Tom Grennan

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Thomas Grennan
Tom Grennan - Haldern Pop Festival 2017 - Alexander Kellner - 2.jpg
Grennan performing in 2017
Born (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 26)
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
Years active2014–present
Musical career
Genres
LabelsInsanity
Websitetomgrennanmusic.com

Thomas Grennan (born 8 June 1995) is a British singer-songwriter from Bedford, England, who is based in London.[1] Grennan found fame as the guest vocalist on Chase & Status's "All Goes Wrong", which was featured as the Hottest Record on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show, and later performed by Grennan on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland.[2]

Biography[]

Grennan comes from an Irish background, born in Bedford. Attended St Thomas Moore Upper School. At the age of 18, he was mugged by a group of girls on the street and was left with four metal plates and screws in his jaw that "still hurt when winter comes".[3][4] He trained to become a professional footballer, playing for Luton Town for a while, also trying for Northampton Town and Aston Villa; he was later released. Grennan is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United.[5] He also worked briefly at Costa Coffee. He told Music Week: "I was close to playing over in the States but something was telling me not to and obviously it was the music".[6][7]

His musical beginnings are obscure, but he says he was at a house party where he sang "Seaside" from The Kooks. He didn't remember it, but his friends were impressed and pushed him into performing more.[4][7] He studied acting at St. Mary's University in Twickenham.[4] Aged 18, he started doing gigs around London with his acoustic guitar, mainly in small pub appearances for almost three years. After a performance at the Finsbury pub, a representative of Insanity Records heard him play and offered a contract.[7] His debut EP, Something in the Water was produced by Charlie Hugall. He had his big break when he was featured in the Chase & Status 2016 single "All Goes Wrong" that was picked as "Hottest Record" on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show. After that, he was invited for an appearance on the station's Live Lounge, and a follow up appearance on BBC Two's television programme Later... with Jools Holland.[8] The song appeared on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 65.[9] It also made some European charts.[citation needed]

In 2017, he was shortlisted for the MTV Brand New Award, singing at MTV Showcase at London's Electric Ballroom on 2 February 2017.[10] The same year, he had a cameo appearance in Charli XCX's music video for her song "Boys", alongside many well-known artists and duetted with grime MC Bugzy Malone on "Memory Lane".[4] Grennan performed in Trafalgar Square during the F1 Live in London show in support of Formula One drivers. He started an all UK tour in March 2018 in support of his debut album Lighting Matches, released in July 2018. His song "Found What I've Been Looking For" appears on the FIFA 18 soundtrack and is also used by Sky Sports as the theme song for Super Sunday and RBI19 Baseball.[citation needed]

In 2021, he had his first UK top 10 hit with "Little Bit of Love", which peaked at number 7. It was awarded a Silver certification by the BPI, also charting around Europe. He subsequently achieved another top 10 hit with "Let's Go Home Together", a collaboration with Ella Henderson.[1] In the same year, he presented Radio 1's Future Sounds show between 30 August to 2 September, becoming one of the five musicians to do it for the month of August, alongside Olly Alexander, Arlo Parks, YUNGBLUD and Charli XCX.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[11] 		BEL (Fl)
[12] 		GER
[13] 		IRE
[14] 		NLD
[15] 		SWI
[16]
Lighting Matches
  • Released: 6 July 2018
  • Label: Insanity
  • Format: Digital download, CD, Vinyl
 5 191 60 28 — 36
Evering Road
  • Released: 12 March 2021
  • Label: Insanity
  • Format: Digital download, CD
 1 — — 19 52 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays[]

Title Details
Something in the Water
  • Released: 28 October 2016[18]
  • Label: Insanity Records
  • Format: Digital download
Release the Brakes
  • Released: 10 March 2017[19]
  • Label: Insanity Records
  • Format: Digital download
Found What I've Been Looking For
  • Released: 28 July 2017[20]
  • Label: Insanity Records
  • Format: Digital download

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[11] 		AUS
[21] 		BEL (FL)
[12] 		BEL (WA)
[22] 		CRO
[23] 		GER
[13] 		IRE
[14] 		NLD
[15] 		SWE
[24] 		SWI
[16]
"Something in the Water"[18] 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Something in the Water
"Praying"[25] 2017 — — —[A] — — — — — — — Release the Brakes
"Found What I've Been Looking For"[20] 82 — — —[B] — — 99 — — — Found What I've Been Looking for
"Royal Highness"[26] — — — — — — — — — — Lighting Matches
"I Might"[27] — — — — — — — — — —
"Wishing on a Star"[28] 2018 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Sober"[29] — — — — — — — — — — Lighting Matches
"Barbed Wire"[30] — — — — — — — — — —
"Run in the Rain"[31] — — — — — — — — — —
"This Is the Place"[32] 2020 73 — — — — — — — — — Evering Road
"Oh Please"[33] — — — — — — — — — —
"Amen"[34] — — — — — — — — — —
"Little Bit of Love" 2021 7 16 7 — 13 53 6 14 54 28
"Let's Go Home Together"
(with Ella Henderson) 		10 — — — 59 — 11 — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[11] 		BEL (FL)
[12] 		BEL (WA)
[22] 		CRO
[37] 		NLD
[15] 		SWE
[24] 		SWI
[16]
"All Goes Wrong"
(Chase & Status featuring Tom Grennan) 		2016 65 —[C] —[D] — — — — Tribe
"Bridge over Troubled Water"
(as part of Artists for Grenfell) 		2017 1 — — — — — — Non-album single
"By Your Side"
(Calvin Harris featuring Tom Grennan) 		2021 9 29 19 6 24 42
[38]		 73 Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[11]
"Memory Lane"
(Bugzy Malone featuring Tom Grennan) 		2017 65 King of the North

