Young Lancaster singer proves huge hit with online celebrity live shows

Olivia-Mae Mulqueeney has been using the lockdown and social media to ramp up her profile, with one live stream she sang on garnering more than half a million views.
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Last week Olivia, 15, joined a live stream with a rapper from Holland called Defano, who had 19,000 people watching at the time.

Olivia asked him if she could sing to him, and the rapper said he was blown away with what he heard.

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The performance went viral and was viewed 125,000 times, and Olivia now has 21,000 accounts following her on social media platform Instagram.

Olivia singing for Defano Holwijn in a live online stream.Olivia singing for Defano Holwijn in a live online stream.
Olivia singing for Defano Holwijn in a live online stream.

The next night, she sang to American singer-songwriter Keyshia Cole, which had 555,000 views, giving Olivia's own Instagram account over a million hits.

She said: "I'm using the lockdown as an opportunity to get my voice heard.

"This last 12 months have been crazy to think a little screen on your phone connects you with people like DJ Khalid, to performing to audiences of 19,500 people anywhere in the world is mad!

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"I only had 345 followers in March 2020 and I now have 21,400 (which) is amazing.

"Instagram and the lockdowns have made this possible and using the time to get my voice heard some amazing opportunities have come my way since I virtually entered the Netherlands last week and I am really excited for my next chapter!

"It's important to have goals and aspirations and someone you can aspire to be like!

"I want to be that aspiration and give people the belief that your dreams can become a reality, if you believe it you can achieve it, anything is possible."

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Olivia's mum Cheryl said: "Her hard work really is paying off we couldn't be more proud of her, we get hundreds of direct messages daily from people saying how inspirational and uplifting she is to them, and this pushes Olivia more."

In 2019, Olivia won a music scholarship at the Liverpool Media Academy, while in May 2020, she won a top Instagram talent competition which featured British rapper, singer and songwriter Stefflon Don and was sponsored by young women's fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing.