Performances on
The Voice UK show
2013–2017: Breakthrough and Eko EP[edit]
Since appearing on
The Voice UK, versions of
David Guetta's "
She Wolf" and "
Not Giving In" by
Rudimental have been published, as have covers of
Paolo Nutini's "
Last Request" and
Alex Clare's "
Too Close". Hill featured on
Rudimental's track "Powerless", taken from their debut album
Home. She also provided cover for
Ella Eyre's vocals for Rudimental's set at Glastonbury 2013, Bestival 2013, Wakestock 2013 and Lovebox 2013. Hill provided vocals for and co-wrote
Wilkinson's song
Afterglow,
[6][7] which peaked at number 8 on the
UK Singles Chart in October 2013,
[8] the song also peaked at number 1 on the
UK Dance Chart. "
Powerless" received a full single release on 23 February 2014. The song peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart. Hill appeared on and co-wrote a vocal version of
Oliver Heldens' "
Gecko", renamed "
Gecko (Overdrive)", alongside
MNEK. The song topped the UK Singles Chart on 29 June 2014 thus making her the first
The Voice UK contestant to achieve a number 1.
[9]
On 9 November 2014 she released a single, "Losing", which was produced by
MNEK and intended to be the lead single from her solo album with then label
Parlophone Records. The single debuted at number 56 on the
UK Singles Chart.
[10] Hill co-wrote Australian recording artist
Reigan Derry's debut single "
All of the Pieces".
[11] In July 2015,
French house producer
Watermät released a vocal version of his track "Frequency" with Becky Hill as joint lead artist. The track was renamed to "All My Love".
[3]
In early 2016, she announced that she was songwriting with pop sensation
CocknBullKid. In May 2016 she released her first proper single in two years, entitled "Back to My Love", featuring vocals from rapper
Little Simz. It was said to be the lead single off of her debut album, but was later included in the
Eko EP, released in August 2017. During the summer, she collaborated with a number of artists. Her first was with DJ and record producer
MK on his single "
Piece of Me". The second was with
Matoma on his breakthrough single "
False Alarm". In the late months of 2016, she announced a second single from her EP, entitled "Warm". It was co-written with
MNEK and produced by
Shift K3Y. In the end of March 2017, she released a third single, entitled "Rude Love". The song was co-written and produced by MNEK. The music video was released in April and sparked the launch of her official VEVO channel on
YouTube.
In May 2017, Hill signed a worldwide publishing deal with Sony/ATV and also guest presented an episode of
CBBC's
The Playlist. Following from this, Hill released a fourth single "Unpredictable" from the
Eko EP, along with the EP itself in August 2017 as the final release from her own independent label Eko Music Limited.
[12] "Unpredictable" was co-written by
Karen Poole and MNEK, who is also responsible for production.
2017–present: Get to Know[edit]
Hill announced in August 2017 that she had signed a worldwide record deal with
Polydor Records, through which her debut album was released in 2019. Upon signing her record deal, manager Alex Martin was quoted saying "Becky is at an incredibly exciting stage in her career. The public have only seen a small amount of Becky as a solo artist and what she can do and we were looking for the right partner to work with to take that further".
[12] Since signed to the label, she has been working on her debut album. Her working affiliate
MNEK has been said to have worked with her on a lot of new material and is said to be the executive producer for the album.
In 2018, she released the single "Sunrise in the East", which was treated as the lead cut from her supposedly rejuvenated debut project.
[13] Not long after, she took part in a range of collaborations, including the song "
Back & Forth", alongside Marc Kinchen and
Jonas Blue. This continued in the following year with "
I Could Get Used to This", with Weiss, and finally "
Wish You Well", with
Sigala, which became her first top 10 hit in the UK Charts since "Gecko (Overdrive)". Additionally, she also achieved success as a songwriter when she wrote the song "
All Day and Night" by
Jax Jones,
Martin Solveig and
Madison Beer, which was her first written effort to make it to the top 10 in the UK Charts. On 6 July 2019, Hill performed at
Pride in London on the Trafalgar Square stage.
On 24 September 2019, Becky announced on social media that she was going to be releasing a "mini-album" that Friday, which had previous hits and four brand new tracks.
[14] These four tracks were previously planned on being released on their own as an extended play, entitled
Fickle Emotions, but the idea was scrapped before including them on a compilation album.
[15] The album, under the title
Get to Know, was released on 27 September 2019.
On 6 December 2019, Becky released a cover of the
Yazoo song, "
Only You", dedicated to her grandfather, who had introduced her to
The Flying Pickets' cover version of the song when she was young.
[16]
In 2020 she is supporting Irish pop rock band
The Script on their Sunsets & Full Moons tour in the UK and Ireland.