Thomas William Frederick Headon (born 17 August 2000) is a British-born Australian singer-songwriter based in London. He rose to prominence with his debut singles "Grace" and "Clean Me Up" which were released in 2019. As of March 2022, the songs have garnered 7 million and 13 million streams on

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respectively.

Early life

Headon was born in

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. His family moved to

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when he was five years old. He started learning music and writing songs at the age of fourteen. Headon grew up in Australia, and moved back to London in 2019 to pursue a musical career. Prior to becoming a professional musician, Headon posted covers of songs on his

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channel.

Musical career

2019-2020: ''The Greatest Hits'' and ''The Goodbye''

Headon's debut single "Grace" was released in September 2019., and this was followed by other songs including "Clean Me Up" in December 2019 and "Car Window" in February 2020. He released his debut EP, ''The Greatest Hits'', in March 2020. In June 2020, Headon released "Loving You". This was followed by "Focus" in July 2020 and "UrbanAngel1999" in September 2020. All three tracks featured on Headon's second EP, ''The Goodbye EP''.

2021-present: ''Victoria'' and ''Six Songs''

In April 2021, Headon released "Bored" with

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. Headon released his third EP, ''Victoria'', in March 2022. It was preceded by the singles "Nobody Has to Know", "Strawberry Kisses", "How Do I Know?" and "Victoria". The EP peaked at number 23 on the

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. The

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named him as an artist to watch for 2022 and

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highlighted him as one of their "Push" artists tipped for success. Thomas supported indie band Only the Poets on their 2022 summer tour of Europe. He is also due to support

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on her European tour. In June 2023, Headon announced the release of his fourth EP, ''Six Songs That Thomas Headon Likes and Thinks That You Would Like Too''. It features the singles "Georgia", "I Loved a Boy" and "2009 Toyota".

Musical style

Headon's sound mixes a variety of different genres including

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, and

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. Headon himself remains uncommitted as to which genre he focuses on the most. He cites artists such as

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, and

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as inspirations for his music.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

Official Website
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