COOL, CALUM & COLLECTED

Singer on his roots & taking on hecklers

- Casey Cooper-Fiske

HE BURST into the limelight singing Robyn's hit Dancing On My Own on TV talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2015, receiving Simon Cowell's golden buzzer, and now 10 years on Calum Scott is still continuing to grow his audience.

The singer, who has had two UK top 10 singles with Dancing On My Own and Where Are You Now, along with a UK top 10 album, recently received the Brit Billion Award certifying one billion streams, something he tells us “means so much to me".

The 36-year-old, who has a big show lined up at Dublin’s 3Arena later this year, adds: “This is such a huge award, it's such a huge accolade, and it means the world to me.

“Even thinking back to my Brits experiences, being nominated was enough, and that could have been it, and I'd have died a happy man, just to be recognised by an institution and an award-giving award ceremony I've watched for years, to be nominated in that is unreal.

“But then to have a Brit Billion Award, it's unbelievable, (I'm) very, very honoured.”