Claire Richards

Claire Richards
Richards performing at Newcastle in 2012
Born	Claire Anne Richards (1977-08-17) 17 August 1977 (age 47) Hillingdon, London, England
Occupations	Singer songwriter television presenter
Years active	1995–present
Spouses	Mark Webb ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2005)​ Reece Hill ​ ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Pop electropop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	AVEX, Jive, WEA, Sony, Steps, Warner
Member of	Steps
Formerly of	TSD H & Claire
Website	clairerichards.co.uk
Musical artist

Claire Richards (born 17 August 1977) is an English singer and member of the pop group Steps. As a solo artist, Richards has released two studio albums: her debut, My Wildest Dreams, was released in 2019 and Euphoria, a covers album, was released in 2023.

Richards was a contestant on the second series of Popstar to Operastar before being voted off in the semi-finals. She possesses the vocal range of a soprano.^[1] On 3 January 2013, Richards entered Celebrity Big Brother and came in fourth place. From April to June 2014, she was a regular panellist on Loose Women. Richards took part in the fourth series of The Masked Singer UK and was unmasked as “Knitting”.