Anabel Englund

Anabel Englund (born September 1, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ from Southern California. She is best known for her collaborative work with electronic and house music artists such as Hot Natured, Kaskade, MK, Tchami, and Benny Benassi.

Her debut album, Messing with Magic, was released in December 2020, with a deluxe edition releasing a few months later. It consisted of a compilation of all the singles released by Englund throughout that year under Ultra Music and AREA10, and featured "So Hot", "Picture Us", "Underwater" and "Waiting for You" which reached number one on U.S. dance radio.

Early life Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles to a musical family, her father is American actor and singer Morgan Englund, her grandfather was the director-producer George Englund and her grandmother, Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman. Her great-grandmother Mabel Albertson and Mabel's brother, Jack Albertson, were also actors and came from a Jewish family.

Leachman inspired her granddaughter to become a singer. "My grandmother would make me sing in front of her actor friends but I'd be so shy, I'd have to face away," she recalls. Englund regularly cites her major influence as being Madonna. During 2010 and 2011, she wrote and performed largely piano-driven ballads both on her own and as part of a duo named Suburban Nightlife. In late 2012, she met producers Lee Foss and Jamie Jones,

The success of the track raised Englund's profile and she took part in the sessions that would become the 2013 album Different Sides of the Sun by British-American electronic/house group Hot Natured. She featured on three tracks: "Reverse Skydiving," "Mercury Rising" and "Emerald City." Remixes of these songs also highlighted Englund's contribution, while "Reverse Skydiving" reached number fifty-six on the Official UK Singles Chart. Englund then performed with Hot Natured at major music festivals around the world and also collaborated with Kinchen and Foss to form the Pleasure State project. Their debut EP Ghost In the System was released by Hot Creations on December 1, 2014. Earlier that year, Englund revealed she had signed a record deal with Three Six Zero, in partnership with Warner Bros. and Warner/Chappell Music, and was working on her debut solo album. She also signed a modeling contract with Britain's leading agency Models 1.

In October 2016, Defected Records announced they would be releasing Englund's debut solo single, "London Headache," on November 14, 2016, described as a "piece of alternative pop/house, with elements of disco running throughout [...] coupled with her deeply personal lyrics". Englund also began her own event that same year titled Gari Safari, consisting of a series of live shows. She then continued to feature on numerous other tracks by various DJs and performing around the world at multiple events and festivals. In 2019, Englund signed with MK's AREA10 imprint in partnership with Ultra Music and began releasing several singles. In May 2020, her single "So Hot" reached number one on U.S. dance radio for eight consecutive weeks. also reaching number one on Billboard′s Dance/Mix Show Airplay. Englund's debut album Messing with Magic was released on December 11, 2020. In April 2021, "Underwater" became Englund's third song to top U.S. dance radio as well as her second number one on Billboard′s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. A deluxe version of Messing with Magic was released on May 21, 2021, and included her fourth number one on U.S. dance radio, "Waiting for You".

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details Title Album details Messing with Magic Released: December 11, 2020 Label: Area10, Ultra Music Formats: Digital download, LP

Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Album details Anabel Englund Released: October 16, 2012 Label: ABC Family Formats: Digital download Born to Fly Released: July 25, 2025 Label: Area10, Ultra Music Formats: Digital download, LP

Singles 2016: "London Headache" 2019: "Messing with Magic" (with Jamie Jones) 2020: "See the Sky" 2020: "Warm Disco" 2020: "Picture Us" 2020: "Underwater" 2021: "Waiting for You" 2021: "Midnight Rapture" 2022: "Lightwaves" 2022: "Need Me Right" 2023: "Strangely Sentimental" 2023: "A Lesson in Chemistry" 2024: "Zen Cowboy" 2025: "Falling Up" 2025: "King Size" 2025: "Belong With Me" (with Kamino) 2025: "Vision Blurred" 2026: "Midnight Calling" (with DEPARTMENTO)

Promotional singles 2012: "Hard to Forget" (with Tyler Blackburn) 2012: "Once a Year" 2014: "Be With Me"

