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Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12,1984, Bradford) is a British pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came 2nd in the television talent show Pop Idol. A year earliest, he too appeared in the televised talent indicate Steps to the Stars presented by Claire Richards and Ian Watkins (known as H) from either a popular class action Steps.

Despite non winning a competition, he was presently signed higher sustaining Simon Cowell's record label BMG, alongside the Pop Idol winner, Will Young. (Cowell got been one of a Pop Idol judges, & got been ill-famed for his coarse criticisms of numerous of the contestants.) His number 1 lone, the cover of Unchained Melody, entered the UK Top 40 at number one, knocking May Young's foremost individual - The double A-sided "Evergreen"/"Anything is Possible" - off a top of the chart (when Young's individual wwhen meant for the winner of Pop Idol Gates likewise recorded versions of each songs, which were utilized as B-sides for Unchained Melody). A individual was voted 2002's Record of the Year by ITV viewers.

With The Kumars, Gates sang the 2003 Comic Relief charity single, "Spirit In The Sky", another cover of an old song. This was likewise the recently entry at first, & stayed there for fortnight. He besides appeared in the charity's Celebrity Driving School.

Gareth too suffers from either a stutter, however using the aid of the Mc Guire program he is all over-coming it. Gareth is Enormously popular & highly successful, scroll through inside to call for out all about his virtually all telling accomplishment in his immature life.

Discography
UK

Singles

  • Untied Melody # 1 Sum UK sales 1,336,007 (2nd right marketing only of 2002 & (when of Might 2005) a 37th right selling lone ever in the UK
  • Anyone of The states (Stupid Mistake) #1 (Sixth better merchandising only of 2002)
  • A Long & Winding Road/Suspicious Minds #1
  • What Our Heart Wants To Say # 5
  • Spirit In The Sky #1 (Second better marketing individual of 2003)
  • Sunshine # 3
  • '' Say It Isn't And so #4
  • Amount UK Only Gross sales Up to now Approx. 3,030,000

    Albums

  • What Our Heart Wants To Say #2
  • Last The Have Way #11
  • Number UK ALBUM Gross sales Up to now Approx. 850,000

    Outside the UK
    SINGLES

  • 1 singles inside:
  • - Ireland
  • - South Korea
  • - Thailand
  • - South Africa
  • - Taiwan
  • - Holland
  • - Hong Kong
  • - Malaysia
  • - Norway
  • - Sweden
  • - Macedonia
  • - Singapore
  • - pan - Asia (SIIS)
  • - AOU Atomic number 78 within Norway

    ALBUMS What The Heart Wants To Say

  • - Triple pt within Taiwan
  • - Large merchandising american creative person album around Taiwan
  • - #1 within Taiwan, & S. Korea
  • - Atomic number 78 around Indonesia
  • - Atomic number 78 within Malaysia
  • - Second large marketing american creative person album inside MTV Asia area
  • - Gold inside Norway
  • - 48,000 around Spain
  • - Sold easily around Germany (there are no numbers)
  • - 140,000 inside S.The (BMG award purchasable for an album - probably WMHWTS)
  • - Sold easily around India (there are no numbers)

    Last Your computers Have Way

  • - Unity within Taiwan, Double Platinum fallowing Three weeks. Stayed high in the stock and index charts for weeks later on then final sales numbers in all probability to exist as potentially higher.
  • - Gold award confirmed within South Africa - however sales is well supplementary given yearn chart process.
  • I around Singapore
  • - Spain c.30,000
  • - Germany sold comparatively easily (there are no numbers)
  • - #1 within Korea
  • - #1 inside Malaysia
  • - Sold easily inside Indonesia (there are no numbers)

    Tours

  • - Pop Idol Arena Tour 2002
  • - May & Gareth Arena Tour 2003
  • - Last Your computers Have Way Tour - UK & Asia 2004
  • - Personal concert for the Prince of Brunei. January 2005

    Other Music Successes

  • - Contributor to #1 albums (Compilation Stock and index charts)
  • - Pop Idol: Large Band (there are no sales numbers)
  • - Greasemania (there is no sales numbers)

    Other Success
    DVD’s

  • - Gareth Gates Survive #1
  • - Spirit in the Sky #1
  • - Pop Idol Tour DVD #1

    Books:

  • - Correct from either a Run #1 (2002's large merchandising music book)
  • - Talking Point #10

    Calendars

  • - Top 10 sales 2003
  • - Top 10 sales 2004

    Awards (naming two or three away from several) UK

  • - Record of the Season 2002: Untied Melody
  • - National Music Awards 2003: Right Male 2003. Favorite TV Music performance
  • - National Music Awards 2002 Favorite TV music performance. PI Unchained melody
  • - Disney Awards 2002: right male
  • - Disney Awards 2003: right male
  • - Smash Hits 2002: right male, better hair, better newcomer, virtually all fancible male
  • - Smash Hits 2003: 2003 right male & better only for Sunshine
  • - Capital FM awards 2003: Right Tour. Pop Idol
  • - Young Winner Yorkshire 2002
  • - Favorite award for Service to Yorkshire 2002
  • - Retired magazine awards 2003 Better singer, Right Cd (Sunshine), Better performance at G.The.Y

    Outside a UK

  • - MTV Asia: Right International Male 2003/2004
  • - MTV China: Right International Male 2003/2004
  • - MTV Taiwan: Right International Male 2003/2004
  • - TMF Belgium Right International Pop
  • - MTV Taiwan. Inspiration to Youth
  • - G-Music (Taiwan) Right International creative person 2003
  • - Hit Fm Right individual of 2003 (AOU)

    Sympathetic work

  • - Raised above £600,000 directly across involvement by owning Comic Relief (SITS & Camping School)
  • - Patron of System & Soul
  • - Princes Youth Trust
  • - Restoration Trust
  • - Swell Ormond Street
  • - Robyn Brooks Trust
  • - Tikes within Need
  • - Sports Relief
  • - Childline around Ireland
  • - Babies of Courage
  • - Disabled Children’s charity around Korea
  • - A Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund
  • - Bradford's Bravest - Abundant Life Centre Awards
  • - Bradford Royal Hospital. SCBU Appeal
  • – MTV Asia HIV awareness concert (Indonesia)

    McGuire programme

  • - Youngest UK individual to qualify when primary coach & course teacher intern
  • - When going workshops at the total naturally, co-led number one fully course February 2005

    Commercial Contracts

  • - Pepsi
  • - Wella
  • - Louis Vuitton
  • - Asia showcase sponsorship- ? Siemens
  • - Asia Tour sponsorship - ??
  • - Songs utilized when advertizing for coffee & ice cream inside Asia

    Records

  • - Immature male to enter at #1 . He was Xvii years & 255 years old whenever he debuted at number one using "Unchained Melody" in 24th March 2002.
  • - Non lone is Gareth a immature solo male creative person to keep around foursome there are no I's,but he was too the number one male solo creative person to keep around Quatern there are no One singles witharound a Dozen year time period since Frank Ifield in 1965
  • '' - Fans by having a loudly screams: Sheffield Arena when you took "Mack the Knife" Pop Idol Tour. Recorded at 130 decibels. Tried to beat it at PITP 2004 by actually telling humans to scream however it however couldn't exist as beaten.

    Films

  • - A share around "Seeing Double"
  • - Theme song for Disney's "Lilo and Stitch"

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