

It was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and was the 19th and 31st best-selling album in the UK in 20, respectively. It was written by Henderson in collaboration with a number of writers and producers including Claude Kelly, Salaam Remi, Babyface and TMS. Henderson's debut studio album, Chapter One, was released on 13 October 2014. Its follow-up, " Glow", was released on 5 October 2014 and charted at number seven in the UK. The song later ranked at number 84 on the Official Charts Company list of the 100 biggest songs of the 2010s in the UK. It has subsequently been certified platinum for sales in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the top five of the chart for eight consecutive weeks. Henderson's debut single, " Ghost", co-written with Ryan Tedder, was released on 8 June 2014. She also performed "Believe" at the 18th National Television Awards in January, and appeared as a special guest at the Capital Summertime Ball in June, where she performed a duet of " Beneath Your Beautiful" with Labrinth. During January and February 2013, she took part in The X Factor live tour, where she sang four songs: her X Factor audition song "Missed", " Believe", " Rule the World" and " You Got the Love". In January 2013, Henderson confirmed she had signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Music. She also performed " Last Christmas" and " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on the Myleene Klass Heart FM show that month. While being interviewed on the show, she revealed that she had signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment. In December 2012, Henderson made an appearance on Ireland's RTÉ The Saturday Night Show, singing " Silent Night". Henderson performing during the X Factor UK Live tour of 2013. In 2013, on The Xtra Factor, O'Leary named Henderson the most talented performer in his seven years on the show, in his view. Presenter Dermot O'Leary described Henderson's exit as "one of the biggest shocks we've ever had on the results show." ĭuring the show and following her exit, a number of celebrities came out in support and praise of Henderson, including Adele, Chloë Grace Moretz, Simon Cowell, Sarah Millican, Stephen Fry, Lily Allen, Nick Grimshaw and Cher. She consequently finished in sixth place, despite being a strong favourite to win.

The result went to deadlock and Arthur advanced to the quarter-final receiving 13.7% of the vote and Henderson received 12.1%. Tulisa and Louis Walsh voted to send Henderson through to the quarter-final and Nicole Scherzinger and Gary Barlow voted to send Arthur through to the quarter-final. Henderson and James Arthur were controversially in the bottom two in week seven and sang for survival. She reached the live shows and was mentored by Tulisa.
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In 2012, Henderson auditioned for series nine of The X Factor with the original song called "Missed", which was later included on her debut studio album.

Main article: The X Factor (British series 9) In early 2012, Henderson made a singing appearance on a celebrity Christmas special of Channel 4's Come Dine with Me, where she performed " All I Want for Christmas Is You". She attended the school at the same time as Dan Ferrari-Lane of boyband District3, who was on The X Factor with Henderson in 2012. Henderson succeeded in gaining a scholarship and boarded at the school from the age of 11 to 16. Her interest developed further at primary school, St Martins Prep School in Grimsby, and she subsequently decided to audition for a scholarship place at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire. She began to put on shows for her family at Christmas and developed a special bond with her grandfather Bill, who encouraged her to pursue her love of music and songwriting. Henderson began singing around the age of three and taught herself to play the piano a few years later. She has two brothers named Patrick and Fraser, and a sister named Holly. Gabriella Michelle Henderson was born in Tetney, Lincolnshire on 12 January 1996, to a Scottish father, Sean, and an English mother of Swedish ancestry, Michelle.

