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Ellie Goulding
Goulding performing at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, U.S., March 30, 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Elena Jane Goulding
Born	(1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 25) Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Origin	London, England
Genres	Indie pop, electropop, synthpop, folktronica
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, drummer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, drums, piano, clarinet, mandolin, tambourine
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Neon Gold, Polydor, Cherrytree, Interscope
Associated acts	Starsmith, Frankmusik, Diana Vickers, Gabriella Cilmi, Little Boots, Tinie Tempah, Erik Hassle, Lissie, Mumford & Sons, Skrillex,Swedish House Mafia, Lupe Fiasco, DJ Daaar
Website	elliegoulding.com

Elena Jane Goulding (born 30 December 1986),^[1] known professionally as Ellie Goulding, is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010 she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, followed by her debut studio album Lights in 2010. Her album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK. "Lights" was released in America March 8th 2011, where the title track has been certified platinum by the RIAA (excess of 1 million units sold) ^[2].

Goulding is a soprano,^[3] and her musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Meiko, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn.^[4]

Background and personal life[link]

Goulding was born and brought up in a small town near Hereford, Herefordshire, the second of four children.^[5][6] She began playing the clarinet at the age of nine, and at 14 began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' School in Kington, where she won a main part in a school production, the Wizard Of Oz, as the scarecrow. She started songwriting at the age of 15 and while in college she won a singing competition.^[7]

After commencing a drama course, politics course, and an English course at the University of Kent,^[8] where she was exposed to electronic music, she developed her sound on the track "Wish I Stayed" with the help of Starsmith and Frankmusik. Starsmith went on to become her chief collaborator and primary producer of Lights. After two years at Kent, she was advised to take a gap year to pursue singing,^[9][10] and moved to West London.^[11]

She is a keen runner, running six miles every day, and in 2010 announced plans to run a marathon.^[6] In support of her second EP, Run Into the Light, she invited a small number of fans through her Facebook pages, to run with her in seven different cities on her UK tour,^[12] and has announced that she will be doing the same across Europe and the United States. Goulding is considered to have an impressively athletic physique.^[13][14][15]

Music career[link]

Early career[link]

Signed to Polydor Records in September 2009,^[9] Goulding's debut single, "Under the Sheets", was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009,^[16] peaking at number fifty-three on the UK Singles Chart.^[17] In October 2009 she toured the UK supporting Little Boots,^[18] and appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, performing "Under the Sheets" and "Guns and Horses".^[19] "Wish I Stayed" was available as a free download as the Single of the Week on iTunes Store UK from 22–28 December 2009.^[20]

[edit] 2009–11: Lights and Bright Lights

Before the release of her debut studio album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the critics, broadcasters and music industry insiders' top choices for rising stars and artists for the coming year.^[21] She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 BRIT Awards, which prize made her the second artist to win both in the same year.^[22]

Goulding performing in Amsterdam on 17 September 2010.

Goulding's debut album Lights was released in March 2010, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart and number six on the Irish Albums Chart.^[23][24][25] Its singles, "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses" and "The Writer" peaked at numbers 4, 26, and 19 respectively.^[17] The album has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK as of April 2012.^[26] In August 2010, Goulding released a second EP, Run Into the Light, containing remixes of songs from Lights. The album was supported by Nike and was released through Polydor as a running soundtrack in an effort to get Goulding's music taken up by the national running subculture.^[12]

In November 2010, Lights was re-released as Bright Lights, with six new tracks added. It was originally announced that the lead single from Bright Lights would be the new edit of the title track with a release scheduled for 1 November 2010.^[27] Yet this was scrapped to allow her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" to be released in conjunction with the John Lewis Christmas 2010 advertising campaign in the UK.^[28] The single became Goulding's highest-charting single to date, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart.^[17] The song also charted in some European countries in early 2011.^[29]

