Collabro
Collabro | |
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Syco /Peak Productions | |
Past members | Michael Auger Jamie Lambert Matt Pagan Thomas J. Redgrave Richard Hadfield |
Collabro were a UK-based
Their debut album Stars, was released on 15 August 2014 and peaked at number one in the UK. Their second album Act Two, was released on 1 June 2015 and peaked at number two in the UK. Their third album Home, was released on 3 March 2017 and peaked at number seven in the UK. Their fourth album Road to the Royal Albert Hall, was released on 31 August 2018 and peaked at number nineteen in the UK. Their fifth album Love Like This, was released on 15 November 2019 and peaked at number twenty-two in the UK. On 17 August 2022, the group announced their disbandment with a Farewell Tour in December.
Career
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2014: Formation, Britain's Got Talent and Stars
Collabro formed in January 2014. Pagan and Lambert knew each other already, and used social media to find three additional singers to complete the band's line-up. Pagan and Lambert held auditions where they found Auger and Redgrave. They found Hadfield on YouTube singing "Bring Him Home".[3] They sang together for the first time at the Miller pub in London Bridge. It was not long after this that they decided to audition for Britain's Got Talent, as they had 'nothing to lose'.[citation needed]
In February 2014, a month after forming, Collabro auditioned in
On 12 June 2014, Collabro signed a record deal with Cowell's record label,
2015–2017: Act Two, Hadfield departure and Home
On 22 April 2015, Collabro revealed they had signed a record deal with Sony Masterworks in the US for £1 million.[10] The following week, they announced that their second album would be called Act Two and would be released on 1 June.[11] It debuted at #2 in the UK Albums Chart.[12] In 2016 the group did their second tour around the UK (Act Two) after the success of their last tour. They finished their first official tour in Japan and also been touring around the US as well as Canada.
Following the departure of Richard Hadfield from the band, Collabro announced their third album Home would be released in March 2017 having set up their own record label "Peak Productions". The band artistically controlled everything and decided to "go home to Musical Theatre" having done pop crossover tracks on their first two albums. This new offering featured a selection of stage classics, fan favourites and their first original song "Lighthouse", co-written by Ben Adams. On 20 March 2017, the band announced they would be joining Cliff Richard on his summer Just Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Tour of the UK.[citation needed] Following this, their third UK Tour took place in September and December 2017, titled The Home UK Tour.[citation needed]
2018–2019: Road to the Royal Albert Hall, Britain's Got Talent: The Champions & Love Like This
In August 2018, the band released their fourth studio album Road to the Royal Albert Hall. The album peaked at number nineteen on the UK Albums Chart. Following this, the band went on a fifty-one date UK tour in 2019. The tour started on 10 February in South Shields and ended on 20 April at the Royal Albert Hall in London.[13]
In September 2019, the band took part in Britain's Got Talent: The Champions, they were eliminated at the Preliminaries, they finished third in the audience vote. The band announced that they had signed a new record deal with BMG, they also announced the release date for their new album. On their social media accounts, the band said, "After 5 incredible years together, we're proud to announce we've signed a major new record deal with @BMG. We'll be releasing our 5th album #LoveLikeThis on 15th November this year, and we're going back out on tour in 2020."[14] In November 2019, they released their fifth studio album Love Like This. The album peaked at number twenty-two on the UK Albums Chart. In October 2019, the band announced a UK tour for October 2020.[15] In April 2020 the band had to postponed the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour will now take place between October and November 2021.[16]
2020–2022: Be Still My Soul, disbandment and farewell tour
In January 2020, the band took part in America's Got Talent: The Champions, they were eliminated at the Preliminaries. In November 2020, they released their sixth studio album Christmas Is Here. The album peaked at number eighty on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the single "Christmas Is Here", their second original song, also co-written by Ben Adams.
The group announced on 17 August 2022 that they would part ways as a group following an upcoming farewell tour In December. The group also released their final album on 7 October titled Be Still My Soul.
