Alison Moyet, the chart-topping British singer and Yazoo co-founder, can add a high-quality artwork printmaking diploma to her prolonged record of accomplishments.
Moyet this week graduated with a primary in high-quality artwork printmaking BA (Hons) from Brighton University, England.
The a number of award-winning British star shared an image in her cap and robe, remarking how, at 62 years of age, the achievement had come “a bit late doors”.
“Aged 16 I wanted to be a printer like my father, my grand-father and his father before him. I was met with a ‘No. Closed Shop. No women.’ 62 this month and I’ve just completed my first degree,” she tweeted. “Fine Art Printmaking. Born to make a mess and learnt to clean it up.” She indicators off, #ItsNeverTooLate.
One of the excellent singers of her era, Moyet landed one of many land’s highest accolades in 2021, with an MBE for companies to music within the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Across a stellar recording profession, the English singer scooped two solo U.Ok. No. 1 albums, together with 1984’s Alf, and a brace of Brit Awards for greatest feminine artist.
In the late noughts, Moyet briefly reunited with Vince Clarke for a Yazoo tour, their short-lived however vastly influential ‘80s synth-pop outfit, which had hits with “Don’t Go,” “Only You,” “Nobody’s Diary” and others. Yazoo launched two studio albums, 1982’s Upstairs at Eric’s, which peaked at No. 2 within the U.Ok., and 1983’s You & Me Both, which led the nationwide chart.
Moyet’s ninth and newest solo LP, Other, dropped in 2017 and peaked at No. 12 on the Official U.Ok. Albums Chart.
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