Celeste Epiphany Waite
(born 5 May 1994) known mononymously as Celeste, is an American–born British singer-songwriter from Saltdean. Her music blends British soul and jazz-tinged blues over subtle R&B melodies. In late 2019, she won both a Brit Award and a BBC Music Award and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2020 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020. Since 2017, Celeste has released two extended plays and has supported Michael Kiwanuka on tour. She has performed at some of Europe's biggest festivals such as Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Field Day, and Rock en Seine, and has been included in lists of artists to watch in 2020 by publications like The Guardian, Vogue, NME, GQ, MTV, Vevo and Amazon Music.

At the age of 16, Celeste caught the attention of a manager after uploading a self-written tribute to her late father to YouTube. After graduating, Celeste released her debut single "Daydreaming" on the Lily Allen-owned record label Bank Holiday in 2016. In March 2017, she released her debut EP The Milk & the Honey under the same label before completing a month-long residency at Laylow in Ladbrooke Grove. Celeste signed to Polydor in 2018 after catching the attention of labelmate Michael Kiwanuka. She released her second EP Lately in March 2018, before releasing her well-acclaimed singles "Strange" in September 2019 and "Stop This Flame" in January 2020. She is yet to release her debut album and embark on a tour of Europe in April 2020. With her unique style in music, Celeste released her debut album Not Your Muse in 2021, and it reaching at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Not Your Muse was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for Hear My Voice of the film The Trial of the Chicago 7.