Editing Tanita Tikaram (section)

==Career==
Tikaram started singing in nightclubs while she was still a teenager and came to the attention of [[Warner Bros. Records|WEA Records]]. Her debut album, ''[[Ancient Heart]]'', produced by [[Rod Argent]] and [[Peter Van Hooke]],<ref name="Larkin" /> was released in September 1988 when she was 19 years old.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> The album's first two singles, "[[Good Tradition]]" and "[[Twist in My Sobriety]]", became top 10 hits around Europe and the album sold around four million copies worldwide. Both the single "Twist In My Sobriety" and Tikaram herself were nominated at the 1989 [[Brit Awards]] for Best British Single and Female Artist categories respectively.

A quick succession of albums for WEA – ''[[The Sweet Keeper]]'' (1990), ''[[Everybody's Angel]]'' (1991), and ''[[Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (album)|Eleven Kinds of Loneliness]]'' (1992) – did not achieve the same commercial success,<ref name="Larkin" /> with each album selling fewer than the previous one.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} Her 1992 album ''Eleven Kinds of Loneliness'', which was the first Tikaram fully produced herself, did not chart at all.

Taking a break from the music industry and moving to San Francisco, Tikaram returned in 1995 with the album ''[[Lovers in the City]]'',<ref name="Larkin" /> which received better reviews than her previous albums and achieved better sales. Still, it was her last studio album for WEA and her contract was finished in 1996 with the release of the compilation album ''[[The Best of Tanita Tikaram]]''.

[[File:Tanita_Tikaram_live.jpg|thumb|Tikaram performing, [[Gdynia]] 2022]]
Signed to [[Mother Records]], Tikaram released ''[[The Cappuccino Songs]]'' in 1998, and then retired for several years from the music industry, reappearing in 2005 with the album ''[[Sentimental (Tanita Tikaram album)|Sentimental]]'', which was released on a French label. In 2012, she released ''[[Can't Go Back (album)|Can't Go Back]]'', her first album in seven years. After 2013, she continued touring the UK and Europe.

''[[Closer to the People]]'' was released on 11 March 2016. In December 2015, Tikaram released a videoclip for the song "Food On My Table", although she stated this was not the first single of the album. The first single, "Glass Love Train", was released on 22 January 2016.

She performed as a special guest at [[Glastonbury Festival]]'s Abbey Extravaganza in September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2021 |title=Tanita Tikaram added as special guest for Abbey Extravaganza |url=https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/tanita-tikaram-added-as-special-guest-for-abbey-extravaganza/ |access-date=15 April 2024 |website=Glastonbury Festivals}}</ref>