Guest appearances[]

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Home"[39] 2015 The New Blxck The Night Is Dark and I'm Far from Home
"Footsteps"[40] 2016 Kojey Radical 23Winters
"Coming Back to You"[41] 2018 NAYA Ruby
"Do We Really Care? Pt. 1"[42] 2020 Future Utopia, Tia Carys 12 Questions

Other releases[]

Title Year
"City of Stars"[43][E] 2019

Awards and nominations[]

Year Organization Award Work Result Ref.
2016 MTV Brand New for 2017 Himself Included
[45]
BBC Sound of 2017 Included
Ticketweb Ones To Watch 2017 Included
2017 BBC Radio 1 Hottest Record of the Year "Found What I've Been Looking For" Tenth [46]
2018 Q Awards Best Breakthrough Act Himself Nominated [47]
Radio X Best Songs Of 2018 "Found What I've Been Looking For" Included [48]
Global Rising Star Award Himself Nominated [49]
Best Indie
2019 Pop Awards Emerging Artist Of The Year Nominated [50]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Praying" charted at number 46 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.
  2. ^ "All Goes Wrong" charted at number 24 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.
  3. ^ "All Goes Wrong" charted at number 3 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.
  4. ^ "All Goes Wrong" charted at number 47 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.
  5. ^ Cover of the La La Land (2016) song (originally performed by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone), recorded and released as part of O2's Priority campaign in July 2019.[44]

References[]

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  2. ^ "BBC Music – BBC Music Sound Of, 2017 – Tom Grennan". BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Oxfordshire Magazine for What's on, Culture & Lifestyle in Oxford – OX Mag". Oxmag.co.uk.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Davies, Hannah J. (28 December 2017). "Tom Grennan: the pop whiteboy putting dark days behind him". Theguardian.com.
  5. ^ "My United: Tom Grennan". Manchester United F.C. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "BBC Music – BBC Music Sound Of, 2017 – Tom Grennan". BBC.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Baillie, Katie (12 November 2017). "Tom Grennan got discovered doing drunk karaoke, now he's a favourite of Elton". Metro.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Tom Grennan finds what he's been looking for". Campaign Against Living Miserably. 21 September 2017.
  9. ^ "CHASE & STATUS FT TOM GRENNAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  10. ^ "Tom Grennan teased about singing by football – Toggle". 27 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tom Grennan – German Charts". GfK. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "Something in the Water – EP by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Release the Brakes – EP by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b "Found What I've Been Looking For – EP by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  21. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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  23. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Croatia:
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  25. ^ "Praying (Acoustic) – Single by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  26. ^ "Tom Grennan drops new single, announces debut album, Lighting Matches". Music Week. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  27. ^ "Tom Grennan releases new single "I Might" off forthcoming album Lighting Matches". Vents (magazine). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  28. ^ "Wishing on a Star (BBC Live Version) – Single by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  29. ^ "Sober (Acoustic) – Single by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  30. ^ "Barbed Wire (Acoustic) – Single by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  31. ^ "Run in the Rain (Acoustic) – Single by Tom Grennan". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  32. ^ "This is the Place – Single by Tom Grennan". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  33. ^ "Oh Please – Single by Tom Grennan". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  34. ^ "Amen – Single by Tom Grennan". Apple Music. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  35. ^ "ARIA Australian Artist Singles Chart". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  36. ^ "Swiss singles certification: Pink". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  37. ^ "ARC 100 – datum: 19. srpnja 2021" (in Croatian). HRT. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  38. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  39. ^ "The Night Is Dark and I'm Far from Home by The New Blxck". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  40. ^ "23Winters by Kojey Radical". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  41. ^ "Ruby by NAYA". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  42. ^ Garner, George (12 August 2020). "Fraser T Smith announces debut album ft Stormzy, Dave, Bastille & more, signs to Platoon/70hz". Music Week. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  43. ^ "Tom Grennan – City of Stars". Sonymusicfans.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  44. ^ "O2 Priority campaign aims to inspire that magic feeling". Campaignlive.co.uk. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  45. ^ "introducing our mtv brand new for 2017 shortlist..." MTV. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  46. ^ "The Killers Claim Annie Mac's Hottest Record of 2017". BBC Radio 1. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  47. ^ "Q AWARDS 2018 SHORTLIST NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". Bauer Media Group. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  48. ^ "Radio X's Best Songs Of 2018". Radio X. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  49. ^ "The Global Awards 2019: Full Nominations And How To Vote!". Capital. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  50. ^ http://pop-awards.com/2019/

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