A BILLION REASONS TO SMILE

ELATED BRIT AWARD WINNER CALUM SCOTT SHARES HIS HAPPINESS WITH CASEY COOPER-FISKE

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HE BURST into the limelight singing Robyn's hit Dancing On My Own on ITV 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.

"This is such a huge award, it's such a huge accolade, and it means the world to me," the 36-year-old says.

"Thinking back to my Brits experiences, being nominated was enough, but then to have a Brit Billion Award, it's unbelievable, I'm very, very honoured."

But coming from a working-class background in Hull, Calum says if it was not for Britain's Got Talent, his music career would never have taken off, due to a lack of opportunities in the East Yorkshire city, something he wants to change.

He adds: "I think it's the opportunity to showcase what you can do. It took me to travel from Hull to Manchester to have my audition and that was my sliding doors moment. If I had stayed in Hull, I just would not have had that opportunity.

"What I want to do moving forward is to bring those opportunities up to places like Hull. That's a future dream of mine to create a festival or build a studio or something."