John Newman | |
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| Born | 16 June 1990 Settle, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Genres | Soul, pop, breakbeat |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Island, Universal |
John Newman (born 16 June 1990)[1] is an English singer and musician.[2] He is best known for the track "Love Me Again" which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2013 as well as being a featured artist on Rudimental's 2012 singles "Feel the Love" and "Not Giving In", which peaked at number one and number fourteen on the chart respectively.
Newman grew up in Settle in the Yorkshire Dales and attended Settle College. He started playing guitar and writing his own songs at the age of 14 and soon learned how to record and produce himself, even making his own house tracks and DJing.[2] At 20, Newman moved to London, started a band, played live and was signed to Island Records.[2] He released "Cheating" as a download song and plays an acoustic version of the track at gigs.[3]
In May 2012 John Newman featured on Rudimental's single "Feel the Love". The single peaked to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in early-June 2012, the song was also a Top 5 hit in Australia, Belgium, Netherlands and New Zealand. The song has since been certified Double Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The song was also featured in the 2012 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted and is used in 2013 promotional advertising for Foxtel Australia. The song used the promo of MTV Latin America The Pauly D Project. In November 2012 he featured on Rudimental's follow-up single, "Not Giving In", which peaked at number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart, the song was also a Top 20 hit in Australia and New Zealand. It came in at number 16 in the 2012 Hottest 100, announced on Australia Day 2013. It was featured in the first episode of season three of Teen Wolf.
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Main article: Tribute (John Newman album) |
In June 2013 John Newman released his debut single "Love Me Again" as the lead single from his debut studio album.[4] In an interview with Digital Spy, Newman was asked if he sensed that the song had something special about it in the studio. He said, "Yeah. The guy I wrote it with, we turned around and had massive grins on our faces thinking, 'There's something good here'. But you just never know how good it is, you know?". Newman was also asked if it was hard to write the lyrics about love and break-up, he said, "No, it's the only place where I really open up to somebody, through my music. I'm producing [the album] and writing it, it's good. I like to keep a hold of everything".[5] The song peaked to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, the song was also a Top 10 hit in more than 10 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and Switzerland. It has also featured on the soundtrack of the popular videogame FIFA 14. On 6 October 2013 he released "Cheating" as the second single from his debut studio album. The song peaked to number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, the song has also charted in Belgium and Ireland. His debut studio album Tribute was released on 14 October 2013. Talking to Digital Spy about the album he said: "I was going through a pretty bad break-up while I was making the album and I felt the title really needed to resonate. This record is a culmination of my life to this point, it's who I am and I wanted to thank everyone who has helped, supported, loved me and been an inspiration to me. I'm so proud of this album, it expresses me as a producer, as a songwriter and an artist, and I can't wait for people to hear it."[6] On October 20, 2013 the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, talking to the Official Charts Company John said: "It’s such an amazing thing for an artist to have a Number 1 album, especially on a debut. It means so much to me and I just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me and helped make this happen. Can't wait to see everyone on tour next week!".[7] In December 2013 he will release "Losing Sleep" as the third single from the album.[8]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (Vl) [12] |
GER [13] |
IRE [14] |
NL [15] |
NZ [16] |
SCO [17] |
SWI [18] | ||
| Tribute |
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1 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (Vl) [12] |
GER [13] |
IRE [14] |
NL [15] |
NZ [16] |
SCO [19] |
SWI [18] | ||||||||
| 2013 | "Love Me Again" | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | Tribute | |||||
| "Cheating" | 9 | — | — | 54 | — | 19 | — | — | 7 | — | |||||||
| "Losing Sleep" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (Vl) [12] |
DEN [22] |
IRE [23] |
NL [15] |
NZ [16] |
SCO [24] | |||||||||
| 2012 | "Feel the Love" (Rudimental featuring John Newman) |
1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Home | ||||||
| "Not Giving In" (Rudimental featuring John Newman and Alex Clare) |
14 | 12 | — | 54 | — | 58 | 71 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||