Christian by sending some demos, and the two began working together to release Sophie's music on Christian's record label Freeway Recordings. 2016 On 29 February 2016 she released "Drop of a Dime", her first single on Freeway Recordings, followed by her second single "Up in This", which was described by EDMTunes as "a mainstage-ready banger" that "proves why the likes of Ummet Ozcan and Quintino have already thrown her support". Her third single titled "Bad Boy" was released on 20 June, and later on she released the track "Annihilate" as a free download, which received over 2 million plays on SoundCloud. During summer she also performed main-stage at festivals across the Netherlands and Spain, such as Paellas Universitarias for 35,000 people in Valencia, as well as a concert residency at BCM Mallorca as 'New Discovery' special guest, playing once a week for two months before main guests like Steve Aoki, Nervo, Vinai and Martin Garrix with whom she performed as well a back-to-back. On 23 September she released her first vocal track "Walls" on Powerhouse Music. The track entered the playlists of Dutch national radio stations such as Radio 538, SLAM! and NPO 3FM, reached the Top 30 on the Dutch Airplay chart, as well as became a Dance Smash on 538 and received 94% of likes from 538 listeners on the item 'Maak 't of kraak 't' (Make it or break it). In October, she performed at the Amsterdam Dance Event for the first time, playing on a bus, touring the Dutch capital as well as she was a guest at Giel on NPO 3FM. On 9 November she was a guest and performed at Bij Igmar on SLAM!. That same month, she released "Don't Stop" on Dirty Dutch Music. In December, she performed at the Glazen Huis in Breda. By the end of 2016, Sophie Francis is an in-demand artist getting booking requests from the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, US, India, China, Vietnam, Japan and UAE, but balancing the fact that she is still a high school student, working daily to find a balance between her career and her studies. 2017 On 30 January Sophie Francis signed a deal with renowned dance label Spinnin' Records, which she said was "a dream coming true". She released her first single with them on 17 February: "Without You" which she created together with The Companions. The track was very well received