John Newman (singer)
John Newman (born June 16, 1990 in Settle , North Yorkshire , England ) is a British soul singer . He first gained fame in 2012 when he recorded the two singles Feel the Love and Not Giving In with Rudimental . Newman is currently under contract with Island Records .
Life
At the age of 14, Newman began playing guitar and writing and producing his own songs. Among other things, he also created house songs and learned to DJ .
When Newman moved to London at the age of 20 and signed a contract with Island Records, he started his own band . A little later he was able to contact Rudimental and it was decided to record the two tracks Feel the Love and Not Giving In together. With Feel the Love scored a surprise success, the single reached the charts, for example, was in Germany or Austria and the United Kingdom to the number-one hit. Also Not Giving In was a place in the top 20 of the British charts posted. Love Me Again reached number 1 in the UK singles chart in July 2013 . On September 11, 2013, he announced his debut album Tribute , which was released in Germany on October 11.
In autumn 2014, Newman received the European Border Breakers Award .
Newman was in a relationship with English singer Ella Eyre in 2013 and later with model Kayla Cadorna. His brother James Newman was supposed to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2013 | tribute |
DE21 (4 weeks) DE |
AT20th
gold
(2 weeks)AT |
CH11
gold
(19 weeks)CH |
UK1
platinum
(47 weeks)UK |
US24 (3 weeks) US |
First published: October 11, 2013
|
2015 | Revolve |
DE61 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH29 (3 weeks) CH |
UK3 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 16, 2015
|
EPs
- 2019: ANiMAL (first published: September 27, 2019)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2013 |
Love Me Again Tribute |
DE6th
platinum
(35 weeks)DE |
AT5 (24 weeks) AT |
CH5
platinum
(37 weeks)CH |
UK1
platinum
(52 weeks)UK |
US30th × 2
(18 weeks)US |
First published: May 17, 2013
|
Cheating tributes |
DE53 (10 weeks) DE |
AT44 (6 weeks) AT |
CH56 (2 weeks) CH |
UK9 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 6, 2013
|
|
Losing Sleep Tribute |
DE57 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH29 (5 weeks) CH |
UK48 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 15, 2013
|
|
2014 | Out of My Head Tribute |
- | - | - |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 6, 2014
|
2015 | Come and Get It Revolve |
DE70 (4 weeks) DE |
AT43 (6 weeks) AT |
CH29 (3 weeks) CH |
UK5
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: July 17, 2015
|
More singles
- 2015: Tiring Game (feat. Charlie Wilson )
- 2016: Olé
- 2018: Fire in Me
- 2019: Feelings
- 2019: Without You (with Nina Nesbitt )
- 2020: Stand by Me
As a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2012 |
Feel the love home |
DE59 (6 weeks) DE |
AT14 (16 weeks) AT |
- |
UK1 × 2
(67 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 14, 2012
Rudimental feat. John Newman |
Not Giving In Home |
- | - | - |
UK14th
gold
(12 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 18, 2012
Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare |
|
2014 | Blame motion |
DE4th
gold
(32 weeks)DE |
AT4 (21 weeks) AT |
CH4th
gold
(33 weeks)CH |
UK1
platinum
(34 weeks)UK |
US19th × 2
(20 weeks)US |
First published: September 5th, 2014
Calvin Harris feat. John Newman |
2016 | Give Me Your Love Brighter Days |
DE55 (5 weeks) DE |
AT50 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK9
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
- | |
2017 | Bridge over Troubled Water | - |
AT32 (3 weeks) AT |
CH28 (2 weeks) CH |
UK1
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 21, 2017
with Artists for Grenfell; Sales: + 200,000 Original: Simon & Garfunkel |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2017 | Never Let You Go Stargazing |
- | - |
CH64 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 27, 2017
Kygo feat. John Newman |
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | - | 10 × platinum10 | 700,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 30,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | - | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 500,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Italy (FIMI) | - | gold1 | 4 × platinum4th | 145,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | - | platinum1 | 80,000 | musiccanada.com |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | 240,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 37,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
Norway (IFPI) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | 30,000 | ifpi.no |
Austria (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 7,500 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 20,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 80,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 55,000 | hitparade.ch |
United States (RIAA) | - | - | 3 × platinum3 | 3,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver1 | 2 × gold2 | 6 × platinum6th | 4,300,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | silver1 | 16 × gold16 | 39 × platinum39 |
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- ↑ General information. Facebook , accessed May 2, 2013.
- ^ A b About John Newman. John Newman, accessed May 2, 2013 .
- Jump up ↑ Hot: That's what "Tribute" sounds like, John Newman's debut album. (No longer available online.) Universal Music Group on September 20, 2013, archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; Retrieved October 11, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
Web links
- Official website
- John Newman at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Newman, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British soul singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Settle , North Yorkshire , England |