Danny

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Danny Williams
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Promotional Shot, May 2013
Background information
Born December 15, 1992
Origin London, England
Genre Urban Pop, R&B
Years active 2013-Present
Label Fusion Records
Associated acts
Anna Jones

Danny Williams (Born on December 15, 1992) is an English male singer and model from the United Kingdom who is currently signed to Fusion Records. Danny rose to fame in 2013 upon the release of his first single and album.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early Life and Career[edit | edit source]

Danny was born in Ealing, London and had a turbulent childhood and didn't do well in school. He was brought up in a small semi-detached house with his three brothers and his mum. After dropping out of sixth form at the age of 17, he got a work placement at Fusion Records. After a week working there, his final task was to be assisant to head of Fusion, Syd Wolfe who managed to hear him singing and saw the potential in him. He was offered a one album record contract and began recording on August 2012 working with a variety of producers.

Music Career[edit | edit source]

2013: The Rulebreaker[edit | edit source]

A press release was sent out on January 9 2013 revealing the identity of Danny and that his début single Start The Riot would be released on February 25 2013. On Friday January 11, the track premièred onto Soundcloud and was posted on several music sites and promoted through Twitter. On January 14 it was announced that Fusion Records had put over a million pounds into his upcoming promotion to ensure he was a success. On February 2nd, the video premièred onto the VEVO and the track reached a million views within 3 weeks, it was almost on high spin on all popular music channels. On February 19 it was announced that Danny was going to take part in a nude sketch for Comic Relief. The track was released on February 25th 2013, and hit number 3 in the UK Charts.

In March, Danny was nominated for the Critic's Choice Award in the Urapopstar Awards 23 but lost out. Throughout Spring 2013, Danny supported Anna Jones on her theatre tour and Caymon on his world arena tour whilst putting finishing touches onto his album. In May 2013, Danny announced the release of The Rulebreaker and his second single Room 13 to be released in July.

Discography[edit | edit source]

Main Article: Danny Discography

Albums[edit | edit source]

2013: The Rulebreaker

Singles[edit | edit source]

2013: "Start The Riot"
2013: "Room 13"

Concert tours[edit | edit source]

Headlining

Supporting

Awards and honors[edit | edit source]