Tom Grennan

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Tom Grennan live (2017)

Tom Grennan (born June 8, 1995 in Bedford ) is a British singer-songwriter .

Life

Tom Grennan grew up in Bedford as the son of a construction worker and a teacher. Initially, he focused on a career as a footballer and played in the youth clubs of Luton Town , Northampton Town , Aston Villa and Stevenage FC . While he was working on his A-Levels , he was fired from his club and his football career was about to end. According to his own statements, he then went to a party and got very drunk. There he sang karaoke and despite his battered condition, he delighted his classmates at the time with a version of The Kooks' Seaside . They decided to make music together and together with him they founded a music group that lasted until their studies.

Since Grennan had not yet considered a music career, he first studied acting in London. During this time he taught himself to play guitar by himself or via YouTube . Then he began performing in pubs. One evening he was discovered there by the record label Insanity and got his first record deal.

In 2016 his first EP Something in the Water was released , which was produced by Charlie Hugall ( Florence + The Machine , The Maccabees ). This was followed by a number of guest appearances, including in the video of Charli XCX's video for Boys and Memory Lane, a duet with Bugzy Malone . He was also known for a song for Sky's coverage of the Premier League . His first work impressed, among others, Elton John , who encouraged the young artist to continue.

He made another big appearance in 2016 as a guest on When It All Goes Wrong , a single by Chase & Status that hit # 65 on the UK charts .

On July 6, 2018, his debut album Lighting Matches was finally released , which reached number 5 in the British charts.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Lighting matches
  DE 60 07/13/2018 (1 week)
  CH 36 07/15/2018 (1 week)
  UK 5 
silver
silver
07/19/2018 (17 weeks)
Singles
All Goes Wrong (with Chase & Status )
  UK 65 
gold
gold
06/10/2016 (4 weeks)
Memory Lane (with Bugzy Malone )
  UK 65 
silver
silver
07/27/2017 (12 weeks)
Found What I've Been Looking For
  UK 82 
gold
gold
10/25/2018 (4 weeks)
This is the place
  UK 73 05.03.2020 (8 weeks)

Albums

  • 2018: Lighting Matches

EPs

  • 2016: Something in the Water
  • 2017: Release the Brakes
  • 2017: Found What I've Been Looking For

Singles

  • 2016: Something in the Water
  • 2017: Praying
  • 2017: Found What I've Been Looking For
  • 2017: Royal Highness
  • 2017: I Might
  • 2018: Wishing on a Star
  • 2018: Sober
  • 2018: Barbed Wire
  • 2018: Run in the Rain
  • 2020: This Is the Place

Guest posts

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Tom Grennan got discovered doing drunk karaoke, now he's a favorite of Elton . In: Metro . November 12, 2017 ( metro.co.uk [accessed July 13, 2018]).
  2. ↑ 2017, BBC Music Sound Of - Tom Grennan - BBC Music. Retrieved July 13, 2018 (UK English).
  3. ↑ 2017, BBC Music Sound Of - Tom Grennan - BBC Music. Retrieved July 13, 2018 (UK English).
  4. ↑ Hannah J. Davies: Tom Grennan: the pop wideboy putting dark days behind him. December 28, 2017, accessed July 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Tom Grennan finds what he's been looking for - Campaign Against Living Miserably . In: Campaign Against Living Miserably . September 21, 2017 ( thecalmzone.net [accessed July 13, 2018]).
  6. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK . Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
personal data
SURNAME Grennan, Tom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Bedford