Tom Walker (singer-songwriter)

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Tom Walker (2018)
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Tom Walker (born December 17, 1991 ) is a British singer-songwriter who gained international fame in late 2017 with his hit Leave a Light On .

biography

Tom Walker was born in Scotland and grew up in Manchester . He developed an interest in music in his childhood and then taught himself to play several musical instruments .

Walker graduated from the London College of Contemporary Music and then moved into a home with a home studio, where he was discovered during a rehearsal by the music label Rentless Records . In March 2017 he became Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month chosen and led for the first time his song Just You And I in the NBC's Today Show live on. The song reached over 21 million streams on Spotify . In May 2017, Walker released his first EP Blessings . The single Heartland , which was produced in collaboration with Naughty Boy , was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist in August . At the beginning of 2018 he was included in the list of nominees for Sound of 2018 .

On October 13th, the single Leave a Light On was released. This achieved high chart positions in many European countries, including the top 10 in Germany , Austria , Switzerland and the United Kingdom .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
2019 What a Time to Be Alive DE19 (3 weeks)
DE
AT34 (1 week)
AT
CH8th
gold
gold

(8 weeks)CH
UK1
platinum
platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2019UK
First published: March 1, 2019
Sales: + 325,000

Extended plays

  • 2017: Blessings (first published May 19, 2017)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
2017 Leave a Light On
What a Time to Be Alive
DE8th
platinum
platinum

(28 weeks)DE
AT2
gold
gold

(22 weeks)AT
CH3
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(47 weeks)CH
UK7th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(63 weeks)UK
First published: October 13, 2017
Sales: + 2,225,000
2019 Just You and I
What a Time to Be Alive
DE93 (3 weeks)
DE
AT64 (5 weeks)
AT
CH57
gold
gold

(14 weeks)CH
UK3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(45 weeks)UK
First published:
Jan 11, 2019 Sales: + 1,295,000; Remix feat. Lena Meyer-Landrut
Now You're Gone
What a Time to Be Alive
- - - UK79
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK
First published: May 31, 2019
Sales: + 200,000; feat. Zara Larsson
Better Half of Me
What a Time to Be Alive
- - - UK30th
silver
silver

(16 weeks)UK
First published: October 4th, 2019
Sales: + 200,000
2020 Wait for you - - - UK47 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020UK
First published: June 12, 2020

More singles

  • 2016: Sun Goes Down (feat.Kojey Radical)
  • 2016: Fly Away with Me
  • 2016: Play Dead
  • 2017: Blessings
  • 2017: Rapture
  • 2017: Heartland
  • 2017: Karma
  • 2017: What a Time to Be Alive
  • 2018: My Way
  • 2018: Angels
  • 2019: All That Matters
  • 2019: Not Giving In
  • 2019: Heartbeats

As a guest musician

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
2018 Walk Alone
Toast to Our Differences
- - - UK80 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: October 26, 2018
Rudimental feat. Tom Walker

Further guest contributions

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2019: for the single Just You and I
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 2018: for the single Leave a Light On
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2018: for the single Leave a Light On
  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 2019: for the album What a Time to Be Alive
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 2018: for the single Leave a Light On

Platinum record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2018: for the single Leave a Light On
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2019: for the single Just You and I
  • PolandPoland Poland
    • 2019: for the single Leave a Light On

2 × platinum record

  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2018: for the single Leave a Light On

3 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2020: for the single Leave a Light On
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2019: for the single Hola (I Say)

Diamond record

  • FranceFrance France
    • 2019: for the single Leave a Light On

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 245,000 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 40,000 ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 400,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- 0! G- 0! P- Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 333,333 snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 0! D.- 300,000 fimi.it
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 15,000 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 20,000 nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 15,000 ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 15,000 ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 20,000 bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 80,000 musikwoche.de
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 20,000 elportaldemusica.es
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 3,240,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 20 × platinum20th Diamond record icon.svg diamond1

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  1. Tom Walker at BBC Music
  2. Tom Walker added to BBC Radio 1 Playlist
  3. Leave a Light On on Apple Music
  4. a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

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