Marvin Humes
| Marvin Humes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marvin Richard James Humes 18 March 1985 Greenwich, London, England |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, actor, DJ and television presenter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Employer |
Global ITV Epic Records (formerly) |
| Agent | Modest Management |
| Known for | JLS (2006–2013) |
| Television | Holby City (2000–2003) This Morning (2013–2015) The Voice UK (2014–2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Rochelle Humes (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop, R&B, dance |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Epic, RCA, Polydor |
| Associated acts | VS, JLS, The Saturdays, LuvBug |
Marvin Richard James Humes (born 18 March 1985) is an English singer, actor, television presenter and radio DJ, best known as a former member of the boyband JLS, the runner-up boyband to Alexandra Burke in the fifth series of The X Factor. After a successful five years, JLS split in December 2013.
Between 2014 and 2016, Humes hosted BBC's The Voice UK with Emma Willis and created a DJ-Producer-dance act LuvBug.
Humes was born on 18 March 1985, in Greenwich, London. He is the son of a Jamaican father and Anglo-Scottish mother and is the middle child of two brothers, Leon and Jackson.
Humes started his music career in a band called VS which was created by Blue member Simon Webbe; however shortly after being formed and releasing an album, they split. Humes appeared in Holby City on the BBC for three years from 2000 to 2003 playing Robbie Waring for 14 episodes. At the age of 14, he starred in a children's programme called K-Club, which helped people with computers and how they work.
Oritsé Williams decided to get into the music business mainly. He was originally scouted for a number of boy bands but did not feel they were right, Williams decided to form his own boy band and, through friends, met Marvin Humes who had experience in R&B and pop music, being a part of VS in 2004. Next to join was Aston Merrygold, who was once cast in the ITV children's programme Fun Song Factory, because of his athletic ability. Last to join the group was JB Gill, for his "musical ear" and harmonies. They bonded, became friends and together they were called UFO (an initialism of Unique Famous Outrageous). They signed to Tracklacers developing a sound they then called "Jack the Lad Swing", combining the phrase "Jack the lad" and the urban music of new jack swing. While working their way into the music business, UFO instantly signed to Epic Records, before winning their first award in late 2007 at the Urban Music Awards for Best Unsigned Act thanks to their mash-up of "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King and "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston. Shortly thereafter, they released their second single, "Slap Ya Elbow". The group give credit to 'DJ Triz' who produced one of UFO's first songs and helped them write it.
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