Marlon Roudette

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Marlon Roudette
File:Marlon Roudette.jpg
Roudette in 2012.
Background information
Birth name Marlon McVey-Roudette
Born (1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 41)
London, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
Years active 2005–present
Labels Warner Music Group
Associated acts Mattafix
Website marlonroudette.com

Marlon McVey-Roudette (born 5 January 1983 in London) is a British/Vincentian musician. He is a former member of the band Mattafix. He is famous for his song "New Age", which was produced and co-written by hit-maker Guy Chambers, and which was an international hit, reaching number one in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Biography

Marlon McVey-Roudette was born in London and is the son of Cameron McVey, a British music producer,[1] and Vonnie Roudette, a designer and artist of Dominican/Trinidadian descent residing in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[2] As a young child he moved with his mother and sister to Trinidad, then to St. Vincent in 1992, where he began his music career, and returned to London when he was 17.[3] Marlon is the stepson of Neneh Cherry.

Nationality

Marlon is a dual citizen, British, by being born in the UK to a British father and has an OECS citizenship having resided in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with his Trinidadian mother.

Style

Roudette's music is inspired by musicians such as Gregory Isaacs and Massive Attack. He is also inspired by Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin and Sade. He describes his music as a mix of hip hop, R&B and reggae.[citation needed]

Music career

2011–12: Matter Fixed

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On 17 July 2011, Marlon McVey-Roudette released "Brotherhood of the Broken" for free download as a promotional single from his debut album. On 20 July Marlon released "New Age" as the first single from the album in Germany for the airplay. On 16 August 2011, "New Age" was available on iTunes Store. The single has reached number 1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. His debut album Matter Fixed was released on 2 September 2011, in Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. On 23 January 2012, it was available in France and in the rest of Europe. On 20 January 2012 Marlon released "Anti Hero (Brave New World)" on iTunes in Germany.[4] His song "The Loss" was featured on Private Practice episode "The Time Has Come", which aired on 2 February 2012.[5]

2014–present: Electric Soul

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On 18 July 2014 Marlon released "When the Beat Drops Out" as the lead single from his second studio album Electric Soul, the song has charted in the Top 5 in Austria, Germany, Latvia and Switzerland and n°8 in Italy. He released Electric Soul on 8 August 2014.

Discography

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See also: Mattafix § Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 SWI
[9]
Matter Fixed 27 82 6 33
Electric Soul
  • Released: 8 August 2014
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 26 — 16 4
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title Album details
Riding Home

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[10]		 AUS
[11]		 AUT
[6]		 BEL (VL)
[12]		 BEL (WA)
[13]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 ITA
[14]		 NL
[15]		 SWI
[9]
"New Age" 2011 90 — 1 12 7 14 1 — 9 1 Matter Fixed
"Anti Hero (Brave New World)" 2012 — — 5 74 — — 6 — — 11
"Hold on Me" — — — — — — — — — —
"Anti Hero (Le saut de l'ange)"
(featuring Lala Joy)		 — — — — 39 41 — — — —
"When the Beat Drops Out" 2014 7 15 2 —[lower-alpha 1] 29 185 1 8 39 2 Electric Soul
"Flicker" — — — — — — — — — —
"Everybody Feeling Something"
(featuring K Stewart)		 2015 — — 47 — — — 55 — — — TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Notes
  1. ↑ "When the Beat Drops Out" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 35 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[12]

References

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