Scott Weiland
American singer (1967-2015)
Charlie Simpson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk. He is a member of the BRIT Award winning pop-punk band Busted and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the post-hardcore band Fightstar. Simpson is a multi-instrumentalist who has achieved great commercial success, selling over five million records worldwide and winning multiple awards.
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Charles Robert Simpsonis an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk. He is a member of the BRIT Award winning pop-punk band Busted and he is also lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the post-hardcore band Fightstar. AllMusic has noted that Simpson is “perhaps the only pop star to make the convincing transition from fresh-faced boy bander to authentic hard rock frontman”. Simpson is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, keyboard, piano and drums.
Simpson has achieved eleven UK Albums Chart top-40 releases across his musical career, six of which entered the UK top 10. He has also had four number-one singles with Busted and a number-one album, as well as two top-20 singles with Fightstar and two UK top-10 solo albums. Between Busted, Fightstar and his solo projects, he has sold over five million records worldwide, winning two Brit Awards and being nominated for two Kerrang! Awards.
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Charlie Simpson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk. He is a member of the BRIT Award winning pop-punk band Busted and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the post-hardcore band Fightstar.
Charlie Simpson is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, keyboard, piano, and drums.
Between his work with Busted, Fightstar, and his solo projects, Charlie Simpson has achieved eleven UK Albums Chart top-40 releases, six of which entered the UK top 10. He has also had four number-one singles with Busted and a number-one album, as well as two top-20 singles with Fightstar and two UK top-10 solo albums. In total, he has sold over five million records worldwide, winning two Brit Awards and being nominated for two Kerrang! Awards.
Charlie Simpson was born on 7 June 1985.
AllMusic has noted that Charlie Simpson is ‘perhaps the only pop star to make the convincing transition from fresh-faced boy bander to authentic hard rock frontman’, referring to his transition from Busted to the post-hardcore band Fightstar.
Charlie Simpson has performed in a variety of genres, including pop-punk with Busted and post-hardcore with Fightstar, as well as solo work.
Charlie Simpson is from Suffolk, England.
3 Quotes by Charlie Simpson
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I was fine with everything except Maths. I was terrible at Maths.
Charlie SimpsonBritish musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I’d never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.
Charlie SimpsonBritish musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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There were a few 6th form girls that I got with when I was I the 6th form, they were really nice, so that was cool.
Charlie SimpsonBritish musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist