Dalton Harris
Dalton Harris (born December 29, 1993 in Clarendon ) is a Jamaican singer. In 2010 he won Digicel Rising Star . He gained greater fame when he won the fifteenth season of the music talent show The X Factor in Great Britain .
life and career
1993–2010: Beginnings and Digicel Rising Stars
Harris was born in Clarendon , but later moved to Kingston to focus on his music career. He must have had a difficult life that he had to share with 22 siblings before he was 15 years old. In interviews, he has also spoken about the fact that he was both physically and mentally abused in his childhood. Harris attended Kingston College, where he graduated from six subjects.
In 2010 he took part in the Jamaican music competition Digicel Rising Stars and emerged as the youngest winner in the show's history in the final. With this he won a prize of 1.5 million Jamaican dollars, which corresponds to about ten thousand euros.
2010–2017: Career in Jamaica
After winning, he began releasing music in Jamaica.
In the following years he traveled around and released many songs like "I'm Numb", "Watch Over Me" and "That Wonderful Sound" in 2015, "All I Need", "Whisper in the Wind", "Unfaithful Chronicles" "and" Dem Kinda Woman "in 2016 and" Perilous Time "in 2017. In 2018 he released the joint album Unintentional Astronaut in collaboration with Mike Needler.
2018: The X Factor
Also in 2018, Harris applied for the fifteenth season of The X Factor . During his audition he sang Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John , whereupon he received four “yeses” from jurors Robbie Williams , Ayda Field , Louis Tomlinson and Simon Cowell . Since he was in the boys category , he was looked after by Tomlinson.
Due to the singer's increasing success, this season X Factor was also broadcast in Jamaica on the Jamaican TV station TVJ .
During the Six-Chair Challenge was Harris, the last candidate who was to sing and sing Purple Rain by Prince . The next few episodes he successfully fought his way through the show and into the live shows . There he sang in the semifinals Feeling Good by Muse and Clown by Emeli Sandé . Harris had already established himself as a crowd favorite. He eventually reached the show's finale, which took place on December 1, 2018, where he faced Anthony Russell and Scarlett Lee . During the final show, he performed with A Song For You by Leon Russell and also sang along with Emeli Sande her title Beneath You're Beautiful . His winning single was The Power Of Love , originally by Frankie Goes to Hollywood , in a duet with former X Factor winner James Arthur .
| The X Factor performances and results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| show | Title selection | theme | Result |
| Auditions | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" - Elton John | - | Made progress in the Six-Chair Challenge |
| Six-Chair Challenge | "Purple Rain" - Prince | Got further in Judges' Houses | |
| Judges' Houses | "Lists" | Got ahead in live shows | |
| Live show 1 | "Life on Mars?" - David Bowie | This is me | Made it to the next round |
| Live show 2 | "I Have Nothing" - Whitney Houston | Guilty Pleasures | Made it to the next round |
| Live show 3 | "Creep" - Radiohead | Fright Night | Made it to the next round |
| Live show 4 | "California Dreamin '" - The Mamas & the Papas | Movie night | Made it to the next round |
| Quarter finals | "Listen" - Beyoncé | Big Band | Made it to the next round |
| Semifinals | "Feeling Good" - Muse | Get Me to the Final (Part I) | Made it to the next round |
| "SOS" - ABBA | Mamma Mia | ||
| "Clown" - Emeli Sandé | Get Me to the Final (Part II) | Made it to the next round | |
| final | "A Song for You" - Leon Russell | - | winner |
| "Beneath Your Beautiful" with Emeli Sandé | Celebrity Duet | ||
| "The Power of Love" with James Arthur | Winner performance | ||
2019-present: Upcoming album
On December 15, 2019, Harris released the single Cry and appeared on the same day at the finale of The X Factor: The Band .
Discography
Singles
| title | year | Chart placement | album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | AT | CH |
UK |
IRISHMAN |
SCO |
|||
| "Finally" | 2012 | - | - | - | - | - | - | independent single |
| "Pauper" | 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "The Power of Love" (feat. James Arthur ) |
2018 | - | - | - | 4th | 35 | 1 | |
| "Cry" | 2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | no album announced yet |
Awards
| year | Award | category | Nominee work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Talent Recap Fan Choice Awards | Favorite Talent Show Winner | The X Factor | Nominated |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Watch: Dalton Harris crowned the X Factor 2018 Winner . Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ↑ Who is X Factor's Dalton Harris? The Jamaican act who won a singing show and landed a record deal (en) . In: Radio Times . Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ a b Jamaica Observer Limited .
- ^ Dalton Harris lived in poverty after winning Digicel Rising Stars competition (en) . September 8, 2013. Accessed April 9, 2020.
- ↑ a b A Star shines again . Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ Who is X Factor's Dalton Harris? The Jamaican act who won a singing show and landed a record deal. In: Radio Times . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
- ↑ J'cans get to follow Dalton on X Factor ... TVJ get rights to air talent show .
- ^ Jamaica Observer Limited .
- ↑ X Factor fans pick a clear winner ahead of Sunday's final .
- ↑ Nick Duffy: X Factor: The Band final: when is it on ITV, the finalists and what prize the winner gets . In: inews.co.uk , December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ Artists: Dalton Harris ft. James Arthur . Official Charts Company . Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ↑ IRMA - Irish Charts . Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved December 8, 2018.
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↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "The Power of Love": 2018 Top 100 Scottish Singles Archive (7 December 2018) . Official Charts Company . Retrieved December 7, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harris, Dalton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clarendon |