Colour My Life

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In 2018, Small celebrated 25 years of singing. She toured around the UK, celebrating her and M People's music. During 2017, Small participated in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage for the BBC, along with Neil Morrissey, Debbie McGee, Ed Byrne, Kate Bottley, Raphael Rowe, and JJ Chalmers. [13] She commented on the experience afterwards: "I was a believer before I set off, but this trip made me realise my faith and beliefs were much stronger than I had realised." [14] Alongside the tour, Small planned to release a new album, Heather Small: Orchestral Greatest Hits, in May 2018, but on 3 May, the project was declared to be cancelled.

On 29 October 2012, Small appeared at the 2012 Pride of Britain Awards, and sang "Proud" as a tribute to the athletes of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Small appeared on The Weakest link Strictly Come Dancing Special. She was the 7th contestant voted off. "The Press Association: Heather Small in Dancing On Wheels". Press Association . Retrieved 29 May 2009. Heather Small recently announced her upcoming album ' Colour My Life', which is due to come out on 29th July. Working with award-winning producer Rupert Christie and the London Metropolitan Orchestra, she has created orchestral remakes of her biggest songs. In 1998, Small and M People took some time off to pursue solo projects after The Best of M People was released. 2000–2005: ProudFor the upcoming collection, released on July 29, the 57-year-old singer-songwriter teamed up with studio wizard Rupert Christie and the London Metropolitan Orchestra to reimagine all of her Top 10 hits from her tenure with M People and Heather's successful solo career. The collection will also include a brand new cover of Paul Weller’s ‘You Do Something To Me’, ‘Love Me or Not’, and ‘Don’t Look Any Further’, a duet with tenor Alfie Boe. Small actively supports several charities, such as BeatBullying, the Aiden Cox Foundation, Mencap (for which she performed) and St Luke's Midnight Walk. She attended an anti-racism ceremony at 10 Downing Street for "Show Racism The Red Card", which was also attended by Sporting Elite, the prime minister, and others. Small works regularly with Barnardo's; she has also become an ambassador of Asthma UK, as she suffered from asthma as a child. Personal life In January 2022, Small appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Chandelier". She was first to be unmasked. Charity work

Find sources: "Heather Small"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Heather Small: Orchestral Greatest Hits project cancelled". PledgeMusic . Retrieved 13 February 2019. During 2017, Small participated in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage for the BBC, along with Neil Morrissey, Debbie McGee, Ed Byrne, Kate Bottley, Raphael Rowe, and JJ Chalmers. She commented on the experience afterwards: "I was a believer before I set off, but this trip made me realise my faith and beliefs were much stronger than I had realised."In 2007, Small collaborated with Icelandic tenor Garðar Thór Cortes on a song called "Luna". It was released as a single from his album Cortes and reached number two in the Icelandic online music charts. A new song was recorded to celebrate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade, and Small performed at a concert in London to mark the anniversary on 10 November 2007. On 26 May 2008, Small performed alongside Stereophonics and Feeder at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff as part of the celebrations of Wales's success at the 2008 Grand Slam. In addition, Small performed three nights at Ronnie Scott's in October as part of her 2008 tour, and headlined at Manchester Pride. Heather Small – The Voice of M People (rescheduled date)". Tyne Theatre & Opera House . Retrieved 23 January 2018. Welcome to www.heathersmallmusic.com!". 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012 . Retrieved 19 August 2020.

In 2008, Small was one of the sixteen celebrities in the sixth series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, where she was partnered with newcomer Brian Fortuna. The couple were placed ninth overall in the series, and were in the bottom two on four occasions, in weeks 4, 5, 7, and 8. They were eventually voted off by the judges when they lost in the dance-off against Rachel Stevens. Small also appeared in an associated BBC Three series called Dancing on Wheels. Week #

Masked Singer UK reveals identity of first celebrity of series 3". Digital Spy. January 2022 . Retrieved 2 January 2022. Heather is also set to perform as part of The National Lottery’s Big Jubilee Street Party at Manchester’s AO Arena – which will be televised on ITV around the Jubilee Bank Holiday - in honour of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee. a b "Discography Heather Small". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013 . Retrieved 16 November 2010. Chartverfolgung / SMALL, HEATHER / Single". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012 . Retrieved 16 November 2010.

Small took time off to look after her newborn son, and record her second solo album. She occasionally appeared on various TV programs such as Parkinson and Songs of Praise. She also sang three songs at the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. [ citation needed] Heather is also set to perform as part of The National Lottery’s Big Jubilee Street Party at Manchester’s AO Arena – which will be televised on ITV around the Jubilee Bank Holiday – in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. Small took time off to look after her newborn son and record her second solo album. She occasionally appeared on various TV programs such as Parkinson and Songs of Praise. She also sang three songs at the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Heather Small [Voice of M People] - London, UK - Soul / R&B; / Disco House". 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008 . Retrieved 19 August 2020.With M People, Heather sold 11 million records worldwide, won two BRIT Awards and the Mercury Prize for 1994’s ‘Elegant Slumming’. For her forthcoming album Colour My Life, Heather Small, has teamed up with award-winning producer Rupert Christie and the London Metropolitan Orchestra to reimagine all of her Top 10 hits from both her career with M People as well as her solo material. There's also brand new music, in the form of the beautiful rendition of Paul Weller’s ‘You Do Something To Me’ to her super catchy uptempo lead single ‘Love Me or Not’ Heather Small, one of the most distinctive British female vocalists began her pop career as a teenager in Hot House, before becoming the voice of M People, one of the world's biggest dance acts which went on to sell tens of millions of albums worldwide, winning numerous Brits and a Mercury along the way. She launched her solo career at the turn of the millennium with Proud, which has gone on to be a timeless classic for all ages, featuring in theme songs for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Queer As Folk as well as performing at London’s 2012 Olympics. In 1997, Small performed in " Perfect Day", the official 1997 Children in Need charity release, alongside a broad range of artists, including Tom Jones and Lou Reed. It sold over a million copies and was the UK's number one single for three weeks. [5] In 2018, Small celebrated 25 years of singing. She toured around the UK, [15] [16] celebrating her and M People's music. [17]