Island Records president Louis Bloom has told Music Week that the label “fought hard” to sign Ella Eyre.

Eyre was unsigned during her recent features on hit singles. Answerphone (Parlophone) with Banx & Ranx peaked at No.5 and has 723,498 sales (OCC).

“We’ve always been fans of Ella,” said Bloom. “She was the one who got away when she first signed [to Virgin].

“It’s so amazing to have the opportunity to work with her, she’s still really young and at ...