Nathan Hartono
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Nathaniel Hartono @ Nathaniel Xiang 26 July 1991 Singapore |
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Nathaniel "Nathan" Hartono @ Nathaniel Xiang (born 26 July 1991) is a Singaporean singer and actor. Nathan made his debut as a singer after he won the Teenage Icon singing competition in 2005 and released his debut album, LET ME SING! Life, Love and All That Jazz in 2006. Nathan also ventured into acting and starred in his first television series, Halfworlds in 2015. He is also the first runner-up in the first season of Sing! China.
Born to Chinese Indonesian parents, Nathan was raised in Singapore. He has an older brother, Norman Hartono, and a younger sister, Nydia Hartono. His father, Thomas Hartono, is the managing director of PT Anandini Vimala, while his mother, Jocelyn Tjioe, is the senior vice president of Singapore-based Tung Lok group, which was founded by his grandfather.
Nathan completed his primary school education at Nanyang Primary School and continued to Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) for his secondary education before graduating from Anglo-Chinese Junior College. In 2009, he was conscripted into the Singapore Armed Forces for national service. He subsequently studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music majoring in Music Production & Engineering in Boston, and has taken a break from school since 2014.
He has also spoken of how he is influenced by Frank Sinatra.
After winning the 2005 Teenage Icon singing competition, Nathan made his debut as a singer in 2005 and released his first album, LET ME SING! Life, Love and All That Jazz, in 2006 which consisted of 11 tracks. The album charted as the number one album on HMV’s Jazz Chart for two weeks after its release.
In 2007, Nathan performed at the Mosaic Music Festival and released his second album, Feeling Good with Nathan Hartono, which was recorded live during his sold out shows in June the same year at the Esplanade. The album has a total of 12 tracks, with most of the songs covered by Nathan such as "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Everybody's Changing", "Moody's Mood for Love", "Seven Nation Army" during his concerts.
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