Ella Henderson Ella Henderson Gabriella Michelle "Ella" Henderson (born 12 January 1996) is an English singer and songwriter. She was a contestant in the ninth series of "The X Factor" in 2012 and got into the final 12, finishing in sixth place, despite being a strong favourite to win. She was subsequently signed to Syco Music, from which she has been dropped. In August 2018, Ella signed with record label Warner Music Group. Henderson's first single, "Ghost", co-written with Ryan Tedder, was released on 8 June 2014 and gave Henderson her first number-one song on the UK Singles Chart while remaining in
Taylor Henderson an independent artist. On 21 September 2018, Henderson released "Love Somebody", his first single in two years. Aside from singing, Henderson also plays guitar and writes his own songs. He believes that "playing an instrument leads to better songwriting, because you can experiment different melodies and keys." Henderson played the guitar in most of the songs on his second album "Burnt Letters" (2014). Henderson cites Matt Corby, Michael Jackson, John Mayer, James Morrison, Jason Mraz, Ed Sheeran and Justin Timberlake as his musical influences. Of Sheeran, Henderson stated: "He has a real connection with the words he sings, and there's