Goulding toured in support of Lights and supported Passion Pit in March 2010 and John Mayall during his British tour in May 2010.^[30] During the summer she performed at a number of festivals. On 29 May she performed at the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.^[12] She performed a set on 25 June at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 on the John Peel Stage.^[31] Her third EP was a live recording of part of her set at the iTunes Festival 2010.^[32] The whole set was ultimately included as bonus content on the iTunes version of Bright Lights.^[33] She made her T in the Park debut on 11 July.^[34] She played on the Nissan Juke Arena at the 2010 V Festival in late August.^[35] In September she was part of the line-up at Bestival 2010 on the Isle of Wight.^[36] In support of the album in Europe she performed on the first day of Pukkelpop in Belgium, at the Open'er Festival in Poland and at Benicàssim in Spain.^[37] A track from Lights, "Every Time You Go", was featured in the Vampire Diaries episode "Founder's Day", "Your Biggest Mistake" appeared in an episode of The Inbetweeners.^[38] and "Believe Me" appeared in an episode of 90210. She began a tour of the United States and Canada in February 2011 to coincide with the release of the American edition of Lights.^[39] In August/September 2010 the singer was an opening act on Irish alternative rock band U2's U2 360 Tour in Munich, Germany, Vienna, Austria, and Zurich, Switzerland.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2011 it was announced that the title track from Lights would serve as the second single from Bright Lights.^[40] In early 2011 she recorded an original song for the film Life in a Day. Goulding was placed at number five on Rolling Stone's annual hot list in February 2011.^[41] In February 2011 she returned to the BRIT Awards where she was nominated for Best British Female and Best British Breakthrough Act, but lost out to Laura Marling and Tinie Tempah, respectively.^[42] Previously she had performed at the BRITs launch party where the nominations were announced.

She also played live at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2011.^[6] Goulding made her American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed". She appeared as the musical guest on the 700th episode of the Saturday Night Live, broadcast 7 May 2011 and hosted by Tina Fey.^[43][44] She served as one of many live performers at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011 singing her rendition of "Your Song" for the couple's first dance as well as her hits "The Writer" and "Starry Eyed" and several of William and Kate's personal favourites.^[45] She was introduced to Prince William by Tinie Tempah at a music festival during the summer of 2010. Goulding performed, for the second consecutive year, at Radio 1's Big Weekend on Saturday 14 May.^[46]

Goulding headlined the 2011 Wakestock Festival in Wales, performing on 8 July.^[47] In August she, again, performed at V Festival for her second year in a row.^[48] Following the re-release of Lights and the American release of the album, Goulding said she would soon begin work on a second studio album with an expected release in September 2011.^[49]

On 6 August 2011, Goulding performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago.^[50] Goulding performed at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on 11 December 2011 in Oslo, Norway, where she also served on a panel discussion with Amy Lee of Evanescence and Janelle Monáe.^[51] On 1 December 2011, Goulding performed at the White House during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, alongside the likes of Big Time Rush and will.i.am.^[52] On 18 January 2012, Goulding performed "Lights" on Late Show with David Letterman.^[53]

2011–present: Second studio album[link]

In February 2011, Goulding told the Daily Star that she had plans to release a follow-up to Lights sometime in 2012, commenting, "I'm not going to go away for ages. It'll be out this year or the start of next."^[54] The following month, when asked about the album's musical direction in an interview with gossip website Dean Piper's World, Goulding stated, "It's started to sound very dark and very weird. This album is going to be even more emotional [...] I wanted to make it so there is hope. I want to make an effect whether it's happy or sad."^[55] In April 2012, Goulding stated that she hoped the album would be released in October 2012.^[26] That same month, her single Lights was certified platinum in the United States by the RIAA ^[56].

Work with other artists[link]

Goulding co-wrote "Love Me 'Cause You Want To" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, Ten, and three songs, "Remake Me + You", "Notice" and "Jumping Into Rivers", for Diana Vickers's debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree.^[57] Her song "Not Following" was used by German singer Lena on her debut album My Cassette Player.^[58] Goulding was featured on rapper Tinie Tempah's single "Wonderman" from his debut studio album Disc-Overy. Goulding's "Under the Sheets" was also remixed by American rap duo Chiddy Bang, featured on their 2010 mixtape Air Swell, and by DJ Frenzy (F^K Y3AH! Breaks Mix). Frankmusik, who produced Goulding's song "Wish I Stayed", told Digital Spy he hoped to collaborate with her on his second album, Do It in the AM.^[59] "Lights" was remixed by Bassnectar, which appears on his 2011 album Divergent Spectrum.

