Barns Courtney
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| Birth name | Barnaby George Courtney |
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17 November 1990 Aylesbury, England |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Website | www |
Barnaby George "Barns" Courtney is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Courtney was born in Aylesbury, England. He and his family moved to Seattle when he was 4. He returned to the United Kingdom when he was 15. Courtney previously led the British indie band called SleeperCell, who featured on Channel 4's Orange Unsigned competition before fronting the Indie/Punk band Dive Bella Dive, who signed to Island Records and performed at the Download Festival in 2012.
After recording an album's worth of material for Island Records that was never released, Courtney was dropped by the label. Determined to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter, but with no income or home to return to, he supported himself by working as a cigarette seller, and for Currys PC World, and slept on friends' sofas and in his girlfriend's car.
In 2015, Courtney released his first track as a solo artist, "Glitter & Gold", which received radio play on BBC Introducing Suffolk and by BBC Radio 1's Phil Taggert, and led to an appearance at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter the following year. "Glitter & Gold" also reached #1 on the UK Spotify Viral Chart, and #2 on the iTunes Alternative Chart.
Also in 2015, "Fire" was selected by film producer Harvey Weinstein to feature in the Bradley Cooper movie "Burnt" and went on to receive airplay on American rock radio in 2016. To date, "Fire" has been streamed more than eight million times on Spotify, while "Glitter & Gold" has been streamed more than five million times. Courtney played at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX in a showcase for NME magazine in March 2016, and performed "Fire" on Conan O'Brien's TBS talkshow Conan in June. Another track, "Hobo Rocket", was included on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game FIFA 17. In early 2017, the It's All Indie website selected Courtney as its #1 Sound of 2017.
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