Charlie Cunningham (musician)

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Charlie Cunningham
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Charlie Cunningham at Haldern Pop Festival 2019
Background information
Born1984 (age 3940) [1]
London, England
Genres Indie folk
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years active2014–present
Labels BMG, Infectious Music, Dumont Dumont
Website charliecunningham.com

Charlie Cunningham (born 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Buckinghamshire. [2] He has released three studio albums; Lines (2017), Permanent Way (2019) and Frame (2023). [3]

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Career

In January 2017, Charlie Cunningham released his debut album, Lines on Swedish label Dumont Dumont, including lead single, "Minimum", to critical acclaim, and went on tour in Europe and North America later that year. [4] Lines won the Album of the Year Award at the Pop Awards 2018. [5] His second album, Permanent Way, was released in May 2019 on BMG. [6]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee/workResultRef.
2018Pop AwardsAlbum of the Year AwardLinesWon [7]
Emerging Artist of the Year AwardCharlie CunninghamNominated

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

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References

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