Guest appearances 2011: "Gone" (The Good Boys featuring Anabel Englund) 2012: "In Time" (PeaceTreaty featuring Anabel Englund) 2012: "Come Alive" (PatrickReza featuring Anabel Englund) 2012: "Electricity" (Lee Foss and MK featuring Anabel Englund) 2013: "Falling" (Human Life featuring Anabel Englund) 2013: "Nice Day" (Jez Dior featuring Anabel Englund) 2013: "Reverse Skydiving" (Hot Natured featuring Anabel Englund) 2014: "Ghost in the System" 2015: "About U" (Tommy Trash and Burns) [Uncredited guest vocals] 2017: "Blue Is The Distance" (Lee Foss featuring Ali Love and Anabel Englund) 2017: "Cha Cha (Velvet Version)" (Tâches featuring Anabel Englund) 2017: "Rising" (Gari Recs featuring Anabel Englund, Human Life, Matt Ossentjuk and Mont Blvck) 2018: "Call U Rite Back" (Rybo featuring Anabel Englund) 2018: "Just for the High" (Rybo featuring Anabel Englund) 2018: "Old Times" (Amtrac featuring Anabel Englund) 2018: "Use Me Up" (CID featuring Anabel Englund) 2019: "Something New" (Rybo featuring Anabel Englund) 2019: "Brazil" (Lee Foss featuring Eli Brown and Anabel Englund) 2020: "Need Me" (Jaded featuring Anabel Englund) 2020: "Kiss From God" (Dirty South) [Uncredited guest vocals] 2020: "Only the Gods" 2020: "Better on My Own" 2020: "Thunder & Lightning" 2020: "I Have Synthed" 2021: "Take My Time" 2021: "Deja Vu" (with Oliver Heldens) 2021: "Coming Home" (Vintage Culture and Leftwing : Kody featuring Anabel Englund) 2022: "Low" 2023: "Anything 4 U" 2024: "Cutting Loose" 2024: "Not Going Back" (DJ Susan and Novodor) [Uncredited guest vocals] 2024: "Different Worlds" (with Hayden James) 2024: "Honey Water" 2025: "Josephine"

Charted songs + List of charted songs, showing album name and year released Title Year Peak chart positions Album USDance/Mix USDance/Elec. UK UKDance — — — — — — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Music videos Title Year Director(s) "Hard to Forget" 2012 Hannah Lux Davis "Reverse Skydiving" 2013 Chloe Hayward "Ghost In the System" 2014 Stephen Garnett "London Headache" 2016 Unknown "Rising" 2017 Connor Jones "So Hot" 2018 Galen Oakes "Use Me Up" Unknown "Messing with Magic" 2020 Lorenzo Diego Carrera "So Hot" Chloë Holmes "Warm Disco" "Picture Us"(Visualizers) "Underwater"(Visualizer) "Picture Us" Lorenzo Diego Carrera "Underwater" Ambar Navarro "Burn It"(Lyric Video) Paige Strabala "Float" 2021 J. A. Moreno "Spell My Name" Winterhalter "Underwater (Acoustic)" Unknown "Don't Say Goodbye (I'm Not Ready)" Paige Strabala "Boogie All Night" J. A. Moreno "Burn It (Acoustic)" Unknown "Waiting for You" Conner Sorensen "Picture Us (Acoustic)" Unknown "Midnight Rapture" Nikko LaMere "Deja Vu" (Lyric video)) Xkylar "Low" 2022 Unknown "Need Me Right" Borja Marting "Strangely Sentimental"(Lyric Video) 2023 Paige Strabala "Anything 4 U" Nas Bogado "A Lesson in Chemistry"(Visualizer) Paige Strabala "Get Busy"(Visualizer) 2024 Ivy Tellin "Zen Cowboy"(Visualizer) "Born to Fly" (Music Video)2026Rachel McBath

Awards and nominations Year Organization Category Nominated work Result 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards Dance Artist of the Year Herself 2022 Electronic Dance Music Awards Vocalist of the Year iHeartRadio Music Awards Dance Artist of the Year 2023 Clubbing TV Awards Best Going Deep Video "Midnight Rapture" Electronic Dance Music Awards Female Artist of the Year Herself Dance Radio Artist of the Year 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards Dance Artist of the Year Electronic Dance Music Awards Female Artist of the Year Dance Radio Artist of the Year Dance Radio Artist of the Year "Born to Fly" (with Mary Droppinz) Female Artist of the Year Herself Dance Radio Artist of the Year