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Matthew Raymond-Barker Birth name Matthew William Raymond-Barker Born 20 June 1989 Origin London, England Genres Pop Occupations Singer Instruments Vocals Years active 2011 – present Labels Sony Music Matthew Raymond-Barker (born in London, England on 20 June 1989)[1] is an English singer who in 2011 took part in the second season of the French X Factor winning the series on 28 June 2011. He received the grand cash prize and a recording deal with Sony Music.[2]
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Early life
Born in London, Matthew William Raymond-Barker is the only son of Karen (née Jacobs) and William Francis Raymond-Barker. He lives in Mitcham, south-west London and attended Emanuel School in Battersea.
Raymond-Barker had applied initially to the British The X Factor competition, but was rejected after the first day of bootcamp.[3]
Matthew Raymond-Barker, is a student, studying French and Spanish at the University of Bath and was in France for a period of six months to improve his French language skills at University of Toulouse.[3][4] He applied to the French X Factor in Montpellier[5] after a friend of his spotted an advertisement for the French competition.
He was coached in the series by Véronic DiCaire.
X Factor performances
Matthew Raymond-Barker qualified to the Final 12 after singing "Just the Way You Are from Bruno Mars in the auditions. During the live shows, he sang the following songs:
Week Song performed Original artist Result Week 1 "Supreme" Robbie Williams Safe Week 2 "Price Tag" Jessie J Safe Week 3 "Soulman" Ben l'Oncle Soul Safe Week 4 "Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson Safe Week 5 "One" U2 Safe Week 6 "Time After Time" Cindy Lauper Safe "Ma philosophie" Amel Bent Safe Week 7 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Beyoncé Knowles Safe "Ça fait mal" Christophe Maé Week 8 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor Bottom 2 /
Saved by judges 3-0"Dieu m'a donné la foi" Ophélie Winter "Use Somebody" Kings of Leon Week 9
(Quarter finals)"A la faveur de l'automne" Tété Safe "Dynamite" Taio Cruz Week 10
(Semi finals)"Like a Prayer" Madonna Safe "Viva la Vida" Coldplay "Ne retiens pas tes larmes" Amel Bent Week 11
(Final)Medley "Love the Way You Lie" /
"Don't Stop the Music" / "Tik Tok"Eminem / Rihanna / Kesha Winner "Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson "Vivre ou survivre"
(Winner's song)Daniel Balavoine During the competition, he was in Bottom two only once (week 8–7 June 2011) and sang for his life against Florian Giustiniani and was saved by unanimous vote of the judges after singing "Use Somebody" from the Kings of Leon.
In the Finals, he beat Marina D'Amico who became runner-up. The difference between the two was a mere 1300 votes.[5][6] Maryvette Lair finished third.
Post X Factor
Matthew Raymond-Barker's winner's song, a cover of Daniel Balavoine's hit "Vivre ou survivre", was his debut single in France, and was released on 2 July 2011. The single debuted at number 94 with 780 copies sold on the French Singles Chart.[7] His first album will be released in November 2011, according to his record label, Sony Music.[7] The first single from the album, an electro-pop track called "Trash (Tout le Monde Jump sur le Bar)", was released 19 September 2011.[8]
Discography
Albums
Album Title Album details TBA - Release date: November 2011
- Label: Sony Music Entertainment
- Format: CD, Digital download
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album FRA
[9]BEL (WAL)
[10]2011 "Vivre ou survivre" 94 23 Vivre ou survivre 2011 "Trash (Tout le Monde Jump sur le Bar)" Trash (Tout le Monde Jump sur le Bar) References
- ^ "Matthew Raymond-Barker de X Factor 2011". http://x-factor.m6.fr/candidat/matthew_raymond-baker/. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ RTL: Matthew Raymond-Barker est le grand gagnant de X-Factor (in French)
- ^ a b London Evening Standard: English X Factor reject looks like a winner... in France
- ^ The Daily Mirror: Brit in final clash on French X Factor
- ^ a b Le Figaro: Matthew Raymond-Barker remporte X Factor (in French)
- ^ Premiere: X Factor 2011 - Matthew Raymond-Barker remporte la finale! (in French)
- ^ a b "Matthew Raymond-Barker : 780 fans du single et son album en novembre". Charts in France. July, 7th 2011. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-74516.html.
- ^ "Matthew Raymond-Barker (X Factor France winner) Trash, debut single". Moopy music forum. http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?75637-Matthew-Raymond-Barker-(X-factor-France-winner)-Trash-debut-single&p=2644529. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "Matthew Raymond-Barker - French Charts". lescharts.com/ Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Matthew+Raymond-Barker.
- ^ "Matthew Raymond-Barker - Belgium (Wallonia) Charts". ultratop.be/fr/ Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Matthew+Raymond-Barker.
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Preceded by
Sébastien AgiusX Factor (France)
Winner
2011Succeeded by
IncumbentCategories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- The X Factor contestants
- X Factor series winners
- People from London
- British expatriates in France
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