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Lauren Mayberry
12+ albums
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Lauren Eve Mayberry (born 7 October 1987) is a Scottish musician who is the vocalist and percussionist of the pop band CHVRCHES. In Chvrches, Mayberry co-writes and co-produces the songs with Iain Cook and Martin Doherty, and sings as the lead vocalist. She also plays drums and keyboards. Mayberry is a soprano. Outside of music, she is an active feminist and philanthropist. She achieved considerable commercial success with Chvrches, releasing four studio albums to date – The Bones of What You Believe (2013), Every Open Eye (2015), Love is Dead (2018) and Screen Violence (2021). Their 2012 single, "The Mother We Share", won the Popjustice £20 Music Prize for Best Pop Song in 2013, and in 2019 collaborated with Marshmello on the song "Here with Me". Chvrches began a hiatus in 2024, with Mayberry releasing her debut solo album Vicious Creature in December of that year through EMI and Island Records. On release, it achieved number three on the Scottish album charts, whereas in the United Kingdom overall it peaked at number forty-nine. Mayberry was born in 1987 in Thornhill, Stirling. She has played the piano since she was a child and drums since she was a teenager. Mayberry attended Beaconhurst School (now known as Fairview International School) a private school in Bridge of Allan. She also lived for six months in Gladstone, Illinois, as a foreign-exchange student.[18] After completing a four-year undergraduate law degree at the University of Strathclyde, she earned a master'
