Will Young

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the 16th century musician and composer of the same name, see William Young (composer) .

Will Young (2008)

William Robert "Will" Young (born January 20, 1979 in Wokingham , Berkshire , Great Britain ) is a British singer and actor .

Career

Young was born in 1979 in Wokingham, UK and grew up in Hungerford . He started his career in March 2002 as the winner of the first talent show Pop Idol on British television. Also in March 2002 he came out as gay.

Will's first single included Evergreen , previously released by Westlife , and Anything Is Possible , written by Cathy Dennis for the talent show winner. On the day of the release, 403,027 copies were sold, making the single the best-selling debut single in the history of the British charts . With over 1.7 million records, the single is now number 12 on the list of the best-selling singles in Great Britain .

Young also tried to build on his successes in Great Britain in other countries. In 2003 his debut album From Now On was released in Germany , Italy and the Netherlands . He had achieved good success in Italy and the Netherlands, but failed to succeed in Germany. With the single All Time Love he tried again in 2006 to make the breakthrough in Germany, which he was again denied.

In addition to numerous awards, Young received the Brit Award in 2003 for Best Newcomer and in 2005 for his single Your Game . In the same year he made his acting debut as Berty in Stephen Frears ' comedy Lady Henderson presented , alongside Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, among others .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2002	From Now On	DE62 (2 weeks) DE	-	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (29 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 7, 2002
2003	Friday's Child	-	-	UK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (49 weeks)UK	-	First published: December 1, 2003
2005	Keep on	-	-	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (42 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 21, 2005
2008	Let it go	-	-	UK2 platinum (24 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 29, 2008
2011	Echoes	-	-	UK1 platinum (45 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 22, 2011
2015	85% proof	-	-	UK1 silver (26 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 25, 2015
2019	Lexicon	-	CH84 (1 week) CH	UK2 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 21, 2019

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2009	The hits	-	-	UK7th × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 16, 2009
2013	The essential	-	-	UK15th silver (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 14, 2013

more publishments

• 2003: Will Young Live (UK:gold)
• 2005: Live in London (UK:gold)
• 2010: Leave Right Now

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2002	Anything Is Possible / Evergreen From Now On	-	-	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (23 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 25, 2002
	Light My Fire From Now On	DE44 (9 weeks) DE	CH76 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (24 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 27, 2002
	The Long and Winding Road / Suspicious Minds From Now On / What My Heart Wants to Say	-	-	UK1 gold (26 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 23, 2002 (with Gareth Gates )
	Don't Let Me Down / You and I From Now On	-	-	UK2 silver (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 18, 2002
2003	Leave Right Now Friday's Child	-	-	UK1 platinum (18 weeks)UK	US81 (1 week) US	First published: November 24, 2003
2004	Your Game Friday's Child	-	-	UK3 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 15, 2004
	Friday's Child Friday's Child	-	-	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 5, 2004
2005	Switch It On Keep On	-	-	UK5 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 14, 2005
2006	All Time Love Keep On	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	-	UK3 silver (19 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 16, 2006
	Who Am I Keep On	-	-	UK11 (19 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 24, 2006
2008	Changes Let It Go	-	-	UK10 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 15, 2008
	Grace Let It Go	-	-	UK33 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 22, 2008
2009	Let It Go Let It Go	-	-	UK58 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 2, 2009
	Hopes & Fears The Hits	-	-	UK65 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 8, 2009
2011	Jealousy Echoes	-	-	UK5 gold (24 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 19, 2011
	Come on echoes	-	-	UK83 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 21, 2011
2012	Losing Myself Echoes	-	-	UK72 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 18, 2012

Filmography

• 2001/02 Pop Idol
• 2005 Lady Henderson presented with Judi Dench

Awards (selection)

2002

• Top of the Pops Award: Top Newcomer, Top Single Evergreen
• National Music Award: Best Male, Best Newcomer

2003

• Brit Award: British Breakthrough Artist
• National Music Award: Best Album From Now On

2004

• Smash Hit Award
• ITV Record of the Year: 4th place Leave Right Now (88 Points)

2005

• Brit Award: Best British Single Your Game

2006

• Brit Award: British Male Solo Artist

2009

• Companion of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: UK

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Literature by and about Will Young in the catalog of the German National Library
• Will Young in theInternet Movie Database(English)