Tom Odell

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Long way down   DE 17th 07/05/2013 (16 weeks)   AT 48 07/05/2013 (2 weeks)   CH 2 07/07/2013 (27 weeks)   UK 1  gold 07/06/2013 (58 weeks) Wrong crowd   DE 16 06/17/2016 (4 weeks)   AT 35 06/24/2016 (1 week)   CH 2 06/19/2016 (12 weeks)   UK 2  gold 06/23/2016 (22 weeks) Jubilee Road   DE 66 11/02/2018 (1 week)   AT 53 11/09/2018 (1 week)   CH 20th 04/11/2018 (1 week)   UK 5 11/08/2018 (4 weeks)

Singles

Another love   DE 11  platinum 03/01/2013 (66 weeks)   AT 2  gold 10/25/2013 (26 weeks)   CH 23  platinum 02/17/2013 (85 weeks)   UK 10  platinum 12/29/2012 (26 weeks) Can't Pretend   UK 67 02.03.2013 (3 weeks) Hold me   UK 44 04/13/2013 (1 week) Grow Old with Me   UK 46  silver 09/14/2013 (5 weeks) I know   UK 92 12/21/2013 (2 weeks) Real love   UK 7th  silver 11/15/2014 (9 weeks) Magnetised   CH 73 06/19/2016 (1 week)   UK 40  silver 06/02/2016 (6 weeks)

Tom Odell at the Zelt-Musik-Festival in Freiburg (2015)

Thomas "Tom" Peter Odell (born November 24, 1990 in Chichester ) is a British singer-songwriter and pianist .

biography

Tom Odell began playing the piano at the age of seven, and later wrote his own songs. At 18 he moved from West Sussex to Brighton , where he continued his musical education at the renowned Institute of Modern Music. He also performed solo and eventually founded a band with which he also performed in London. There he was discovered by Lily Allen and signed for her own label In the Name Of . He received a recording deal and recorded his debut album in 2012.

In October 2012 a first EP with the title Songs from Another Love was released in advance . An appearance on Later with Jools Holland was followed by the nomination for the Talent Awards of the BBC ( Sound of 2013 ) and MTV as well as for the Critics' Choice Award of the " Brits ", which he won. The attention also helped his song Another Love to enter the top 75 of the UK charts. In Germany and Austria, the song was used in an advertising campaign for the Telekom mobile communications division. The song also made it into the charts in other European countries, including the Top 10 in the Netherlands. The debut album Long Way Down was released in June 2013. His second album Wrong Crowd was released on June 10, 2016.

Special appearances

Following his tour of Germany in autumn 2013, he performed at the finale of the talent show " The Voice of Germany " with finalist Judith van Hel . In June 2016 he performed at the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel.

Discography

Albums

• 2013: Long Way Down
• 2016: Wrong Crowd
• 2018: Jubilee Road

EPs

• 2012: Songs from Another Love
• 2013: The Another Love
• 2016: Spending All My Christmas with You

Songs

• 2012: Another Love
• 2013: Can't Pretend
• 2013: Hold Me
• 2013: Grow Old with Me
• 2013: I Know
• 2014: Real Love
• 2016: Wrong Crowd
• 2016: Magnetized
• 2016: Here I Am
• 2016: True Colors
• 2016: silhouette
• 2017: Jealousy
• 2018: If You Wanna Love Somebody
• 2018: Jubilee Road
• 2018: Half As Good As You (feat.Alice Merton )
• 2018: You're Gonna Break My Heart Tonight
• 2018: Go Tell Her Now

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2018: for the album Long Way Down Platinum record  Belgium 2013: for the single Another Love  Denmark 2018: for the single Another Love  Canada 2018: for the single Another Love  Poland 2016: for the album Long Way Down

2 × platinum record  Italy 2019: for the single Another Love

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)
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	100,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	300,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	100,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	platinum1	80,000	musiccanada.com
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	platinum1	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	4 × gold4th	9 × platinum9

Awards

• BRIT Awards 2013 - Critics' Choice
• BRIT Awards 2014 - Nomination British Male Solo Artist
• BRIT Awards 2014 - British Breakthrough Act nomination

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
2. ↑ Spotlight on ... Tom Odell ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2013 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. , Brit Awards homepage 
3. ^ Brit Awards tip Tom Odell for the top , BBC, December 20, 2012
4. ↑ Sound of 2013 - Tom Odell , BBC, December 2012
5. ↑ Brand New: For 2013 (6th place) ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2014 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. , MTV, February 1, 2013 
6. ^ Brit Awards tip Tom Odell for the top - BBC News. In: BBC News. Retrieved May 7, 2016 (UK English). 

Web links

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• Official Homepage (English)
• Tom Odell at Allmusic (English)