On 19 September 2011, it was announced that Goulding would open for Katy Perry on her "California Dreams Tour", replacing Jessie J due to a foot injury.^[60][61]

On 14 December 2011, Mika announced that Goulding had involvement in his upcoming album The Origin of Love.^[62]

Goulding collaborated with American electro artist and producer Skrillex on a song titled "Summit", included on his 2011 EP Bangarang.

Discography[link]

• 2010: Lights

Tours[link]

Headlining[link] Ellie Goulding Tour (2010) The LIGHTS Tour (US) (2011) Awards and nominations[link] Year Organization Nominated work Category Result 2010 BBC Sound of 2010 Ellie Goulding Sound of 2010 Won BRIT Awards Critics' Choice Won Q Awards Best Female Artist Nominated Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated MTV Europe Music Awards Best UK & Ireland Act Nominated 2010 MP3 Music Awards The BNC Award Nominated BT Digital Music Awards Best Female Artist Nominated UK Festival Awards Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated Virgin Media Music Awards Best Newcomer Nominated Lights Best Album Nominated 2011 BRIT Awards Ellie Goulding Best British Female Nominated Best British Breakthrough Act Nominated 2011 Glamour Magazine Awards Pandora Newcomer of the Year 2011 Won References[link] ^ "Ellie Goulding". BBC Music. BBC Online. 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/33ca19f4-18c8-4411-98df-ac23890ce9f5#p00cx3z0. 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Retrieved 14 December 2011.  External links[link] Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ellie Goulding Official website Preceded by Little Boots Sound of... 2010 Succeeded by Jessie J v t e Ellie Goulding Discography Studio albums Lights Extended plays An Introduction to Ellie Goulding iTunes Festival: London 2010 Run Into the Light Singles "Under the Sheets" "Starry Eyed" "Guns and Horses" "The Writer" "Your Song" "Lights" Featured singles "Wonderman" Related articles Polydor Records Cherrytree Records Neon Gold Records Tinie Tempah Skrillex Persondata Name Goulding, Ellie Alternative names Goulding, Elena Jane Short description English singer-songwriter Date of birth 30 December 1986 Place of birth Hereford, Herefordshire, England Date of death Place of death .

Phantom Boyz Music LLC is an American-based music production company founded by executive producer Melvin "Official" Watson. Since its inception in 2006, The Phantom Boyz have produced records for both American and international artists, including Jim Jones, Christina Aguilera, B5, Alexandra Burke, BoA and Rainie Yang.

History[link]

2006 - 2007[link]

Originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, Watson founded the company under consultation with entertainment lawyer Karriem Hassan. Within one year received his first major placement, co-producing R&B group B5’s single "Hydrolics", featuring Diddy and Bow Wow. He also produced the track "No Fuss" by Jim Jones featuring Stack Bundles, Rell and Mell Matrix. The song was featured on Jones' 2007 album Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Deluxe Edition), as well as his mixtape Harlem's American Gangster.

2008 - 2010[link]

After initially collaborating with several American recording artists, he went on to expand his sound amongst the international community, working with several international pop artists, including Alexandra Burke ("Bad Boys"), BoA ("I Did It For Love") and Rainie Yang ("It's Our World"). Burke's single "Bad Boys" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart ^[1] and spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top seventy-five. The track is now certified platinum in the United Kingdom.^[2] BoA’s "I Did It For Love" peaked at number 19 on Billboard (magazine)’s Hot Dance Club Play.^[3]

2010 - Present[link]

In 2010, The Phantom Boyz worked with singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, producing her song "The Beautiful People" which is featured on the Burlesque soundtrack and sold over a million units world wide .The Phantom Boyz have also signed several recording acts to their roster, including pop artists J Rice^[4] .

Discography[link]

• 2007: "Hydrolics" (B5 feat. Diddy and Bow Wow)
• 2007: "No Fuss" (Jim Jones feat. Stack Bundles, Rell and Mell Matrix)
• 2008: "I Did It For Love" (BoA feat. Sean Garrett)
• 2009: "Bad Boys" (Alexandra Burke feat. Flo Rida)
• 2010: "It's Our World" (Rainie Yang)
• 2010: "The Beautiful People" (Christina Aguilera)
• 2010: "Fireproof" (Jeremy Greene)
• 2010: "How Fly Is He" (Jeremy Greene feat. Diddy)
• 2010: "Ain't No Way" (Jeremy Greene)
• TBD: "Timber" (Tiffany Evans)
• TBD: "Pulling Me Back" (Bridget Kelly)
• TBD: "I Don't Need You" (Ayako Nakanomori)

