Calum Scott

Calum Scott
Calum Scott 2018
Background information
Birth name Calum Scott
Born (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988
Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active 2013–present
Labels Capitol
Associated acts

Calum Scott (born 12 October, 1988 in Kingston Upon Hull)[1] is a British singer and songwriter. In 2013, he won a talent competition put on by his local newspaper.[2] In 2015, he became known worldwide after competing on the popular television show Britain's Got Talent. He subsequently released his version of Robyn's hit "Dancing on My Own" as a single, which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the best-selling song that summer in the UK. In 2018, he collaborated with Leona Lewis on the single "You Are the Reason".

Music career

2011–14: Early career

On 15 August 2013, Scott won the talent competition Mail's Star Search, organized by Hull Daily Mail.[3] He then joined a Maroon 5 tribute band, Maroon 4, and toured around the United Kingdom.[4] In 2014 he formed the electronic duo, The Experiment with John McIntyre.[5] The debut single, "Girl (You're Beautiful)", was released on 14 June.[6] The duo performed the song on Good Morning Britain and BBC Look North, but after, broke up.[7][8]

2015: Britain's Got Talent

On 11 April 2015, Scott's audition for the ninth series of Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV. Just before his audition, his sister Jade also auditioned, but was stopped early on both of her songs by Simon Cowell. Jade received three "No" votes from Amanda, David, and Simon (Aleisha's vote was unannounced as it was not needed). Despite obvious nerves at seeing his sister get rejected, Calum performed a cover of Robyn's "Dancing on My Own", which he had heard Kings of Leon performing on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in 2013. Following a standing ovation from the judging panel, Simon Cowell pressed the Golden Buzzer giving Scott an automatic place in the live shows. Explaining his decision to send Scott straight to the semi-finals, Cowell said: "I've never ever in all the years I've done this show heard a guy with the talent you've got. Seriously. And the version was sensational, and that shows to me that you're more than a singer, you're an artist and that's why you got that (the buzzer)." After this audition, Scott received support from stars such as Little Mix and Ashton Kutcher.[9]

Following his appearance on the show's first episode, his Twitter followers jumped from 400 to over 25,000.[10] As of 23 April 2018, the audition has been viewed exactly 157,597,549 times on YouTube. In the semi-final on 29 May, Scott performed "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart. Cowell commented "You really sound like a recording artist", whilst David Walliams suggested that he could have "success around the world". He won the semi final with 25.6% of the vote, sending him straight through to the final. In the final on 31 May, Scott performed "Diamonds" by Rihanna and finished sixth out of 12 contestants with 8.2% of the vote. After Britain's Got Talent, Scott embarked on a series of shows around the United Kingdom, including Viking FM Future Star Awards, Flamingo Land Resort Fair, Westwood Cross Shopping Centre's tenth anniversary, Gibraltar Summer Nights, Hull Daily Mail's Star and Dartford Festival.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

2016–present: Only Human

Scott released his cover of "Dancing on My Own" independently on 15 April 2016. It became a sleeper hit, first hitting number 40 in the charts in May, despite little radio airplay apart from on West Hull FM, it climbed into the top 40. It was then added to Radio 2's "C List" and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart on 5 August. In August 2016, it was certified platinum in the UK, having sold over 600,000 copies.[17] Scott announced on Twitter on 24 May that he had signed a record deal with Capitol Records for his debut album.[18] Scott performed the song at television shows BBC Look North, Lorraine, Weekend, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Brazilian show Encontro com Fátima Bernardes.[19] He also promoted the song on several radio stations, including BBC Radio Humberside, Viking FM, Radio Gibraltar, BFBS Radio and Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation.[20][21][22] On 16 September, he released the promotional single "Transformar" with Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo as official theme of 2016 Summer Paralympics Games.[23] They performed the song at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics on 18 September.[24] It was revealed in September 2016 that "Dancing on My Own" was the most downloaded song of the summer in the UK.[25]

In 2017, he toured the US and released the single "You Are the Reason". Also in 2017, he began working on his debut album, Only Human, which was released on 9 March 2018. A new version of "You Are the Reason" was released ahead of the album in early 2018 as a collaboration with Leona Lewis, and was performed by the two on The One Show in February 2018. In May, Scott released "What I Miss Most" as the fourth single from Only Human.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Release details Peak chart positions
UK
[26]		 AUS
[27]		 BEL
(FL)
[28]		 CAN
[29]		 IRE
[30]		 NLD
[31]		 NZ
[32]		 US
[33]
Only Human 45352719752666

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[26]		 AUS
[27]		 BEL
(FL)
[28]		 DEN
[34]		 IRE
[30]		 NLD
[31]		 NZ
[35]		 SCO
[36]		 SWE
[37]		 US
Adult
[38]
"Dancing on My Own" 2016 2219841451415 Only Human
"Rhythm Inside" 90——————23——
"You Are the Reason" 2017 4327—[upper-alpha 1]—55——6—[upper-alpha 2]11
"What I Miss Most"[47][48] 2018 ———————83——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ↑ "You Are the Reason" did not enter the Flemish Ultratop 50, peaked at number 24 on the Ultratip chart.[28]
  2. ↑ "You Are the Reason" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number eight on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[44]

As collaborative artist

Title Year Album
"Transformar (Change)"[49]
(with Ivete Sangalo)		 2016 Non-album single
Title Year Album
"Give Me Love"
(Don Diablo featuring Calum Scott)		 2018 Future

