Lianne La Havas于1989年8月23号出生于英国伦敦，是一名Folk和Soul歌手，创作人。2011年12月5日，被英国BBC评选为’Sound of 2012‘La Havas was born in London, England, to a Greek father and Jamaican mother. She was raised in Tooting and Streatham, spending the majority of her time with her grandparents following her parents' separation as a child.La Havas began singing at seven, and cites her parents' diverse musical tastes as having the biggest influence on her music.Her mother played with Jill Scott and Mary J. Blige, and her father, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, taught her the basics of guitar and piano. Lianne wrote her first song at the age of 11, but did not learn to play the guitar until she was 18 years old. Lianne attended Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls in Croydon, where she studied art A-level, and had planned to take an art foundation course before she decided to leave college to pursue a career in music full-time.