CÉCÉ

CeCe melds country, pop, and alternative and hard rock influences -- among others, like hip-hop and dance music -- into sleek and often sinewy songs about her experiences in small-town America and beyond. Her debut album, Westbound, saw release in 2025. Born in Decatur, Illinois, and raised on a farm, CeCelia Marie Frey began singing at the age of five. She dropped out of college at 18 to tour clubs and bars with her band a couple years before auditioning for the second season of TV singing competition The X Factor in Kansas City, Missouri in 2012. She passed the audition wit...