Callum Beattie is an independent Scottish singer-songwriter He has released six singles, two EPs and his debut album '' People Like Us'' was released in May 2020. His second album ''Vandals'' was released in February 2023.

Career

Beattie grew up in

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and released his first single "We Are Stars" in 2017. In 2019, he uploaded the anti-

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and Conservative Party song "Boris Song" onto

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, becoming viral. His debut album ''People Like Us'' was released in 2020, reaching number 18 on the

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's mid-week chart according to

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, and eventually debuting at number 68 with sales of 1,449 units. In May 2020 Beattie was interviewed by Robin Galloway on Pure Radio about his pride in the Scottish sound of the album, saying that his "heart will always lie back home". On 26 June 2020 Beattie released his first

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for the song " Salamander Street", about a former classmate who became a

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in Edinburgh. On 24 February 2023 Beattie released his second album, VANDALS. The album reached number one on the national iTunes chart, beating Gorillaz, Pink and Adam Lambert. VANDALS went straight to number one on the Scottish album charts. The first single from the album Heart Stops Beating stayed on the Bauer Radio playlist for two years.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beattie, Callum Scottish male singer-songwriters Scottish singer-songwriters 21st-century Scottish male singers 1991 births Living people 3 Beat Records artists