William Singe

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William Singe
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Background information
Born (1992-07-02) 2 July 1992 (age 32)
Origin Forestville, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active 2012–present
Associated acts
Website williamsinge.com

William Anthony Singe (born 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name William Singe, is an Australian singer, songwriter and producer. He is most notable for his online videos that have amassed hundreds of millions of YouTube and Facebook views.

Singe started his career as a member of The Collective, an Australian boy band which was formed during the fourth season of The X Factor Australia in 2012, finishing in third place. The Collective subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released seven singles and a self-titled album. They disbanded after Singe left the group in 2015.

In 2014 and 2015, Singe recorded numerous R&B, pop, hip-hop and rap covers in his bedroom. In less than a year, he accumulated over two million Facebook fans, reached a #1 position on Spotify, twenty million Spotify streams, and earned more than 100 million video views and half a million subscribers on YouTube.[1]

Early life

Singe was raised in Forestville, a suburb of northern Sydney. He is of Māori Australian descent.[2]

William began recording music as a child, drawing inspiration from his father, a singer and songwriter from New Zealand.[3][4]

He was a student at St Augustine's College in Brookvale and worked as a bank teller at the Commonwealth Bank in Dee Why.[4][5]

Career

In 2011, Singe auditioned for The X Factor in season three and made it to the end of the bootcamp stage.[6]

In 2012, he auditioned for the fourth season singing Justin Bieber's "One Less Lonely Girl" (with added rap lyrics that Singe wrote himself) and received positive comments from the judges. Mel B felt that Singe was singing the song just to her, Guy Sebastian called his added rap in the song "crazy", and Ronan Keating said it was a great audition song.[7] He progressed to the super bootcamp stage.[8]

2012-14: The Collective

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Main article: The Collective (band)

After Singe failed to make it into the top six of the Under-25 Boys category during super bootcamp, the judges decided to put him together with Trent Bell, Julian De Vizio, Zach Russell and Jayden Sierra to form a boy band named The Collective.[9][10] On 20 November 2012, it was announced that The Collective finished in third place.[11]

On 22 November 2012, The Collective signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.[12][13] The group's self-titled mini album, The Collective, was released on 14 December 2012.[14] The album debuted at number 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold.[15][16]

In 2013, Singe was featured on fellow X Factor contestant Bella Ferraro's single "Forgot You" which peaked at number 75 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[17][18][19]

On 18 February 2015, Singe announced on Facebook that he had left the group to pursue his solo career.[20] The remaining members of The Collective disbanded that same month to also pursue solo careers.[21][22][23]

2015-present: Solo career

As a solo performer, Singe rose to the status of an online personality. He achieved this by recording cover tracks of contemporary singers, from Justin Bieber and Adele to Drake, Fetty Wap and The Weeknd. He recorded himself singing in his bedroom and uploaded the videos to Facebook and YouTube. After recording 6 covers in 2014, he recorded another 44 in 2015. Starting 2015 with around 20,000 followers on his Facebook page, Singe grew to more than two million followers by the end of the year.[24][25]

Singe announced on 14 October he signed to Paradigm, a U.S. agency representing Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Sia and Black Eyed Peas among others. The Fern Events commented: "Though he has such a great voice and an articulate way of switching up a song with his own style. It would be interesting if any established international song writers snap up his vocals. This kids just phenomenal, his perseverance is really paying off."[3]

In September and October, One Direction's Liam Payne and the singer T-Pain reached out via Twitter to connect with Singe, expressing interest to collaborate with him.[25][26][27]

Singe covered Drake's song Hotline Bling on 24 September, transforming it into "an emotional slow jam".[28] It became his most popular video to date. In less than a month, the video earned close to 25 million views on YouTube and Facebook,[29] reaching a #1 position on Spotify's US Viral 50 chart.[30][31]

Noting Singe's success, Capital Xtra concluded: "YouTube sensation William Singe is a star in his own right, having racked up millions of views across his phenomenal covers of Fetty Wap's '679,' The Weeknd's 'Earned It' and now Drizzy's 'Hotline Bling.' The 22-year-old Aussie singer-songwriter completely makes the song his own and it sounds incredible."[32]

Concert tours

In January 2016, Singe will embark on The Introduction Tour across Australia, Asia, the United States and Europe.[33][34][35][36][37]

References

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