SoniaSonia Evans, known mononymously as Sonia, is an English pop singer born in Liverpool in 1971. She rose to fame in 1989 after being discovered by producer Pete Waterman. Her debut single, “You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You,” quickly rocketed to number one on the UK Singles Chart, establishing her as a prominent late-80s pop star.

Sonia made music history as the first British female artist to secure five top-20 singles from a single debut album, Everybody Knows. She later joined the charity supergroup Band Aid II and represented the UK in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in a celebrated second place with “Better the Devil You Know.”