Chelcee Grimes

Chelcee Maria Grimes (born 8 May 1992) is an English singer, songwriter, television presenter, and footballer. She has written songs for Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Blackpink, Kesha, Olly Murs, Jonas Blue, Louisa, the Saturdays, and Tom Walker. Grimes also hosted several football television shows and was a commentator for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Early life Chelcee Maria Grimes was born in Aigburth, Liverpool to Maria, her mother, and a father who died from a heart attack when she was a child. Grimes was raised by her mother and stepfather David, and moved to Wavertree to attend St Julie's Catholic High School, where she balanced playing football and performing music. During the same time period her sister was born. but was dropped a year later. Her first songwriting breakthrough was "Million Miles", which she co-wrote with Danish producer Cutfather for Australian singer Kylie Minogue's twelfth studio album Kiss Me Once (2014). She has written songs for Kesha, the Saturdays, Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Blackpink, Olly Murs, Jonas Blue, Louisa, and Tom Walker. The ballad is sung in Korean and received 74 million views on YouTube by March 2025. She co-wrote several songs for Dua Lipa since the latter signed her first recording contract, including "Kiss and Make Up" (2018) and "Love Again" (2021).

Artistry and influences Grimes has described herself as a pop singer. She grew up listening to Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Pink,

Football career Grimes' football career began when she began playing for Liverpool Ladies at the age of 10. After a brief hiatus to pursue a music career, she decided to return to football.

Broadcasting career Grimes is a presenter for the BBC and COPA90, and hosted her own show on BBC Sport titled Chelcee Away. In July 2021, Grimes presented several mini-series for BT Sport including Para Football Adventures, and Watch Us Rise. Throughout 2022, she participated in several reality competition series such as Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof, and The Games.

Personal life Grimes previously identified herself as bisexual in a 2019 interview with Gay Times, but considered herself to be a lesbian in 2021.

Discography

Singles As lead artist + List of singles, showing year released Title Year "Just Like That" 2018 "Tryna Not Fall in Love" 2019 "Mother" 2022

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Wild" Jonas Blue featuring Chelcee Grimes, TINI and Jhay Cortez 2018 Blue

Songwriting credits + List of songwriting credits, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Artist Album "Million Miles" 2014 Kylie Minogue Kiss Me Once "First Time" 2014 BoA Who's Back? "Tuxedo" 2014 Mic Lowry "Playground" 2014 Alexa Curtis "Not Over You" 2015 Doda "Note to Self" 2015 HomeTown HomeTown "You Are the One" 2015 Doda "Down With Ya" 2015 Sweet California Head for the Stars "Dizzy" 2016 Saszan "Romantic" 2016 Stanaj From a Distance "Where Do We Go From Here" 2016 Malte Castro Where Do We Go From Here "All the Time" 2016 Chris Lane Girl Problems "Nothing Like Him" 2016 Mic Lowry "Broke" 2016 Sweet California "So Good" 2016 Louisa Johnson "11:11" 2016 Taeyeon My Voice "Warrior" 2016 Amelia Lily "Dreams" 2017 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa "Bad Together" 2017 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa "Kiss and Make Up" 2018 Dua Lipa and Blackpink Dua Lipa