Tom Odell
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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
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
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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
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- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
- ↑ 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
- ^ Brit Awards tip Tom Odell for the top , BBC, December 20, 2012
- ↑ Sound of 2013 - Tom Odell , BBC, December 2012
- ↑ 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
- ^ Brit Awards tip Tom Odell for the top - BBC News. In: BBC News. Retrieved May 7, 2016 (UK English).
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Tom Odell at Allmusic (English)
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SURNAME | Odell, Tom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Odell, Tom Peter (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chichester , England |