Calvin Goldspink
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Calvin Goldspink | |
| Born | January 24, 1989 | |
| Origin | Great Yarmouth,  England |
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| Genre(s) | Pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer Actor |
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| Instrument(s) | Singing Guitar Piano |
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| Years active | 2002 - Present | |
| Label(s) | Polydor | |
| Associated acts |
S Club Juniors S Club 8 I Dream |
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| Website | Official Calvin Website | |
Calvin Goldspink (born on January 24, 1989 in Great Yarmouth) is a British musician and a former member of pop group S Club 8. After being born in Great Yarmouth, he moved with his family to Aberdeen. For three years running, Goldspink won the Popjustice reader's poll award for "Most Inappropriately Fanciable Popstar".
At the age of 11 Calvin Goldspink auditioned for the chance to perform on stage with the hugely successful S Club 7. Chosen from 12,000 hopeful’s live on the BBC, the band were originally only supposed to be supporting S Club 7 on their Carnival tour but after such an incredible public response the band “S Club Juniors” were formed and had instant chart success with their first single One Step Closer reaching no2 in the UK charts and selling over 250,000 copies.
He was part of an 8 piece pop band signed to Simon Fullers 19 Management (Spice Girls, Annie Lennox, Will Young) and Universal Records subsidy Polydor. As S Club Juniors, the band had 4 top 10 singles and a platinum top 5 album ‘Together’ with UK sales of over 1 million and in 2003 had a tour of their own ‘S Club United Tour’ performing their infectious blend of pop music and slick dance routines to sold out arenas across the UK and Ireland. To top the year off, the Juniors won ‘best newcomer’ at the Disney Channel Kids Awards.
After having been in the music industry for almost 2 years it was a natural progression to be re-named “S Club 8” and they had another hit album ‘Sundown’ which produced 3 further top 20 singles, proving they had staying power with a massive UK following.
In 2004 the band spent 3 months in Barcelona, Spain, filming a children’s BBC television programme ‘I Dream’ which was about a group of kids winning a place at a secret stage school where they all played themselves and starred alongside Christopher Lloyd (Back To The Future). Calvin said, “It was an amazing experience to be filming a show with one of my idols, Back to The Future is one of my all time favourite movies”. The show was an instant hit in the UK, and is now on screens across Europe and Australia. “Welcome To Avalon Heights” the album was released along with a duet from Frankie and Calvin, “Dreaming” which was to be their last single.
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[edit] Albums
in S Club Juniors
- Together #5UK
Sold over 600,000 copies in the UK
in S Club 8
- Sundown #13UK
Songwriters and producers who contributed to this album include Korpi & Blackcell, Jewels & Stone, Yakk Bondy, Hannah Robinson and former Dead Or Alive members Tim Lever and Mike Percy. The track One Thing I Know was co-written by former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton who also provided backing vocals.
in "I Dream"
- Welcome To Avalon Heights
[edit] Singles
in S Club Juniors
- One Step Closer #2UK
- Automatic High #2UK
- New Direction #2UK
- Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride #6UK
in S Club 8
- Fool No More #4UK
- Sundown #4UK
- Don't Tell Me You're Sorry #11UK
in I Dream
- Dreaming [featuring Calvin & Frankie] #19UK
[edit] Live Tours
- S Club 7 - Carnival Tour - 2002 (S Club Juniors)
- S Club United - 2003 (S Club Juniors)
[edit] Acting Roles
- "I Dream" Series Regular - BBC 1 - Playing himself
[edit] Awards
- Disney Channel Kids Awards 2003 - Best Newcomer
[edit] DVD's
- "I Dream"
[edit] External links
- Goldspink Source (Largest Calvin Fansite)
- Official Calvin Website
- Calvin Goldspink at the IMDB
- 19 Management
