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Calum Scott
Born (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988 (age 36)
OriginHull, England
GenresPop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2013–present
LabelsCapitol

Calum Scott (born 12 October 1988, Hull, England)[1] is an English-Canadian singer and songwriter who came to worldwide attention when he appeared as a contestant on the television programme Britain's Got Talent in 2015. He subsequently released his version of "Dancing On My Own" as a single and it has reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the first solo singer from Hull to have a top 40 single since Ronnie Hilton in the 1960s[citation needed].

Music career

2011–15: Early career and Britain's Got Talent

Main article: Britain's Got Talent (series 9)

Scott began singing in 2011 and won a local competition, Hull Daily Mail's Star search 2013,[2] after which he joined a Maroon 5 tribute band, called 'Maroon 4'. The band played gigs around the UK from 2014. Scott also formed half of the duo "The Experiment" with John McIntyre from 2012. Their debut track "Girl (You're Beautiful)" was released in September 2014.[3] The duo performed the song on Good Morning Britain and BBC Look North.[4][5] On 11 April 2015, Calum's audition for the ninth series of Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV. He performed a cover of Robyn's "Dancing on My Own". Following a standing ovation from the judging panel, Simon Cowell pressed the Golden Buzzer giving Scott an automatic place in the live shows. Explaining his decision to send Scott straight to the semi-finals, Cowell said: "I've never ever in all the years I've done this show heard a guy with the talent you've got. Seriously. And the version was sensational, which shows to me that you're more than a singer, you're an artist and that's why you got that (the buzzer)." After this audition, Scott received support from stars such as Little Mix, Ne-Yo and Ashton Kutcher.[6]

Following his appearance on the show's first episode, his Twitter followers jumped from 400 to over 25,000.[7] The audition has been viewed over 70 million times on YouTube. In the semi-final on 29 May, Scott performed 'We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off' by Jermaine Stewart. Cowell commented "You really sound like a recording artist", whilst David Walliams suggested that he could have "success around the world". He won the semi final with 25.6% of the vote, sending him straight through to the final. In the final on 31 May, Scott performed "Diamonds" by Rihanna and finished sixth out of 12 contestants with 8.2% of the vote. After Britain's Got Talent, Scott embarked on a series of shows around the United Kingdom, including Viking FM Future Star Awards, Flamingo Land Resort Fair, Westwood Cross Shopping Centre's tenth anniversary, Gibraltar Summer Nights, Hull Daily Mail's Star and Dartford Festival.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

2016–present: Debut album

Scott released his cover of "Dancing on My Own" independently in March 2016. It became a sleeper hit, first hitting number 40 in the charts in May, despite little radio airplay apart from on West Hull FM, it climbed into the top 40. It was then added to Radio 2's "C List" and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart on 6 August. In August 2016, it was certified Platinum in the UK, having sold over 600,000 copies.[14][15] Scott announced on Twitter on 24 May that he had signed a record deal with Capitol Records to his debut album.[16] Scott performed the song at television shows BBC Look North, Lorraine, Weekend, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Brazilian show Encontro com Fátima Bernardes.[17] He also promoted the song in several radio stations, including BBC Radio Humberside, Viking FM, Radio Gibraltar, BFBS Radio and Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation.[18][19][20] On 16 September, he released the promotional single "Transformar" with Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo as official theme of 2016 Summer Paralympics Games.[21] They performed the song at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics on 18 September.[22] It was revealed in September 2016 that "Dancing on My Own" was the most downloaded song of the summer in the UK.[23]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[24] 		AUS
[25] 		BEL
[26] 		DEN
[27] 		IRE
[28] 		NLD
[29] 		NZ
[30] 		SCO
[31] 		SWE
[32]
"Dancing on My Own" 2016 2 2 33 15 4 81 8 1 8 TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Album
"Transformar"[35]
(with Ivete Sangalo) 		2016 Non-album single

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Britain's Got Talent Himself / Contestant Season 9

References

  1. ^ "Happy birthday to our frontman Calum have a great day mate". The Experiment. 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Calum Scott talent: Winner of Star Search 2013 declared". Hull Daily Mail. 15 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Introducing Calum Scott!". Flavourmag.co.uk. 13 April 2015.
  4. ^ "My sister Jade's 'the inspiration behind my singing'". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Timeline Photos - BBC Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) | Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  6. ^ Forrester, Katy. "BGT favourite Calum Scott on getting sex messages from fans". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Simon Cowell's golden buzzer act Calum Scott already receiving marriage proposals". Hello Daily News. 13 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Future Star Receives Fundraising Award". Scunthorpe Independent News. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  9. ^ User, Super. "Flamingo Land - Party In The Park June 2015". Flamingoland.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2015. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Calum Scott to perform at Westwood Cross' 10th birthday celebration weekend". Thanetgazette.co.uk. 26 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Visit Gibraltar - Events". Visitgibraltar.gi. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Britain's Got Talent star Calum Scott could be Star Search final judge". Hulldailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Dartford Festival 2015: Record numbers of visitors come to see Calum Scott from Britain's Got Talent and Andy Jordan from Made In Chelsea". Kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  14. ^ https://twitter.com/bpi_music/status/769187789543907329
  15. ^ https://www.bpi.co.uk/
  16. ^ "Calum Scott". Twitter. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  17. ^ "BBC Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) | Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Calum Scott, 06/06/2015, James Hoggarth - BBC Radio Humberside". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  19. ^ "#BGT finalist @calumscottmusic chats to @jameshoggarth about @BGT and the future". AudioBoom.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Calum Scott in Gib", Gbc.gi, retrieved 20 July 2015
  21. ^ "Ivete Sangalo lança "Transformar", música inédita com Calum Scott para as "Paralimpíadas Rio 2016"". Pure Break. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  22. ^ "Ivete Sangalo brilha na cerimônia de encerramento das Paralimpíadas 2016". O Povo News. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  23. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-songs-of-summer-2016-revealed__16181/
  24. ^ "UK Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  25. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  26. ^ "Belgium Charts" (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  27. ^ "Track Top-40 Uge 40, 2016". Hitlisten.NU. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  28. ^ "Irish Charts". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  29. ^ "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  30. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  31. ^ "15 July 2016 - 21 July 2016". Official Charts. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  32. ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  33. ^ "Certified Awards" (enter "Little Mix" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  34. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  35. ^ "Calum Scott and Ivete Sangalo sing "Transformar"". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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