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Phantom Boyz on Facebook

Ricky Burns (born 13 April 1983) is a Scottish boxer from Coatbridge who fights in the lightweight division and is currently the WBO lightweight champion after Juan Manuel Marquez vacated his belt and moved up to light welterweight. He is also a former WBO Super-Featherweight champion, Commonwealth super featherweight champion and has previously challenged for both the British and European titles.^[1]

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Burns first fight as a professional was a four round victory in October 2001 over Woody Greenaway at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. On 12 December 2004, following a string of seven wins over opponents including Jeff Thomas, Ernie Smith and Daniel Thorpe he was matched against fellow unbeaten prospect Colin Bain. The fight, at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow, resulted in a first career defeat for Bain as Burns won over the six round distance. For Burns, the win set him up for a journey south of the border to face the unbeaten British lightweight champion Graham Earl in a non-title fight. The fight with Earl took place at the Wembley Conference Center and Burns produced one of the upsets of the year when he scored a points victory to beat Earl over eight rounds.^[2]

Title fights[link]

The win against Earl meant he would land a shot at the big time when in February 2006, he took on reigning British, Commonwealth and European champion Alex Arthur. The fight took place in Edinburgh and ended in defeat for Burns, as Arthur retained on points. Burns who was still only a 12-fight novice at this stage took the fight to Arthur prompting the champion to heap praise on him; "Ricky Burns was in superb shape and he was up for the fight" said Arthur, "He's a brilliant boxer with a great future and he could be a world champion one day." Burns himself refused to be disappointed with the loss saying; "I don't count that as a loss. I'm just 22 and it was great experience for me".^[3]

Burns next had a crack at the British title almost exactly a year later when in February 2007, he met reigning champion Carl Johanneson at the Town Hall in Leeds. The fight ended once again in defeat with Burns losing a 12 round decision to the experienced champion. Johanneson intent on winning well before his home crowd hounded Burns throughout the fight and managed to knock Burns down three times.^[4]

New challenges[link]

After the defeat to Johanneson, Burns took the decision to leave his old boxing club in a bid to seek a new challenge. Burns had worked with Rab Bannan at the Barn Boxing Club for over 14 years, but the Johanneson defeat prompted a need for a change of direction. On telling his former mentor the news Burns said; "It was a nightmare having to tell him. It was really sad because I’ve been with him for 14 years. All my boxing life really. It was really hard but we left on good terms and we shook hands and I’m sure our paths will cross again." Burns moved to the Dalmarnock gym in Glasgow, where he could train alongside the likes of Willie Limond and Kenny Anderson.^[5]

Since the fight with Johanneson, Burns won eight fights in a row. A ten round win over Romanian Gheorghe Ghiompirica at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow gave him the lightly regarded British International Masters belt.^[6] Burns also spent time sparring former opponent Alex Arthur in preparation for Arthur's WBO Super-Featherweight title defence against Nicky Cook.^[7]

Commonwealth champion[link]

In September 2008, Burns was in line for a crack at the vacant Commonwealth title, a belt which had been given up by Londoner Kevin Mitchell. The challenge took place at the York Hall in Bethnal Green and saw Burns outpoint the Ghanaian Osumana Akaba over 12 rounds.^[8] The fight which was taken with only weeks notice after the original main event on the card was cancelled propelled Burns into the championship frame. Speaking of his future ambitions Burns said; "There is only one fight I want at the moment. That fight would be the current British champion Kevin Mitchell. He recently has been injured, and won't be back until December so we'll have to see what happens".^[9]

Burns defended his crown at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall soon afterwards in November 2008, against another Ghanaian, Yakubu Amidu. The African fighter had a record of 16-1-1, with all his victories coming by way of stoppage. Burns however was too much and his superior fitness levels showed as the referee stopped the contest in the seventh round handing victory to the Scotsman.^[10] Burns second defence took place in March 2009, and saw Burns halt former British champion Michael Gomez in the seventh round.^[11] On 20 June 2009, Burns made perhaps the toughest defence of his title yet with a hard fought 12 round win over Northern Ireland's Kevin O'Hara.^[12] with the assistance of the highly experienced trainer Billy Nelson and his Fighting Scots Gym in Stepps. Ricky became Billy's first world champion.

