Tom Walker (singer-songwriter)
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 | |||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
2019 | What a Time to Be Alive |
DE19 (3 weeks) DE |
AT34 (1 week) AT |
CH8th
gold
(8 weeks)CH |
UK1
platinum
(… Where.)UK |
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 | |||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
2017 | Leave a Light On What a Time to Be Alive |
DE8th
platinum
(28 weeks)DE |
AT2
gold
(22 weeks)AT |
CH3 × 3
(47 weeks)CH |
UK7th × 2
(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
(14 weeks)CH |
UK3 × 2
(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
(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
(16 weeks)UK |
First published: October 4th, 2019
Sales: + 200,000 |
|
2020 | Wait for you | - | - | - |
UK47 (... weeks) UK |
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 | AT | CH | UK | |||
2018 | Walk Alone Toast to Our Differences |
- | - | - |
UK80 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: October 26, 2018
Rudimental feat. Tom Walker |
Further guest contributions
- 2018: Human (dodie feat. Tom Walker)
- 2018: Hola (I say) ( Marco Mengoni feat. Tom Walker)
- 2018: Leave a Light On ( Red Hot Chilli Pipers feat. Tom Walker)
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | - | 245,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 40,000 | ultratop.be |
Germany (BVMI) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 400,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | - | - | diamond1 | 333,333 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | - | 6 × platinum6th | - | 300,000 | fimi.it |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | gold1 | - | - | 15,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | gold1 | - | - | 20,000 | nvpi.nl |
Norway (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | - | 15,000 | ifpi.no |
Austria (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | - | 15,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 20,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | 3 × platinum3 | - | 80,000 | musikwoche.de |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | gold1 | - | - | 20,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 2 × silver2 | - | 5 × platinum5 | - | 3,240,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 2 × silver2 | 8 × gold8th | 20 × platinum20th | diamond1 |
swell
- ↑ Tom Walker at BBC Music
- ↑ Tom Walker added to BBC Radio 1 Playlist
- ↑ Leave a Light On on Apple Music
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Tom Walker at laut.de
- Biography at Allmusic
- Tom Walker at Discogs
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Walker, Tom |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer-songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1991 |