Magnet man

Infobox musical artist


Name = Magnet Man
Background = solo_singer
Alias = MagnetMan, TheMagnetMan
Born = Unknown
Origin = Barbados
Genre = RnB, Hip-Hop, Ragga, Soca, Soul, Latin, Rock and Pop
Occupation = Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Musician, Producer Actor
Years_active = 2000 – present
Label = Magnetic Image Records
Website = http://www.magnetmanonline.com/bio.htm

Magnet Man (Sometimes referred to as "Magnetman" and "TheMagnetMan") is a singer, songwriter, composer, musician, producer and actor. Known by many as "The Man of Many voices" and "Musical Ambassador for Barbados", his music cannot be placed in a single genre. It is a fusion of RnB, Hip-Hop, Ragga, Soca, Soul, Latin, Rock and Pop.

Life and music career

Early life

Magnet Man was born on the island of Barbados and raised in the Silver Hill Christ Church area, which is located in the south of the island. He started singing at a young age, and had a fierce ambition to have a music career and travel around the globe.

2000 - 2003: 4 de People

From 2000 to 2003 he was in the highest paid band in Barbados, 4 de People in which he was the lead male singer. Many consider 4 de People to be the number one band in Barbados. He spent a lot of time touring the Caribbean as well as the United States, Canada and Venezuela.

2003 - 2005: Start of his solo career

In late 2003, Magnet Man went solo and his first performances were on an International Stadium tour with Busta Rhymes. Stadiums included on the tour are Wembley Arena, London Arena and Wettingen in Switzerland.Magnet Man has also performed in concert with Shaggy, Ja Rule, Ashanti, and Beres Hammond. At Edinburgh's Live 8 summit, He sang a song with Daniel Bedingfield to 220,000 people. Shortly after this, Magnet Man formed his own charity Make A Difference Foundation.

In 2005 he performed in 14 Countries, including Germany's Popkomm Festival attended by 17,000 music industry executives. He also performed in a sponsored Official 2005 MIDEM showcase in Cannes, France where he was one of only eight acts in the world to be selected from thousands of submissions by worldwide record labels.

2006

In 2006 he again performed all over the world including headlining concerts in Grenada, Barbados, The Bahamas, Scotland, Germany and all around England plus he headlined a Virgin Atlantic concert at Leeds and Readings Potter Newton Park Concert.

Magnet Man has had large sponsorships from Virgin Atlantic, Newmont Travel, Liat Airlines and BMI Airlines. He was appointed officially to represent UNICEF in 2006 as they have adopted his charity song "Make A Difference" as their official song for two UNICEF campaigns “Schools For Africa” and “Kids & Aids”.

In December 2006 at the Bahamas International Film Festival, Magnet Man appeared in his first movie entitled “From Barbados With Love’ where he had a lead role. He also wrote, performed and produced the movie's soundtrack. The Bahamas International Film Festival was attended by Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery.
Prince Albert from the Prince's Palace of Monaco requested a signed album which was personally hand delivered to the palace. Magnet Man tunes are played in the Monte Carlo night clubs in the Principality.

2007

In January 2007 Magnet Man was awarded BMA Platinum certification at the Barbados Music Awards for Debut Album "MAGNIFICENT' and is the only solo artist from Barbados to achieve this award, with exception of Rihanna. He performed in Moscow, Russia in May, as well as many other countries including Germany and the United Kingdom.

His song "Wanna Flex" was fully released in UK and Germany in 2007 and the music video, filmed on the beach in Barbados at midnight has appeared on Channel U TV, Fizz TV and YouTube.

Magnet Man's NEW 2nd album called "MAGNET MAN - MANY SIDES OF ME" was released in October 2007 in the UK as a physical CD and worldwide Digitally on numerous internet sites including ITUNES etc,Magnet Man's 2 new singles are to be released in Feb 2008, a rocked up version of ESCAPE TO THE MUSC which was very popular in USA, and a song entitled Bajan Bad Man, which is a 'tongue in cheek' title for a fun track. There will be 2 new music Videos out in December 2007 and Magnet Man will appear singing live and being interviewed in a half hour programme called UNTHUGGED on Channel U TV (Sky channel 360,)

Magnet Man is also featured on Channel Us 2nd Compilation out next year approx Jan/Feb 2008.

External links

* [http://www.magnetmanonline.com/bio.html Official website of Magnet Man]
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=themagnetman Magnet Man's Youtube page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/themagnetman Magnet Man's Myspace page]
* [http://www.make-a-difference.tv/www.make-a-difference.tv/Home.html Make a Difference Charity website]