Nathan Sykes (singer)

Nathan Sykes

Sykes in 2012
Background information
Birth name Nathan James Sykes
Born 18 April 1993
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2003–present

Musical career

Genres
Labels Global Radio[1]

Nathan James Sykes (born 18 April 1993),[2] is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known for being a member of British boy band, currently on hiatus, The Wanted. In 2013, Sykes appeared in the E! channel reality series The Wanted Life.[3]

Early life

Sykes was born on 18 April 1993 to parents Harry and Karen Sykes. He has a younger sister, Jessica Sykes who is also a singer. Sykes attended Sylvia Young Theatre School and Ribston Hall High School Sixth Form . [4][5][6]

Music career

Sykes started singing at a very young age, when he was just 6 years old. In 2003, he won various competitions including Britney Spears's Karaoke Kriminals and Cheltenham Competitive Festival of Dramatic Art. In 2004, he appeared on ITV's Ministry of Mayhem, and won the Door Youth Project's "Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest" where he performed "Mack the Knife" in Derker, and he attempted to represent Uk in Norway's Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 that was held in Lillehammer. In the finals he finished in the third place, not being able to beat, Cory Spedding and runner up Andrew Merry. In 2008, he performed for the music competition "Live and Unsigned".

2009–14: The Wanted

Main article: The Wanted

In 2009, 16 year old Sykes auditioned for the boy band The Wanted which was held by Jayne Collins and was chosen as one of the five members. He joined bandmates Max A. George, Siva Kaneswaran, Tom Parker and Jay McGuiness. In early 2014, the band The Wanted decided to take a break and pursue personal endeavors.[7]

Solo artist

In 2013, Sykes released "Almost Is Never Enough", which featured guest vocals by Ariana Grande.[8] In 2014, Sykes signed a record deal with Capital (radio network)'s owner Global Radio.[9] In June 2014, he joined singer Jessie J on stage for Capital's Summertime Ball to perform "Calling All Hearts".[10] In March 2015, Sykes debuted his music video "More Than You’ll Ever Know" on Vevo.[11][12] Sykes embarked on his first ever solo tour on April 8th, 2015, which includes 6 sold out shows across the United Kingdom. Sykes also announced via the app Periscope that his debut single is called "Kiss me Quick".[13]

Personal life

In the summer of 2012, he started seeing Dionne Bromfield, but in early 2013, they split.[14] He later went on to date Ariana Grande, with whom he split from in December 2013.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Music & Management". Global Radio. March 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nathan Sykes Biography". www.biography.com. March 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Siegel, Melissa (June 24, 2013). "NATHAN SYKES NEARLY QUIT 'A WANTED LIFE'! WHY DID WANTED SINGER WANT OUT OF E! REALITY SHOW? [VIDEO]". www.hollywoodtake.com.
  4. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribston_Hall_High_School
  5. ↑ "Nathan Sykes". Glamour (magazine). March 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ "VIDEO: Move over Nathan Sykes, sister Jess proves singing talent". Gloucester Citizen. March 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Nathan Sykes: 'The Wanted Split Will Be Lengthy'". MTV. March 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ Vena, Joselyn (August 25, 2013). "Ariana Grande Admits The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes ‘Sang The Hell Out Of’ Duet". MTV.
  9. ↑ Jones, Dan (March 14, 2015). "I wasn’t in best place when I split with The Wanted and Ariana". The Sun (United Kingdom).
  10. ↑ Davidson, Amy (June 24, 2014). "Watch Nathan Sykes of The Wanted join Jessie J and DJ Cassidy on stage". Digital Spy.
  11. ↑ Mohamed, Adam (March 12, 2015). "Nathan Sykes' voice will amaze you in his new video for More Than You'll Ever Know". Daily Star (United Kingdom).
  12. ↑ Roth, Madeline (March 12, 2015). "Nathan Sykes Oozes Sex Appeal In New Video: Watch". MTV.
  13. ↑ Sykes, Nathan (April 8, 2015). "Nathan Sykes Announces Debut Single "Kiss Me Quick released in June"".
  14. ↑ Sperling, Daniel (April 16, 2013). "Dionne Bromfield confirms Nathan Sykes split: 'No hard feelings'". Digital Spy.
  15. ↑ "They just weren't into it anymore': Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes split up 'a few weeks ago after relationship ran its course". Daily Mail. December 24, 2013.

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