Mercury Prize-nominated singer and songwriter Nadine Shah was born in Whitburn,
South Tyneside on 16 January 1986 to parents with Norwegian, English and
Pakistani heritage. She released her debut Ben Hillier-produced LP Love Your Dum
and Mad in 2013, baring her emotions on a record inspired by the suicides of two
close friends. For her third album Holiday Destination, released in 2017 and
produced again by Ben Hillier—the drummer in her live band—she received the
prestigious Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2018 but lost out to Wolf Alice's
2017's Visions of a Life album. She dr...