TETNEY global singing sensation Ella Henderson has been given a prominent slot at this year's T in the Park festival – and now she has her sights set on conquering the US.
The festival announcement, which she disclosed to her 861,000 followers on Twitter yesterday, comes after an eventful few days for the 19-year-old starlet.
Her smash single Ghost has been awarded a platinum certification, she performed the song at the prestigious NBA All-Star Weekend and she has showcased her talents to the nation on a variety of US TV chatshows – during one of which she was presented with Whoopi Goldberg's shoes!
As reported, Ella posted a picture of herself with The View host on Twitter, revealing that she had complimented the comedienne's shows, only for the Sister Act star to give them to her.
Ella tweeted: "Just met this amazing lady @WhoopiGoldberg ... I told her I love your shoes ... So she gave me them!"
It has also been revealed Ella is to play on the final day of the mammoth Scottish festival, T in the Park.
The star has been given a prominent slot at the event, which takes place on the weekend commencing Friday, July 10.
She will play alongside artists such as Clean Bandit, James Bay and Catfish And The Bottlemen.
Headliners for the festival include Leicestershire rockers Kasabian, dance act Avicii and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
Ella's date at the Perthshire festival comes amid a summer of busy schedules, not least her support slot with pop veterans Take That.
But the former X-Factor contestant will have her immediate sights set on the looming Brit Awards, which will be broadcast from the the O2 Arena in London on February 25. Ella has been pitted against FKA Twigs, Jessie Ware, Lily Allen and Paloma Faith for the crown of Best Solo Female artist.
Her global hit Ghost has also been named on the list of nominees for best British Single.
But in order to win, Ghost will have to fend off stiff competition from the Grammy-award-winning song Stay With Me by Sam Smith, George Ezra's Budapest and the all-conquering Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars.
Voting for those two categories has now concluded and the results will be broadcast live on ITV 1 on Wednesday.
Speaking to US media outlet Entertainment Weekly, she described the moment during which she began to realise just how far Ghost could take her.
She said: "I can remember that night (that Ghost was released), I was about to go on stage to do a gig and I had all my family and my friends with me, and "Ghost" went live onto iTunes and I just remember everyone running into the room and shoving their phones into my face because it had gone straight to number one.
"I was just shell-shocked. I didn't understand or realise how people could have reacted that way and responded to music in that sense as well. It was just so exciting.
"I just remember a big fat grin across my face and I went out and gave a performance that night which was so great because I could announce it and we could all celebrate."
