Alex Clare

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Alex Clare

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Lateness of the Hour   DE 8th  gold 04/27/2012 (29 weeks)   AT 16 05/11/2012 (19 weeks)   CH 49 05/06/2012 (16 weeks)   UK 17th  gold 04/21/2012 (23 weeks)   US 48 04/14/2012 (30 weeks) Three hearts   DE 43 08/22/2014 (1 week)   CH 74 08/17/2014 (1 week)   UK 98 08/23/2014 (1 week)

Singles

Too close   DE 1  × 3 Triple gold 04/27/2012 (42 weeks)   AT 5  gold 04/20/2012 (33 weeks)   CH 12  platinum 05/06/2012 (39 weeks)   UK 4th  platinum 04/21/2012 (36 weeks)   US 7th  × 2 Double platinum 04/07/2012 (44 weeks) Treading water   DE 59 08/31/2012 (11 weeks) Not Giving In (with Rudimental & John Newman )   UK 14th  gold December 01, 2012 (27 weeks) Endorphins (with Sub Focus )   UK 10  silver 05/25/2013 (7 weeks) Was rages on   UK 53 11/01/2014 (3 weeks)

Alex Clare (born September 14, 1985 in Southwark , London ; real name Alexander George Claire ) is a British singer and songwriter . His music combines elements of soul with dubstep .

Life

Clare is from north London. At the beginning of his career he played his own songs on the guitar at open mic events in London. His debut album The Lateness of the Hour , produced by musicians Major Lazer , Diplo and Switch , was released on July 11, 2011. The single Too Close , released in March 2011 , reached number 1 on the iTunes charts in Germany a year later. In 2012, Too Close became the commercial song for Windows Internet Explorer 9 and subsequently both the single and the album hit the US charts.

Discography

Albums

• 2011: The Lateness of the Hour
• 2014: Three Hearts
• 2016: Tail of Lions
• 2018: Three Days at Greenmount

Singles

• 2011: Up All Night
• 2011: Too Close
• 2011: Treading Water
• 2011: Caroline
• 2011: When Doves Cry
• 2012: Hummingbird
• 2014: Was Rages On
• 2014: Never Let You Go
• 2016: Tell Me What You Need
• 2017: Get Real
• 2019: Crazy to Love You (with Decco)

As a guest musician

• 2012: Not Giving In ( Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare)
• 2013: Endorphins ( Sub Focus feat. Alex Clare)
• 2013: Give It All ( Don Diablo feat. Alex Clare & Kelis )
• 2016: Living ( Bakermat feat. Alex Clare)
• 2018: Heaven to Me ( Don Diablo feat. Alex Clare)
• 2019: Learn To Lose ( Bakermat feat. Alex Clare)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2013: for the Streaming Too Close  France 2017: for single living  Italy 2017: for single living  Netherlands 2017: for single living  Norway 2013: for the Streaming Not Giving In

2 × platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single Not Giving In

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	140,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	550,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	75,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	ifpi.no
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,100,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	10 × gold10	7 × platinum7th

Web links

Commons : Alex Clare  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• alexclare.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ guardian.co.uk: New band of the day - Alex Clare (No 923) , December 3, 2010, accessed April 26, 2012
3. ↑ Number 1 on the charts: How do you know Alex Clare? Promiflash, accessed November 16, 2012 .