Marcus Collins

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Marcus Collins
Birth nameMarcus Collins
Born (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 36)
Crosby, Liverpool, England
Genres Pop, R&B
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2011–present
Labels RCA

Marcus Collins (born 15 May 1988) is an English singer who was a finalist on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011. He was mentored by Take That frontman Gary Barlow, who continued to work with him on his debut album.

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The self-titled album was produced by the London-based Metrophonic team, known for their work with Whitney Houston and Cher. It peaked inside the UK top 10 and spawned the single "Mercy". His debut single from the album was "Seven Nation Army", a cover of The White Stripes hit, and also peaked inside the top 10. [1]

Career

Eton Road

Prior to his solo audition in 2011, Collins was a member of four piece boyband Eton Road, who rose to fame on the third series of The X Factor . Collins did not appear on The X Factor that year, but joined the band after original member Anthony Hannah left the band due to exhaustion. Anthony performed over 150 gigs with the band.

The X Factor (2011)

In 2011, Collins chose to audition as a solo artist for the eighth series of The X Factor in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa. His audition was successful as all four judges put him through to bootcamp. He then progressed through to judges' houses where he was put through to the live shows by Barlow in his Boys category (solo males aged 16–24) alongside Craig Colton, Frankie Cocozza and James Michael. He beat over 200,000 other contestants to earn his place in the grand final at Wembley Arena. Collins performed the following songs on The X Factor:

ShowSong choiceThemeResult
Auditions"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" [2] Free choiceAdvanced
Bootcamp 1"Born This Way" [3] Bootcamp challengeAdvanced
Bootcamp 2"Kiss from a Rose"Bootcamp songsAdvanced
Judges' houses"One Big Family" [4] Free choiceAdvanced
"Rolling in the Deep" [5]
Live show 1"Moves like Jagger"Britain vs AmericaSaved by Barlow
Live show 2"Russian Roulette"Love and heartbreakSafe (7th) - 6.8%
Live show 3"Are You Gonna Go My Way"RockSafe (4th) - 11.2%
Live show 4"Superstition/Need You Tonight" Halloween Safe (6th) - 10.1%
Live show 5"Reet Petite"Dancefloor fillersSafe (2nd) - 16.0%
Live show 6"Another One Bites the Dust" Lady Gaga vs. Queen Safe (4th) - 12.9%
Live show 7"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"MoviesSafe (4th) - 14.4%
Quarter-Final"I'm Your Man"Guilty pleasuresSafe (3rd) - 21.0%
"Lately"Musical heroes
Semi-Final"My Girl" Motown Safe (2nd) - 24.0%
"Can You Feel It"Song to get you to the final
Final"Hey Ya!"Free choiceSafe (2nd) - 34.5%
"She's Always a Woman" (with Gary Barlow)Mentor duet
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"Favourite performanceFinal two
"Last Christmas" Christmas
"Cannonball"Winner's single

2012: Debut album and Hairspray

In January 2012, Collins signed a record deal with RCA Records and announced that was set to release his debut studio album in March. On 21 January, it was announced that his debut single would be a cover of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army". The single was released on 4 March. It was an exact copy of an arrangement of the song previously recorded by French artist Ben l'Oncle Soul that had been a hit in Europe.[ citation needed ] The song received a mixed reception, with fans of The White Stripes comparing the song in unfavourable light to the original. The song charted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and spent three weeks on the chart. Collins then released his self-titled debut album on 12 March 2012 and debuted and peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. [6] "Mercy" [7] was released as the second single from the album, making it Collins' first self penned single. The music video for "Mercy" was released on 24 April 2012, with the single released on 3 June 2012. It was relatively unsuccessful, reaching only 194 on the UK Singles Chart, due to lack of proper promotion.

On 16 October 2012, it was announced that Collins would star as Seaweed Stubbs in the 2013 UK Tour of Hairspray , from February–September 2013. [8] After completing the tour, Collins, Beth Tweddle, Jazmine Franks, Tom Scurr and Kelly-Marie Stewart took part in a world record-breaking charity skydive. [9]

2013–present

He has appeared in Kinky Boots the musical at The Adelphi Theatre in London's West End which stars Matt Henry and Killian Donnelly. On 27 September 2013, after finishing with Hairspray, Collins revealed that he had left RCA and signed with a new record company: "It was all mutually agreed. To be honest, it just didn't feel like we were going in the same direction. I loved working with them, but it just got to a point where we both could go either way." Regarding his new album, [10] He announced that he would be back in the recording studio "for the majority of October". Regarding his new album, Collins explained: "We've got about seven or eight songs that we're going to put down. We've got some new tracks and we've got some acoustic ones that are a little bit different. [Acoustic songs are] something that I've done before, but the record label I was with previously had different ideas and that's kind of why we separated." [10] As of 2023, neither a new recording contract or album have been confirmed nor released.

He latterly was on tour playing Hud in the stage show Hair .

As of 2023, he is currently playing Andre in Mrs Doubtfire at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London West End [11]

Discography

Albums

AlbumAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK IRE SCO
Marcus Collins 7248

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK HUN IRE SCO
2012"Seven Nation Army"913499Marcus Collins
"Mercy" [12] 194———
YearSinglesPeak chart positions
UK IRL SCO
2011"Wishing on a Star"
(as part of The X Factor finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction)		111

2023 The Choir of Man Christmas Album singing This Christmas

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References

  1. ↑ "Marcus Collins: Aiming higher and Higher". Bluesandsoul.com.
  2. ↑ Marcus Collins – The X Factor 2011 Auditions – Liverpool. YouTube. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.
  3. ↑ X Factor Uk 2011 – Bootcamp 1 – Marcus Collins, Goldie Cheung (LEGENDADO PT). YouTube (2011-09-25). Retrieved on 2012-05-14.
  4. ↑ Marcus Collins' Judges' Houses audition – The X Factor 2011 Judges' Houses – itv.com/xfactor. YouTube. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.
  5. ↑ The X Factor 2011 (The Xtra Factor) Judges Houses – Marcus Collins. YouTube. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.
  6. ↑ 2012-03-24 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive, Officialcharts.com
  7. ↑ Music Video: Marcus Collins – Mercy – TheNext2Shine.com Archived 28 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Blog.thenext2shine.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.
  8. ↑ Miles, Tina (16 October 2012). "Crosby X Factor star Marcus Collins joins the cast of Hairspray". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Sperling, Daniel (23 September 2013). "Marcus Collins, 'Hollyoaks' stars break skydiving world record". Digital Spy . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  10. 1 2 Corner, Lewis; Sperling, Daniel (27 September 2013). "Marcus Collins leaves Sony, signs new record deal". Digital Spy . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "MRS. Doubtfire UK | Cast & Creative".
  12. ↑ X Factor's Marcus Collins Bites back At Cher Lloyd and reveals that 'Mercy, Mercy' will be his second single! Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Unreality TV (15 February 2012). Retrieved on 2012-05-14.
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