Charli XCX

**Charlotte Emma Aitchison** (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as **Charli XCX**, is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She began her singing career in 2008. In 2014 she sang on "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea. That song hit number one on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

Charli XCX was born in Cambridge to an Indian mother from Uganda and a Scottish father. She grew up in Start Hill, Essex.

Her first album, _14_, was released in 2008. Her second album, and her first major label studio album, _True Romance_, was released in 2013. She wrote the songs "I Love It" with Icona Pop and "Fancy" with Iggy Azalea. In 2014, her song "Boom Clap" reached the top 10 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

Her third album, _Sucker_, was released on 16 December 2014. Her fourth album, _Charli_, was released on 13 September 2019.

Her fifth album, _How I'm Feeling Now_, was released on 15 May 2020. Her sixth album, _Crash_, was released on 18 March 2022.

Her seventh album, _Brat_, was released on 29 February 2024.

## Discography

**Studio albums**
- _True Romance_ (2013)
- _Sucker_ (2014)
- _Charli_ (2019)
- _How I'm Feeling Now_ (2020)
- _Crash_ (2022)
- _Brat_ (2024)

## Tours

**Headlining**
- Girl Power North America Tour (2014)
- Charli Live Tour (2019–2020)
- Crash: The Live Tour (2022–2023)
- Brat Tour (2024)

**Co-headlining**
- Charli and Jack Do America Tour (2015) (with Bleachers)
- Sweat (2024) (with Troye Sivan)

**Supporting**
- The Ting Tings – Show Us Yours Tour (2011)
- Sleigh Bells – Terror Tour (2012)
- Azealia Banks – Mermaid Ball (2012)
- Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto Tour (2012)
- Ellie Goulding – The Halcyon Days Tour (2013)
- Marina and the Diamonds – The Lonely Hearts Club Tour (2013)
- Paramore – The Self-Titled Tour (2013)
- Katy Perry – Prismatic World Tour (2015)
- Halsey – Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Tour (2017)
- Sia – Nostalgic for the Present Tour (2017)
- Taylor Swift – Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)

### Film

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2015|_The F-Word and Me_|rowspan="3"|Herself|Documentary film|||
|_Lost in the North_|Short film|||||||
|_Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live_|Concert film|||||||
|2016|_The Angry Birds Movie_|Willow|Voice role|||||
|2018|_Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour_|Herself|Concert film|||||
|2019|_UglyDolls_|Kitty|Voice role|||||
|2021|_Alone Together_|Herself|Documentary feature|||||
||_Faces of Death_||Feature film|||||
||_I Want Your Sex_||Feature film|||||
||_100 Nights of Hero_||Feature film|||||

### Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2014|_Saturday Night Live_|Herself/musical guest|Season 40, episode: "Martin Freeman/Charli XCX"||||
|_Major Lazer_|Lady Vanessa Rothchild|1 episode||||||
|_Late Show with David Letterman_|rowspan="8"|Herself|Musical guest|||||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_The Ride: Charli XCX_|Main role|||||
|_The Graham Norton Show_|rowspan="2"|Musical guest||||||
|_Jimmy Kimmel Live!_||||||||
|2017|_Celebrity Juice_|1 episode||||||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Lip Sync Battle_|Competitor; 1 episode|||||
|_The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_|Musical guest|||||||
|2019|_I'm with the Band: Nasty Cherry_|Netflix docuseries||||||
|2021|_RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars_|Guest judge|Season 6, episodes 9–10|||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Saturday Night Live_|Herself/musical guest|Season 47, episode: "Oscar Isaac/Charli XCX"||||
|_Gossip Girl_|Herself|Episode: "One Flew Over the Cucks's Nest"||||||
|2024|_Saturday Night Live_|Herself/musical guest/host|Season 50 , episode "Charlie xcx"|||||

### Composer

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2023|_Bottoms_|Feature film, composed with Leo Birenberg||||

### Podcast

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2021|_How Long Gone_|rowspan="5"|Herself|Guest||||
|2021–2022|_Charli XCX's Best Song Ever_|Host||||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Dua Lipa: At Your Service_|rowspan="2"|Guest||||
|_Five Things with Lynn Hirschberg_||||||||
|2024|_Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain_|Guest||||||

## Other websites

- _Charli XCX's Best Song Ever_ (BBC Radio 1)

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **origin**: Start Hill, Essex, England


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Charli XCX
- **image**: Charli XCX-4059 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Charli XCX at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Charlotte Emma Aitchison
- **birth place**: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
- **years active**: 2008–present