Super featherweight World champion[link]

Burns success in the ring had elevated him to the number one ranking with the World Boxing Organization's rankings. Burns' promoter Frank Warren tried to negotiate a match with the reigning champion Roman Martinez. The bout with the Puerto Rican champion had been subject to numerous delays with the fight scheduled for both Scotland and Puerto Rico at various intervals only for the fight never to materialise and for Martinez to make a voluntary defence of his title instead. The uncertainty for Burns meant that a proposed British title contest against Gary Sykes never happened with Sykes winning the title against Burns replacement Andy Morris and defending against the man Burns had defeated in his last Commonwealth title defence Kevin O'Hara.^[13] Finally after almost a year of frustration Burns re-entered the ring on 15 May 2010, on the undercard of Kevin Mitchell's world title shot against Michael Katsidis at the Boleyn Ground. Burns continued his winning streak and kept ticking over with an eight round win over journeyman and former foe Youssef Al Hamidi. Burns claimed after the fight that he hoped the fight with Román Martinez would materialise around July and that it would be in Glasgow.^[14]

The WBO super-featherweight title showdown between Burns and Roman Martinez was eventually confirmed on 24 June 2010 and scheduled to take place at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on 4 September. Speaking at the announcement of the fight Burns said; "this has been dragging on a bit..it is the biggest fight of my career but I'm more than confident that I can beat him".^[15] Finally on 4 September, Burns entered the ring at Kelvin Hall to face the WBO's unbeaten reigning world champion Roman Martinez. Martinez had held the title for over a year winning it from Englishman Nicky Cook and defending twice against Colombian Feider Viloria and Argentinian Gonzalo Munguia.^[16] Despite suffering a knockdown in the first round, Burns took the fight to the champion winning on all three judges scorecards 115-112, 115-112 and 115-113 to inflict a career first defeat on Martinez and finally winning the world title.^[17]

Speaking of the fight, Burns promoter Frank Warren said; "this was the best night I've ever had in Scotland and I've had some great shows with Scott Harrison and Alex Arthur as well as bringing Nigel Benn and Frank Bruno up here." Describing the atmosphere at the Kelvin Hall as "electric" he went on to praise Burns, who in winning the title had become Scotland's 12th world champion, saying Scotland had a new "sporting hero" and that the win would lead to a renaissance in Scottish boxing. It also transpired that before the fight the manager of Celtic, Neil Lennon had called to wish Burns the best and sent him a Celtic strip signed by the whole of the first team as a good luck present.^[18]

Title defences[link]

On 4 December 2010, Burns defended his title for the first time against Norwegian boxer Andreas Evensen who held the WBO inter-continental belt at featherweight. The fight, at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, resulted in another unanimous points win for Burns with the Scotsman also scoring a knockdown in the first round.^[19] On 12 March 2011, Burns made his second defence again at the Braehead Arena. His opponent the Ghanaian boxer Joseph Laryea had won the WBO Inter-Continental title win a victory over Scotsman Paul Appleby on the same night that Burns beat Evenson. The fight was stopped in the 7th round after Laryea withdrew citing a broken knuckle with Burns ahead in the fight.^[20] Burns next defence was scheduled for 16 July 2011 and against former WBO Champion Nicky Cook, in Liverpool's Echo Arena.^[21] The fight resulted in a 93 second stoppage for Burns as Cook's corner threw in the towel following an injury to his back. After only six seconds a punch from Burns resulted in Cook receiving a count and complaining of back trouble. Cook was sent to the canvas twice more before his corner retired the boxer handing a third straight defence of the title to Burns who said that he would like to fight the South African boxer Mzonke Fana next.^[22]

Burns was next scheduled to meet mandatory challenger, and Boxrec #1 rated Super featherweight, Adrien Broner, but announced on 22 September 2011 that he would be relinquishing his WBO Super featherweight title and moving up to compete at lightweight. Burns said that the move up a weight division would ease the pressure of having to control his weight saying "the last couple of fights it was getting harder and harder for me to do it."^[23] Adrien Broner commented on the situation, saying, "You vacated the title talking about you couldn't make weight no more. But you just fought four times and defended this title," Broner further said, "But everyone knows boxing is a game where you can duck fighters... and I guess he felt like running away was best for his career."^[24]