Other public appearances
On 25 April 2014, the group appeared on the
Members
Michael David Auger
Michael Auger (born 6 March 1990) lives in Petersfield. At the time of Collabro's BGT audition, he was working at a petrol station, which his father owns a number of stations, and also at Pricewaterhouse Coopers as an intern. He attended Churcher's College in Hampshire before moving to Alton College where he studied A Levels in Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Geography.[20] He later attended the University of Bath to study Accounting and Finance. Also attended London School of Musical Theatre. Auger was a member of ‘the 100’ on BBC talent show All Together Now, alongside Geri Halliwell.
Jamie Alexander Lambert
Jamie Lambert (born 19 June 1990), was brought up in
Matt Paul Pagan
Matthew "Matt" Pagan (born 25 July 1993) was brought up in
Thomas Jamie Redgrave
Thomas J. Redgrave (born Thomas Leak on 28 August 1989 in
Richard Hadfield
Richard Lester Hadfield (born 1 December 1993) lives in
Discography
Albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [28] |
BEL (Fl) [29] |
IRE [30] |
NL [31] |
NZ [32] |
SCO [33] |
US Class. [34] |
US Heat.
[35] | |||||||
Stars |
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1 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 2 | — | 15 | |||||
Act Two |
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2 | 31 | 36 | 84 | — | 2 | — | 18 |
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Home |
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7 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | — | |||||
Road to the Royal Albert Hall |
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19 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 4 | — | |||||
Love Like This |
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22 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 10 | — | |||||
Christmas Is Here |
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80 | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | — | |||||
Be Still My Soul |
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— | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"I Dreamed a Dream" | 2015 | Act Two |
"Lighthouse" | 2017 | Home |
"Christmas Is Here" | 2020 | Christmas Is Here |
"Mistletoe and Wine" (with Cliff Richard) |
2021 | Non-album single |
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" | 2022 | Be Still My Soul |
"Be Still My Soul" |
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- ^ Copsey, Rob (24 August 2014). "Collabro hit Number 1 with debut album Stars". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Wightman, Catriona (22 April 2015). "BGT's Collabro sign £1m US record deal". Digital Spy.
- ^ Moss, Liv (28 April 2015). "Collabro announce new album Act Two – see tracklisting, artwork". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100: 07 June 2015 - 13 June 2015". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Collabro announce gigantic UK tour for 2019, tickets on sale Fri 22 Jun". The List. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Collabro announce new tour and record deal ahead of Britain's Got Talent return". tellymix.co.uk. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Collabro tour tickets as Britain's Got Talent stars announce live shows". tellymix.co.uk. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Collabro Reschedule Love Like This UK Tour To Autumn 2021". stereoboard.com. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Britain's Got Talent: Collabro chat about their 'fantastic collaborators'". STV website. 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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- ^ "About". Officialcollabro.com.
- ^ "AC Alumnus' Got Talent!". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Tonight's the night for Collabro singer Jamie". Shields Gazette. Johnston Press. 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Jamie and band have TV talent!". Sunderland Echo. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Collabro star Jamie Lambert opens up about sexuality". Digital Spy. 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Grimsby-born singer Thomas Leak shines on Britain's Got Talent". Grimsby Telegraph. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Britain's Got Talent final: Collabro's Thomas Leak speaks to the Telegraph ahead of Saturday's showdown". Grimsby Telegraph. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Portslade fees busker is a favourite for BGT". The Argus. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Rebecca (30 May 2016). "Collabro singer Richard Hadfield dramatically quits moments after BGT final". Metro. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Collabro | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Discografie Collabro". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Discography Collabro". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Discografie Collabro". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Discography Collabro". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ Peak positions for albums in Scotland:
- For Stars: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 24 August 2014.
- For Act Two: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 7 June 2015.
- For Home: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 10 March 2017.
- For Road to the Royal Albert Hall: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 7 September 2018.
- For Love Like This: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 22 November 2019.
- For Christmas Is Here: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 4 December 2020.
- For Be Still My Soul: "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Collabro Chart History | Classical Albums". Billboard.
- ^ "Collabro Chart History | Heatseekers Albums". Billboard.
- ^ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (Enter Stars in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (Enter Act Two in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2014.