Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English singer, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The band’s debut studio album, Lungs topped the UK Albums Chart after charting for 28 consecutive weeks, and won the BRIT Award for Best British Album. The band’s second album, Ceremonials (2011), debuted at number one in the UK and number six on the US Billboard 200. Their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) received positive reviews and topped the UK and US albums chart. The band’s fourth album, High as Hope, was released in June 2018 and has sold over one million copies worldwide.
In 2018, Welch released a book titled Useless Magic, a collection of lyrics and poems written by her, along with illustrations.