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Calum Scott

1988 - Today

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Calum Scott (born 12 October 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in April 2015 after competing on the ITV talent contest Britain's Got Talent, where he performed a cover of Robyn's hit "Dancing on My Own" and earned a Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell. After placing sixth in the contest, he released his own version of the song as a single the following year, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became Britain's best-selling single of summer 2016. Scott later signed with Capitol and in 2017, released the single "You Are the Reason", included on his 2018 debut album Only Human, which reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Calum Scott is the 1,913th most popular musician (up from 2,538th in 2019), the 4,970th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,271st in 2019) and the 310th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Calum Scott ranks 1,913 out of 3,175. Before him are Uli Kusch, Andy Mackay, Walter Becker, Marc Minkowski, Machito, and Laurent Garnier. After him are Janis Ian, Leif Ove Andsnes, Jon Batiste, Suzanne Ciani, Blue Mitchell, and Harold Budd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Calum Scott ranks 120. Before him are Lucas Pérez, Islam Slimani, Simon Mignolet, Anthony Modeste, Skrillex, and Sven Ulreich. After him are Papu Gómez, Jihadi John, Lee Chung-yong, Kamil Glik, Jessi, and Matthias Jaissle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Calum Scott ranks 4,971 out of 8,785. Before him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Andy Mackay (1946), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), Augustus John (1878), Chris Menges (1940), and Chris Bonington (1934). After him are Mark Ronson (1975), John Gardner (1926), Meave Leakey (1942), Darren Shahlavi (1972), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and Michael Winterbottom (1961).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Calum Scott ranks 310. Before him are Myra Hess (1890), Ed O'Brien (1968), Derek Bailey (1930), Phil Collen (1957), Boz Burrell (1946), and Andy Mackay (1946). After him are Jeremy Spencer (1948), David Cross (1949), Elton Dean (1945), The Proclaimers (1962), Richard Ashcroft (1971), and Lionel Tertis (1876).

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