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Jonathan Ansell
The charismatic young singer with the sensational tenor voice who shot to fame four years ago with pop opera group G4 on the X Factor, has now established himself as a bona fide solo star. Jonathan, who quickly became the stand-out favourite of the fans on the X Factor, achieved amazing success with the classically-trained group G4, who announced their split in early 2007. But surpassing this, he has now achieved a debut solo album that topped the classical charts and also hit the top ten of the pop charts.
Hailed as the "Justin Timberlake of pop" this is just the start of an exciting new journey for Jonathan, whose natural modesty and delightful charm has remained unaffected by his well-deserved success. He says: "Four years ago I was at music college, and I went on the X Factor with some mates for a bit of fun. And now I've got my own deal, and a successful first solo album. I never, ever expected to be able to do an album with anybody, let alone on my own. I just wanted to be able to earn my living as a singer, in whatever way. So I'm completely blown away by the whole concept."
Jonathan achieved unprecedented success with G4: most acts discovered on TV reality shows have quickly fallen by the wayside, but their final concert was a Royal Albert Hall sell-out, and the group still had a recording deal when they decided to end the group. But what became clear is that Jonathan had the charisma and talent to take him yet further, as he has proven.
The concept for his subsequent solo album came from a love of movies, as well as music. "I've always loved movies, and the repertoire of songs from films, and so we came up with the concept to do an album of movie theme tunes, uncovering original lyrics where needed."
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