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Barnaby George Courtney (born 17 November 1990) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician.


Early life

Courtney was born in England then moved with his family to
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when he was 4. He returned to the United Kingdom when 15. Courtney previously led the British indie band SleeperCell, which was featured on
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's '' Orange Unsigned'' competition, before fronting the indie band Dive Bella Dive, which signed to
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and performed at the
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in 2012. After recording an album's worth of material for Island Records that was never released, Courtney was dropped by the label. Determined to pursue a career in music, but with no income or home, he supported himself by working at
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while sleeping on friends' sofas and in his girlfriend's car.


Solo career

In 2015, Courtney released his first track as a solo artist, "Glitter & Gold", which received radio play on
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Suffolk and by
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's Phil Taggert, and led to an appearance at Radio 1's Big Weekend in
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the following year. "Glitter & Gold" also reached #1 on the UK
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Viral Chart, and #2 on the
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Alternative Chart. Glitter & Gold" was later used in the trailer for the 2016 film The Founder starring
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. Also in 2015, "Fire" was featured in the Bradley Cooper movie '' Burnt'' and went on to receive airplay on American rock radio in 2016. "Fire" was later used in the advertisement of the 24th season of "Top Gear". To date, "Fire" has been streamed more than 68 million times on Spotify, while "Glitter & Gold" has been streamed more than 98 million times. Courtney played at the
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in
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, in a showcase for '' NME'' magazine in March 2016 and performed "Fire" on
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's TBS talkshow '' Conan'' in June. Another track, "Hobo Rocket", was included on the soundtrack of the
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video game ''
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''. In early 2017, the ''It's All Indie'' website selected Courtney as its #1 Sound of 2017. The track 'Fire' has also featured on a 2019 advert for
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home spinning bikes. Courtney has opened for artists including
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,
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,
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, The Lumineers, Tom Odell and
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, and opened for Blur at the closing party for the
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. He is currently working on his first full-length album, and will be performing at the
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festival in California, the
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in New York and the LaureLive Music Festival in Cleveland, OH later in 2017. Also in 2016 Barns Courtney played at the world famous Rock Werchter festival in Belgium on the KlubC stage. In late January he also announced details of an extensive US headlining tour, in addition to the release of his debut EP, ''The Dull Drums''. His song, ""Hellfire", was named as the official theme song for Extreme Rules in 2017. In 2017, His song 'Kicks' was featured in Need for Speed Payback. His song "Hands" was used in '' MLB The Show 17'' His song "Fire" was used in the 2017 documentary ''We, the Marines'', narrated by
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. Throughout the 2017
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season, the
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used "Glitter and Gold" with a highlights package over the ground public address system in the final 60 seconds before the start of home games. In November 2017, the BBC used his song "Champion" for their Rugby League World Cup advertising campaign. As well as being used by WWE for their pay-per-view Backlash 2018. He performed on
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's 2018 album ''
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'' on the song "Dopamine". In May 2018, the Netflix series ''
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'' used his song "Glitter & Gold" as its intro song. Additionally they used the track "Fire" as the credit track. His song "Champion" is featured in the
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video game '' MLB The Show 18''. His song "Hellfire" is featured on the first episode of the first season of Marvel's ''
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'', initially aired 7 June 2018. Courtney is also credited as featuring on
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song "Give Me a Signal" from their new album '' No Tourists''. Courtney's song "Champion" was also used in the first gameplay trailer for the Battle Charge gameplay expansion for the popular battle royale shooter ''
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''. Courtney's song “Fun Never Ends” is featured on the soundtrack of the
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video game
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. His song "Sinners" was used as the background music for the first trailer of the video game ''As Dusk Falls'', presented on 23 July 2020.


Discography


Studio albums


EPs


Singles


Notes


Filmography


References


External links

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