Born as Sonia Clarke in North London's Crouch End, England on June 21st, 1968 and also raised there. Sonique's formative years were infused with the sounds of her mums's record collection. Every Sunday the house would be filled with the sounds of Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Otis Redding and Denice Williams.
Sonique's career as a recording artist began when she was signed to Cooltempodetermination to making music instead. She had joined a reggae band called Fari which did more than hone her singing skills. The band was also what kept her going through what was to turn into one of the toughest periods of Sonique's life. She Also ventured into DJing which brought her to amazing places around the planet from Ibiza, Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Australia, Italy and Norway.
In the meantime Sonique enjoyed two club and dance music chart hits with "I Put a Spell on You" and "It Feels So Good" on Manifesto Records. This led to explosive requests for the song at radio and retail, so Republic Records jumped in and signed Sonique right away. Pushed by the tremendous success of this single she finished her debut solo album "Hear my cry" in 2000, which spawned the next single release "Sky" - another excellent example of Sonique's talent for writing crowd-pleasing anthems. The record debuted at its peak at #2 in the UK single charts in September, followed by the re-release of "I Put a Spell on You" which peaked at #8 in November 2000.
With these successful single releases and a UK top ten album in her hand, Sonique topped other respectable nominees like Dido, Jamelia, PJ Harvey and Sade at the Brit Awards 2001 as Best British Female Solo Artist.