Move to Lightweight[link]

In his first fight at the weight it was announced that Burns would fight Australian Michael Katsidis in London for the WBO interim lightweight title. Speaking of the fight Burns said that it would definitely be the toughest of his career saying "I don't think they could have got me a harder fight if they tried, he's been in with the best of the weight, he's proved himself, obviously he's one of the best in the division and it's a great chance to get out there and show what I can do." On the 5th November 2011, Burns took on Katsidis for the WBO interim lightweight championship and despite being the slight underdog went on to win the fight by unanimous decision.^[23] After the fight Burns claimed to have "proved a lot of people wrong" as some people "thought Michael would walk all over me". Speaking of the fight he added "Michael didn't give me a minute, he kept coming forward but I'd prepared for that. I'm doing my job and that's the way I always look at it."^[25]

On 26 January 2012, Burns was installed as WBO Lightweight champion after former champion Juan Manuel Márquez moved up a division to Welterweight. Ricky defended his WBO Lightweight title against Namibian fighter Paulus Moses. He will have the homefield advantage with the fight being held in Braehead Arena, Glasgow. Burns said, “It’s great news about the title but it’s back to reality and training hard for what will be a tough title defence against Moses in my homecoming in Scotland. “For the last 10 years I’ve been grafting away in my career. But in the last couple of years it has really taken off with me beating Roman Martinez and then beating a great warrior like Katsidis to put me up there with the best in the world.”

Professional boxing record[link]

34 Wins (9 knockouts, 24 decisions), 2 loss(s), 0 Draw, 0 No Contest
Res.	Record	Opponnent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	34-2	Paulus Moses	UD	12 (12)	2012-03-10	Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained WBO Lightweight World Title.
Win	33-2	Michael Katsidis	UD	12 (12)	2011-11-05	Wembley Stadium, London	for WBO Interim Lightweight World Title.
Win	32-2	Nicky Cook	TKO	1 (12)	2011-07-16	Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside	Retained WBO Super Featherweight World Title.
Win	31-2	Joseph Laryea	RTD	7 (12)	2011-03-12	Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained WBO Super Featherweight World Title.
Win	30-2	Andreas Evensen	UD	12	2010-12-04	Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained WBO Super Featherweight World Title.
Win	29-2	Roman Martinez	UD	12	2010-09-04	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Won WBO Super Featherweight World Title.
Win	28-2	Youssef Al Hamidi	PTS	8	2010-05-15	Upton Park, West Ham, London
Win	27-2	Kevin O'Hara	UD	12	2009-06-19	Bellahouston Sports Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained Commonwealth (British Empire) Super Featherweight Title.
Win	26-2	Michael Gomez	TKO	7 (12)	2009-03-27	Bellahouston Sports Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained Commonwealth (British Empire) Super Featherweight Title.
Win	25-2	Yakubu Amidu	TKO	7 (12)	2008-11-14	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Retained Commonwealth (British Empire) Super Featherweight Title.
Win	24-2	Osumanu Akaba	UD	12	2008-09-26	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London	Won vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Super Featherweight Title.
Win	23-2	Gheorghe Ghiompirica	PTS	10	2008-05-17	Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	22-2	Billy Smith	PTS	4	2008-03-22	International Arena, Cardiff, Wales
Win	21-2	Silence Saheed	TKO	3 (6)	2008-02-22	Dalziel Park Hotel & Conference Centre, Motherwell, Scotland
Win	20-2	Billy Smith	PTS	6	2007-12-15	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Win	19-2	Youssef Al Hamidi	PTS	6	2007-11-03	Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Win	18-2	Ben Odamattey	PTS	8	2007-10-26	SeeWoo Restaurant, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	17-2	Frederic Bonifai	TKO	5 (8)	2007-10-13	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	16-2	Ernie Smith	PTS	6	2007-09-15	Linwood Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland
Loss	15-2	Carl Johanneson	UD	12	2007-02-09	Town Hall, Leeds, England	For British Super Featherweight Title.
Win	15-1	Wladimir Borov	PTS	8	2006-11-04	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	14-1	Adolphe Avadja	TKO	5 (8)	2006-04-01	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Loss	13-1	Alex Arthur	UD	12	2006-02-18	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	For British, European (EBU) and Commonwealth (British Empire) Super Featherweight Titles.
Win	13-0	Alan Temple	PTS	4	2005-07-23	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Win	12-0	Haider Ali	PTS	8	2005-06-17	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	11-0	Buster Dennis	PTS	6	2005-04-08	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Win	10-0	Graham Earl	PTS	8	2005-02-25	Conference Centre Wembley, London, England
Win	9-0	Colin Bain	PTS	6	2004-12-12	Marriott Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	8-0	Jeff Thomas	PTS	4	2004-10-29	Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	7-0	Daniel Thorpe	PTS	6	2004-10-08	Marriott Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	6-0	Nono Junior	PTS	8	2002-12-08	Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	5-0	Neil Murray	TKO	2 (4)	2002-10-19	Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	4-0	Ernie Smith	PTS	6	2002-09-06	Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	3-0	Gary Harrison	TKO	1 (4)	2002-06-08	Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	2-0	Peter Allen	PTS	6	2002-03-15	Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Win	1-0	Woody Greenaway	PTS	4	2001-10-20	Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland

