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Bruno Major
British singer-songwriter (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bruno Major (born 15 July 1988)[2] is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. His debut album A Song for Every Moon was released in 2017.
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On 21 January 2014, Major released the four-song EP Live on Virgin Records, where he worked with producer Ethan Johns before being released from the label.[3][4] In August 2016, Major announced that he would write, record and release one song every month for a year, which resulted in the 12-song R&B album A Song for Every Moon, released on 3 November 2017.[2][5]
In the same month, he went on The Trio Tour in six cities around the US and Europe.[4] In 2018, he embarked on a tour across North America, followed by a UK arena tour opening for Sam Smith, a headline tour of Europe and the UK, and a headline tour of the US.[5][6][7] He appeared on The Late Late Show on 22 February 2018, in his first television performance, performing his song "Easily".[2][5] In June 2018, he performed at his first US festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival.[5] In September and October, he toured Asia for the first time.
On 19 February 2019, Major released a revised version of "Old Fashioned" from his Live EP. Following that, he released a string of five more singles over the year, until 20 March 2020, when Major announced his second full length album, To Let a Good Thing Die, which was released on 5 June 2020. The album featured producer Finneas as a co-writer for "The Most Beautiful Thing".
"Easily" was certified gold in Australia and Canada and certified platinum in America.[8] [9] His 2020 single "Nothing" was certified gold in America [10] and reached number 63 on the Irish Singles Chart in November 2021.[11][12]
On 5 May 2023, Major released the single "We Were Never Really Friends", which was followed by his third album's title track, "Columbo", on 23 May. Columbo was released on 14 July.
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Personal life
Major is originally from Northampton, England.[6] He moved to London in 2011.[1] Originally a jazz musician, he began his career as a session guitarist at age 16 for artists including Lalah Hathaway. Major also studied for a degree in jazz at Leeds Conservatoire (formally Leeds College of Music).[7][13] Major has cited guitarist Joe Pass and songwriter Cole Porter as influences.
He is the older brother of Dominic 'Dot' Major of London Grammar.
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North American Tour (2018)
Asia Tour (2018)
Tour of Planet Earth (2023)
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