Westway Music announces the release of award-winning actress and singer Aimie Atkinson’s brand-new album, Queen. Produced by Steve Anderson and Terry Ronald, the album will be available on CD and digital platforms from 20 June 2025. Fans can pre-order the album now!
The first single from the album, Alone, is a duet with Natalie Paris, Aimie’s co-star from the original West End line-up of Six the Musical. The single will be released on 25 April.
Aimie will launch the full album at her Westway Sessions concert on Monday, 23 June. This concert is the final in a series of Monday night performances at the Vaudeville Theatre, featuring leading stars of the West End and Broadway, including Lee Mead, Cassidy Janson, and Kerry Ellis. Tickets for the concert are available now.
Aimie shared her excitement, saying, “I’m excited to bring new music to everyone ahead of the release of my brand-new album! Alone is a song close to my heart and it’s great to have my original cast mate and sister Natalie Paris from SIX on the track too. I can’t wait for you all to hear it!”
Aimie, who played ‘Catherine Howard’ in the original West End cast of Six the Musical from 2017-2019, recently reunited with her fellow Queens for the film Six the Musical Live!, filmed at the Vaudeville in 2024 and released in cinemas nationwide on 6 April. She also collaborated with them on a new Marlow and Moss track called My Girls, released last week via 6 Music label.
Aimie Atkinson is an award-winning British actress and recording artist. She was nominated at the 2019 Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role in Six the Musical. Aimie won the BBC Voice of Musical Theatre in 2006.
Most recently, Aimie played ‘Rem’ in the sell-out world premiere of Death Note in concert at the London Palladium and Lyric Theatre, and ‘Lucia’ in the musical production of Figaro at the Palladium in February.
Her other theatre credits include originating the role of ‘Vivian Ward’ in Pretty Woman (Savoy Theatre); ‘Catherine Howard’ in Six the Musical (Edinburgh, UK Tour, Vaudeville & Lyric Theatres); ‘Daniela’ in In the Heights (King’s Cross Theatre); ‘Serena’ in Legally Blonde (Kilworth House Theatre); ‘Elizabeth’ in Dirty Dancing (UK tour); ‘Chloe’ in Never Forget; ‘Penny’ in Carnaby Street; ‘Luisa’ in Zorro (UK tours); ‘Shelby Stevens’ in Steel Pier (Union Theatre); ‘Vusuvia’ in Eurobeat (Edinburgh); and ‘Dorothy’ in Wizard of Oz (ATG).
As a recording artist, Aimie released her latest single Monster in 2024. Her debut album Step Inside Love was released in 2017.
Ahead of her album launch and Westway Session, Aimie will perform at West End Live on 21 and 22 June.
Aimie continues, “I’ve been dreaming about this for such a long time, my album has finally come to fruition! You’ll hear my original music and some new versions of songs from musicals that have shaped my career so far.”
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
