Matthew James Terry (born 20 May 1993) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2016, he was crowned as the winner of the thirteenth series of ''

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''. His debut single, "

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", which was released on 11 December 2016, peaked at number three on the

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. His debut album, ''

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'' was released on 24 November 2017 and charted at 29 on the

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Career

2016: ''The X Factor''

Terry auditioned for the thirteenth series of ''

'' in 2016, singing a cover of

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's " Stand by Me", which earned him four yes votes from the judges. Terry was placed in the "boys" category and reached the live shows, where he was mentored by

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. Following the eliminations of Freddy Parker in week 2 and Ryan Lawrie in week 7, Terry became Scherzinger's last act left in the competition. In the semi-final, he ended up in the bottom two and faced the sing-off against Emily Middlemas. Scherzinger,

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and Sharon Osbourne voted to send him through to the final. On 11 December 2016, he was crowned as the winner of ''The X Factor'' 2016, over

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, making him the second winner, after

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, to be in the bottom two at any given stage of the competition. He immediately released his winner's single, "

", an original song written by

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. It is the second time that the winner has released an original winner's song, the first being the second series winner

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, who released his debut single "

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". Following his win, Terry signed with

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and

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2017: ''Trouble''

In 2017, Terry featured in a new version of "

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", with Enrique Iglesias and Sean Paul. The single peaked at number 10 on the

, and sold 200,000 certified units, scoring a Silver

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. Following that, he released the first single from his debut album, "Sucker For You". The single peaked at 51 on the UK Singles Chart. A second single, a ballad called "The Thing About Love" was released afterwards. He performed the single on ''The X Factor'' as a guest performer. After the performance, he confirmed that the album would be released on 24 November 2017. The single peaked at 51 on the UK Singles Chart. Upon release, Terry's album peaked at 29 on the

. His album is the lowest charting debut album from any ''The X Factor'' winner.

2018–present: Leaving RCA and ''Madagascar''

In June 2018, Terry was dropped by

. The next month, he made his acting debut in the UK production of ''Madagascar – The Musical''. In 2019, he returned to the ''

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'' musical, portraying the role of

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Discography

* ''

'' (2017)

Tours

* ''The X Factor'' Live Tour (2017)

Stage

* ''Madagascar – The Musical'' (2018–2019) * ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas - The Musical'' (2019)

References

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