Songwriting credits

Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits
"The Joke Is on Me" 2018 Boyzone Thank You & Goodnight Co-writer

Videography

As lead artist

Title Year Director
"Yours" 2015 Astor Production[50]
"When We Were Young" Shoot J Moore[51]
"Dancing on My Own" 2016 Ryan Pallotta[52]
"Dancing on My Own" (Tiësto Remix) Josh Killacky and David Moore[53]
"Rhythm Inside" 2017 Howard Greenhalgh[54]
"You Are the Reason" 2018
"You Are the Reason" (Duet version)
"What I Miss Most"

As collaborative artist

Title Year Director
"Transformar (Change)" 2016 Radamés Venâncio
Title Year Director
"Give Me Love" 2018 Patrick Van Der Wal

Concert tours

  • North American Tour (2016–17)
  • Only Human Tour (2018)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Song Result
2017 Brit Awards "British Single of the Year" Dancing on My Own Nominated

Personal life

Scott identifies himself as gay. He is said to have had issues with his sexuality when growing up, but since becoming an adult, he is confident about it. In March 2018, he told Gay Times that he wants to be a positive example for the LGBT community and use his personality to promote acceptance.[55]

References

  1. ↑ "Happy birthday to our frontman Calum have a great day mate". The Experiment. 12 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Winter, Phil (10 March 2018). "Calum Scott releases debut album with intimate Hull gig in HMV". HullLive. Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Calum Scott talent: Winner of Star Search 2013 declared". Hull Daily Mail. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Star Search 2014: Hull New Theatre stage is set for talent to shine". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Introducing Calum Scott!". Flavourmag.co.uk. 13 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Girl (You're Beautiful)". iTunes. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "My sister Jade's 'the inspiration behind my singing'". Itv.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Timeline Photos – BBC Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) | Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Forrester, Katy. "BGT favourite Calum Scott on getting sex messages from fans". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Simon Cowell's golden buzzer act Calum Scott already receiving marriage proposals". Hello Daily News. 13 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Future Star Receives Fundraising Award". Scunthorpe Independent News. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  12. ↑ User, Super. "Flamingo Land – Party In The Park June 2015". Flamingoland.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Calum Scott to perform at Westwood Cross' 10th birthday celebration weekend". Thanetgazette.co.uk. 26 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Visit Gibraltar – Events". Visitgibraltar.gi. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Britain's Got Talent star Calum Scott could be Star Search final judge". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dartford Festival 2015: Record numbers of visitors come to see Calum Scott from Britain's Got Talent and Andy Jordan from Made In Chelsea". Kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "bpi music on Twitter: "Huge congrats to @calumscott! His single 'Dancing On My Own' has shot from Gold to Platinum! #bpiAwards"". Twitter. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "Calum Scott". Twitter. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "BBC Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) | Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Calum Scott, 06/06/2015, James Hoggarth – BBC Radio Humberside". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "#BGT finalist @calumscottmusic chats to @jameshoggarth about @BGT and the future". AudioBoom.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "Calum Scott in Gib". Gbc.gi. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ivete Sangalo lança "Transformar", música inédita com Calum Scott para as "Paralimpíadas Rio 2016"". Pure Break. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  24. ↑ "Ivete Sangalo brilha na cerimônia de encerramento das Paralimpíadas 2016". O Povo News. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  25. ↑ Copsey, Rob (31 August 2016). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of Summer 2016 revealed". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  26. 1 2 "UK Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  27. 1 2 "Discography Calum Scott". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  28. 1 2 3 "Belgium Charts" (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  29. ↑ "Calum Scott Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  30. 1 2 "Irish Charts". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  31. 1 2 "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  32. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  33. ↑ "Calum Scott Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  34. ↑ "Track Top-40 Uge 43, 2016". Hitlisten.NU. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  35. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  36. ↑ Peaks in Scotland:
    • "Dancing on My Own": "15 July 2016 – 21 July 2016". Official Charts. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
    • "Rhythm Inside": "2 December 2016 – 8 December 2016". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
    • "You Are the Reason": "16 February 2018 – 22 February 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
    • "What I Miss Most": "29 June 2018 – 5 July 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  37. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  38. ↑ "Calum Scott Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  39. 1 2 "BRIT Certified - bpi" (enter "Calum Scott" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  40. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #480". auspOp. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  41. ↑ "Track Top-40: Week 47 - 2016". Hitlisten. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  42. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  43. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Calum+scott#search_section
  44. ↑ "Swedish Heatseeker Chart – 16 februari 2018". Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  45. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #458". auspOp. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  46. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Calum+scott#search_section
  47. ↑ "Calum Scott Drops New Single 'What I Miss Most'". Female First. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  48. ↑ "Calum Scott releases new single What I Miss Most". Entertainment Focus. May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  49. ↑ "Calum Scott and Ivete Sangalo sing "Transformar"". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  50. ↑ "Calum Scott eloquently covers Ella Henderson's 'Yours". Digital Journal. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  51. ↑ "Calum Scott haunting on new Adele 'When We Were Young". Digital Journal. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  52. ↑ "Dancing On My Own (Music video)". VEVO. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  53. ↑ ""Dancing On My Own" Behind The Scenes". Anti Diary. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  54. ↑ "Rhythm Inside (Official Video)". VEVO. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  55. ↑ Corner, Lewis (7 May 2018). "Calum Scott interview: "I had a lot of troubles with my sexuality growing up"". Gay Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
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