Ben Howard

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Ben Howard
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Every Kingdom
  DE 49 
gold
gold
02/10/2012 (16 weeks)
  CH 59 11/06/2011 (2 weeks)
  UK 4th 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
October 15, 2011 (148 weeks)
I Forget Where We Were
  DE 12 10/31/2014 (3 weeks)
  AT 26th 10/31/2014 (1 week)
  CH 15th 10/26/2014 (3 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
11/01/2014 (36 weeks)
  US 23 11/08/2014 (2 weeks)
Noonday Dream
  DE 17th 06/08/2018 (2 weeks)
  AT 38 June 15, 2018 (1 week)
  CH 39 06/10/2018 (1 week)
  UK 4th 06/14/2018 (3 weeks)
  US 138 June 16, 2018 (1 week)
Singles
The Wolves
  UK 70 
silver
silver
08/27/2011 (6 weeks)
Keep your head up
  DE 68 03/09/2012 (9 weeks)
  UK 46 
gold
gold
09/17/2011 (15 weeks)
The Fear
  UK 58 
silver
silver
December 10, 2011 (3 weeks)
Only love
  UK 9 
platinum
platinum
05/19/2012 (22 weeks)
Burgh Island
  UK 32 11/10/2012 (2 weeks)
Oats in the water
  UK 89 12/29/2012 (1 week)
Depth over Distance
  DE 55 04/04/2014 (1 week)
I Forget Where We Were
  UK 54 
silver
silver
08/30/2014 (10 weeks)

Benjamin John "Ben" Howard (born April 24, 1987 in London ) is an English singer-songwriter .

biography

Howard was influenced by his parents' record collection, which included artists from the 1960s and 1970s such as Bob Dylan , Van Morrison , Richie Havens and Joni Mitchell . His mother played the guitar and flute and took part in open mic nights at the Dartingtons College of Music. His father, an interior designer, played the guitar every now and then.

Ben Howard studied at the Torquay Boys' Grammar School . He then studied journalism. However, he broke off six months before completing his studies in order to devote himself to his artistic career.

Howard initially performed on a smaller scale in Great Britain and when his concerts were sold out months in advance, he was offered a recording contract through the Island Records label . Convinced of the history of the label, which had artists like Nick Drake and John Martyn under contract, Howard signed.

In 2011 the singles Old Pine , The Wolves and Keep Your Head Up were released , the latter of which hit the UK single charts . His first album Every Kingdom was released on October 3, 2011 . Howard went on a tour through Europe and the USA from August 2011. On October 31, 2012, Ben Howard released The Burgh Island EP with the single Esmerelda .

Howard played at numerous major international festivals such as T In The Park and South by Southwest in 2012 . Deutschlandradio Wissen broadcast a recording of the concert at the Antigel Festival in Geneva on September 7, 2012.

He is regularly accompanied on stage by India Bourne (guitar, cello, keyboard, ukulele, bass, percussion, backing vocals) and Chris Bond (guitar, bass, drums, percussion, keyboard, accordion, backing vocals).

Since 2017 he has played alongside his former bandmates Mickey Smith, Kyle Keegan, Nat Wason, Rich Thomas and India Bourne in the indie-folk band A Blaze Of Feather, with Mickey Smith as the group's lead singer. A Blaze Of Feather is also the first band signed by his record label Hell Up Records, founded in 2017 .

Discography

Albums

  • Every Kingdom (October 3, 2011; Island Records)
  • I Forget Where We Were (October 17, 2014; Universal-Island Records Ltd.)
  • Noonday Dream (June 1, 2018; Universal-Island Records Ltd.)

Extended plays

  • Games in the Dark EP (2008; Independent Release)
  • These Waters EP (July 7, 2009; Dualtone Records)
  • Old Pine EP (May 31, 2011; Communion)
  • The Burgh Island EP (October 31, 2012; Universal-Island Records Ltd.)

Singles

  • These Waters (2010)
  • Old Pine (2011) (UK:goldgold)
  • The Wolves (2011)
  • The Fear (2011)
  • Keep Your Head Up (2011)
  • Oats in the Water (2011)
  • Only Love (2012)
  • Esmerelda (2012)
  • Depth over Distance (2014, originally the B-side to Keep Your Head Up , was used in Germany in Tatort )
  • I Forget Where We Were (2014)
  • End of the Affair (2014)

Awards

BRIT Awards

  • 2013: in the category "British Breakthrough Act"
  • 2013: in the category "British Male Solo Artist"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ a b Awards: UK DE
  3. ↑ 2012 Line Up ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tinthepark.com
  4. ↑ "English Newcomers in Folk and Shoegazer"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Deutschlandradio Wissen September 7, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / Wissen.dradio.de  
  5. ↑ Ben Howard delivers the song for the Tatort key scene with "Depth Over Distance" , Universal, March 24, 2014
  6. ↑ The BRIT Awards 2013 winners revealed . brits.co.uk. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Howard, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howard, Benjamin John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH London