Sarah Blackwood

{{For|Canadian musician Sarah Nicole Blackwood (a.k.a. psychobilly musician "Sarah Sin")|Sarah Blackwood (Canadian singer)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sarah Blackwood

| image = blackwood10.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Blackwood in 2010

| birth_name =

| alias = Client B (in Client)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|05|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Halifax, West Yorkshire, England{{cite web |url=http://eblackwood.com |title=Sarah Blackwood, Singer, DJ |last=Blackwood |first=Sarah |work=eBlackwood.com |location=London, UK |publisher=self-published |year=2011 |accessdate=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111102814/http://www.eblackwood.com/ |archivedate=11 November 2011 |df=dmy-all }}

| origin =

| genre = {{hlist|Dream pop|electronic}}

| years_active = 1990–present

| label = {{hlist|Food Records|Toast Hawaii|Mute|EMI}}

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Dubstar|Client}}

| website = {{URL|dubstarofficial.co}}

}}

Sarah Blackwood (born 6 May 1971) is an English recording artist. She came to prominence as the lead singer of Dubstar, and as Client B in the band Client.

Career

Blackwood was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, attended a local school, and went to Newcastle University to study interior design.{{cite web|last=Ford |first=Coreena |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-band-dubstar-reform-fundraising-gig-4405714 |title=Newcastle-band Dubstar reform for fundraising gig |work=The Journal |date= |accessdate=2015-11-15}} {{failed verification|date=July 2021}} She lived in Manchester when operating exclusively within Dubstar, but lives and works in London as of 2015.{{failed verification|date=July 2021}}

=Dubstar=

Formerly known as The Joans, Dubstar were initially a two-piece band, with Chris Wilkie on guitar and Steve Hillier on vocals and keyboards. Sarah Blackwood was invited to join the band in August 1993 and replaced Hillier on vocals in early 1994; Dubstar were signed shortly after.

The band released five albums with Blackwood on vocals: Disgraceful (1995), Goodbye (1997), Make It Better (2000) and One (2018) and Two in 2022. A compilation, Stars: The Best of Dubstar was released in 2004. Blackwood moved on to other projects but kept in touch with Dubstar members as her debut solo EP in 2008 called Acoustic at the Club Bar & Dining features Wilkie on guitar.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Client-B-Acoustic-At-The-Club-Bar-Dining/release/2440021 |title=Client B - Acoustic At The Club Bar & Dining|work=Discogs |accessdate=1 July 2011}}{{better citation needed|date=July 2021}}

=Client=

Image:Client 2005 Kulturfabrik Krefeld.JPG

Blackwood joined the band Technique to replace Xan Tyler as singer for a European tour with Depeche Mode in 2002. Shortly afterwards, Kate Holmes, the other member of the band, and Blackwood decided to write together and formed the new group Client. She used the stage name Client B since the band preferred not to highlight the names of its members, rather identifying each as "Client" plus a letter from the alphabet.{{cite web |url=http://www.electricity-club.co.uk/sarah-blackwood-interview/ |title=SARAH BLACKWOOD Interview |work=The Electricity Club |date=2010-05-29 |accessdate=2016-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617010208/http://www.electricity-club.co.uk/sarah-blackwood-interview/ |archivedate=17 June 2016 |df=dmy-all }}