Believe (Jai McDowall album)
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Believe is the debut album by Jai McDowall
, winner of Britain's Got Talent
. It will be released on 12 December 2011.
on June 4, 2011 beating bookies favorite Ronan Parke
. It was reported in August that he had been signed up by Syco
. The album title was revealed on October 26 as Believe.
On September 3, 2011 it was confirmed that McDowall is to duet with soprano Hayley Westenra on his debut album. He teamed up with the Kiwi singer for a version of The Prayer, which was made famous by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli in 1999.
He broke off from recording his debut album to tell the Record:
“When the label said I should record The Prayer with Hayley, I jumped at the chance. She has the most incredible delicate vocal and she was a dream to work with.”
On October 3, 2011, it was confirmed that McDowall, as well as Sony Music Entertainment
and Syco Music to promote his debut album, he also hired Soundcheck Entertainment to promote the album.
McDowall announced on October 26, 2011 that the album would be titled Believe and would be released on December 12.
Jai McDowall
Jai McDowall is a Scottish singer who won the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent in June 2011. As the winner, he received £100,000 and will perform at the 2011 Royal Variety Performance...
, winner of Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
. It will be released on 12 December 2011.
Background
McDowall won ITV show Britain's Got TalentBritain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
on June 4, 2011 beating bookies favorite Ronan Parke
Ronan Parke
Ronan David Parke is an English singer from Poringland, Norfolk, UK who came runner-up in the fifth series of ITV show Britain's Got Talent, despite being the bookies' favorite to win. After the show, it was reported that Ronan had signed a joint record deal with Sony Music...
. It was reported in August that he had been signed up by Syco
Syco
Syco Entertainment, often known as simply Syco , is a global joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment focused on the production and exploitation of music, television, film and digital content...
. The album title was revealed on October 26 as Believe.
Recording
After winning Britain's Got Talent, Jai performed on the Britain's Got Talent Tour. Starting in Newcastle and moving through Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow before heading through England and appearing in the major venues in most major cities. He performed at the 2011 Glasgow Show on Glasgow Green in front of 20,000 people, headlining the Sunday show along with a Retake That and other guests in August 2011, he secured a record deal with Syco Music and Sony Music to be released in December 2011.On September 3, 2011 it was confirmed that McDowall is to duet with soprano Hayley Westenra on his debut album. He teamed up with the Kiwi singer for a version of The Prayer, which was made famous by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli in 1999.
He broke off from recording his debut album to tell the Record:
“When the label said I should record The Prayer with Hayley, I jumped at the chance. She has the most incredible delicate vocal and she was a dream to work with.”
On October 3, 2011, it was confirmed that McDowall, as well as Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
and Syco Music to promote his debut album, he also hired Soundcheck Entertainment to promote the album.
McDowall announced on October 26, 2011 that the album would be titled Believe and would be released on December 12.
Tracklisting
- 'With Or Without You'
- 'To Where You Are'
- 'Fix You'
- 'The Prayer'
- 'How You Remind Me'
- 'There You'll Be'
- 'Feels Like Home'
- 'Bring Me To Life'
- 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams'
- 'One Day Like This'
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
December 12, 2011 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... , CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Syco Music |