Eric Turner (singer)
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| Born | November 1, 1977 |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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Eric Turner (born November 1, 1977) is an American singer and songwriter who currently resides in Sweden. He is best known for being on the song "Written in the Stars" with Tinie Tempah. He has had standout success as a songwriter, with three separate #1s and a number #1 on beatport. He has collaborated with artists including Avicii, Lupee Fiasco, John De Sohn, Ella, Inna, Lawson, Kardinall Offishal, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, Tinchy Stryder, and Sebjak. He currently has one song on Avicii's album Stories. He is also the lead singer in the band Street Fighting Man. Songs he has written have reached a wide audience and together have an estimated 3-400 million views on YouTube.
Turner was born in Boston, and attended Boston College High School. He was a math teacher at the International English school Stockholm, Järfälla in Sweden. He attended McGill University in Canada, where he completed a master's degree in biochemistry.
Turner is an accomplished visual artist as well.
He has two brothers and a sister, Nicholas, Robert and Destinee Turner, who live in Boston. His mother teaches Fashion Design at Quincy High School.
Turner's performance with his band Street Fighting Man at an event in Stockholm caught the attention of a local sound engineer, who later told his friend, Swedish producer Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal, about the singer: "This guy is freakin amazing! you have to hear this guy." ISHi met him and decided straight away that he had the "X-factor", signing Turner to his music publishing company 2Stripes a few weeks later.
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