when she was a tween.^[1] She first came to prominence at the age of twelve when a video on YouTube of her singing garnered thousands of views.^{[citation needed]} She released her first EP at the age of fifteen in 2014, and her second EP a year later. At the end of 2015, she was nominated for BBC's Sound of 2016 award. She has since released four full-length albums: Writing of Blues and Yellows, Feeding Seahorses by Hand, Flora Fauna, and Drop Cherries, all of which have received critical acclaim. Her style can be described as singer-songwriter and folk.