Bruno Major (born 15 July 1988) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. His debut album ''A Song for Every Moon'' was released in 2017.

Career

On 21 January 2014, Major released the four-song EP ''Live'' on

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, where he worked with producer

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before being released from the label. In August 2016, Major announced that he would write, record and release one song every month for a year, which resulted in the 12-song R&B album ''A Song for Every Moon'', released on 3 November 2017. In November 2017, he went on The Trio Tour in six cities in the US and Europe. In 2018, he embarked on a tour across North America, followed by a UK arena tour opening for

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, a headline tour of Europe and the UK, and a headline tour of the United States. He appeared on '' The Late Late Show'' on 22 February 2018, in his first television performance, performing his song "Easily". In June 2018, he performed at his first US festival,

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. In September and October, he went on an Asia tour for the first time. On 19 February 2019, Major released a revised version of "Old Fashioned" from his "Live" EP. Following that, he released a string of five more singles over the year, until 20 March 2020, when Major announced his second full length album, ''To Let a Good Thing Die'', to be released on 5 June 2020. The album featured producer

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as a co-writer for "The Most Beautiful Thing". "Easily" was certified gold in Australia in July 2021. His 2020 single "Nothing" reached number 63 on the

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in November 2021.

Personal life

Major is originally from

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, England. He moved to

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in 2011. Originally a jazz musician, he began his career as a session guitarist at age 16, for artists including

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. Major also studied a degree in

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(formally Leeds College of Music). He is the older brother of Dominic 'Dot' Major of

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Discography

Albums

* ''Live'' (EP, 2014) * ''A Song for Every Moon'' (2017) * ''To Let a Good Thing Die'' (2020)

Appears on

* "Shelter" by M. J. Cole feat. Bruno Major (2017)

Writing, producing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Major, Bruno 1988 births Living people British male singer-songwriters English pop guitarists English jazz guitarists People from Northampton English male guitarists English record producers