References[link]

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Christian Burns (born Christian Anthony Burns on January 18, 1974^[1] in Wigan) is an English musician and the son of Tony Burns of "The Signs", a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.

Career[link]

Burns was a member of the popular British band, BBMak, along with Mark Barry and Stephen McNally. The group sold nearly three million albums worldwide and had a Top 5 single with "Back Here", in the UK. In the United States, "Back Here" reached number 1 in the charts and received heavy video play on MTV and TRL.

In 2003, the band broke up, and all the members went on to pursue solo careers. Since then Burns has been collaborating with other artists and dance projects. In 2007, he worked with Tiësto on the track "In the Dark", for the album Elements of Life. He also collaborated with a Tiësto, who used the surname Allure, on the track entitled "Power of You".

He has also collaborated with Benny Benassi, on the song "Love and Motion", and American singer, Jes Brieden, on the song 'As We Collide'.

He is featured heavily on BT's 2010 album These Hopeful Machines, co-writing the songs "Suddenly", "The Emergency", and "Forget Me". He provides lead vocals on "Suddenly" and backing vocals on "The Emergency", "Forget Me."

He also has upcoming tracks with Richard Durand "Night & Day", also Armin Van Buuren's "This Light Between Us" taken from his album "Mirage" released in September 2010. Other collaborations include tracks by David Guetta, Matt Darey, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Dirty South

Discography[link]

For Christian Burns discography with BBMak see BBMak Discography

Soundtracks[link]

• 30 December 2005 - "Sky High" - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
• 21 November 2006 - "Little Athens" - "Tranqulized" (as Inhaler)

Singles[link]

Co-Productions

• 16 April 2007 - "In the Dark" (as Tiësto featuring Christian Burns) - #133 UK
• 29 September 2008 - "Something About You" (as Inhaler featuring Christian Burns)
• 22 November 2008 - "Power of You" (as Allure featuring Christian Burns)
• 21 February 2010 - "Suddenly" (as BT featuring Christian Burns)
• 2 August 2010 - "Night & Day" (as Richard Durand featuring Christian Burns)
• 12 November 2010 - "This Light Between Us" (as Armin Van Buuren featuring Christian Burns)
• 28 February 2011 - "Tokyo Cries" (as Glenn Morrison featuring Christian Burns)
• 12 September 2011 - "On the Wire" (as Allure featuring Christian Burns)
• 23 January 2012 - "Silver Splits the Blue" (as Manufactured Superstars & Jeziel Quintela featuring Christian Burns)

Collaborations

• 27 May 2008 - "Love And Motion" (with Benny Benassi) (On the album Rock 'n' Rave)
• 31 January 2010 - "The Emergency" (with BT) (On the album These Hopeful Machines)
• 17 June 2011 - "Neon Hero" (with Armin Van Buuren) (On the album Mirage – The Remixes)

The Bleachworks

• 4 March 2010 - "Breakdown" (free download)
• 9 September 2010 - "Save This City" (as Phonic Funk featuring The Bleachworks)
• 11 April 2011 - "It's Ok" (as Jason Herd featuring The Bleachworks)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Christian Burns on Myspace
• The Bleach Works on Myspace
• Inhaler, Christian Burns and BBMak Website