Matthew Weston Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of 1980s pop group Bros, which also featured his twin brother Luke as the drummer.Frances Kindon,

Early life

Goss was born on 29 September 1968 at Lewisham Hospital, in the

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. He is the twin and younger brother of Luke Goss.

Career

The Bros band

The Goss twins, Matt and Luke and their friend Craig Logan were just schoolboys when they became famous in 1986. They sold 16 million records worldwide, hit the number one spot with tracks including '' I Owe You Nothing'' and '' When Will I Be Famous?'' and drove their fans wild with a hysteria dubbed "Brosmania". Matt went on to become the youngest artist to headline

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, performing to 77,000 fans. Bros amassed millions of album sales, with their debut album '' Push'' going 4× Platinum in the UK and peaking at number two. It remained in the UK charts for 84 weeks. In 1989, Bros won the Brit Award for "Breakthrough Artist" and they received the award from

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. After announcing a one-off Bros reunion show in the London O2 Arena in 2017, tickets sold out in a record-breaking seven seconds.

Solo music career

After the Bros band broke up, Luke became an actor and Goss continued in music with a successful solo career. Goss has released five solo studio albums. His latest, '' The Beautiful Unknown'', reached number #7 in the UK album charts. As a solo artist, Goss has played in venues all over the world including

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, The

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London. Goss wrote the theme song ''Lovely Las Vegas'' for the TV station Fox 5 which was used for over 10 years. He also wrote the theme song ''It’s The End Of The Road'' for the American TV show '' So You Think You Can Dance''. Goss contributed to the soundtrack of the Movie ''

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'' writing the song ''Lucky Day''. Goss worked with Paul Oakenfold on the single ''Firefly'', which was remixed and reached #1 on multiple dance charts. After Bros split, Goss moved to America and in June 2009 it was announced that he would be headlining shows at The Palms Casino in

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. Within nine months, the show moved to the iconic Caesars Palace in January 2010. The Vegas show was called the "Hottest Show in Vegas" by the ''

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and Goss was called "The New Sinatra". Goss was also called "The New King of Vegas" by ''

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and is considered one of the best male British voices with ''

'' calling him "The Velvet voice". Goss was hailed as the ''Best New Act'' in Vegas, by the ''LA Times'', while ''VegasDeluxe'' called him "the leader of a new ratpack". In 2016, Goss won The SSE Arena Wembley award for best live show. and 2018 he was awarded the key to the city of Las Vegas. In 2018, Goss was awarded, by proclamation of the city, "Matt Goss Day" on 8 August, which by coincidence is also his late mother's birthday. 2018 saw the release of the 3 x

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nominated and BAFTA winning documentary, '' Bros: After The Screaming Stops'', which was about Matt and his brother's life. It premiered at the

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. It won "Best Documentary" at The

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and instantly received a 100% rating from

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. The film also won "Moment of the Year" at the 2019 BBC Radio & Music Awards. Following a national theatre release, the movie went on to become the most downloaded BBC production in 2018 and has now been viewed over 20Million times. GQ magazine said it was the "best music documentary of all time". In 2023, Goss embarked on his UK tour, which began at The

with the

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and his 15 piece MG Big Band.Connor Gotto, He performed his biggest hits, new original music and his own personal tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of all time,

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. As a brand ambassador, Goss was featured as one of the lead roles alongside P. Diddy, Frank Vincent (Sopranos), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad),

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in CIROQ's vodka American campaign which included a national print, billboards and TV commercial for 3 years.

Philanthropy

He was awarded the ''United Nations Humanitarian Award'', for his continued contribution with charity endeavors which include, Susan G.Komen ''Fight Against Cancer''. Goss wrote and performed Susan G.Komen's anthem ''Strong'' and spearheaded the hashtag ''Strong'' initiative with them. He sang to over 50,000 people in Time Square NY to support the fight against cancer and also 100,000 people in LA. In early 2020, Goss recorded his version of ''If I Aint Got You'', which was produced by Babyface. The song was released as a fundraiser for the

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(NHS) during the Covid pandemic. His efforts resulted in supplying thousands of meals for first responders. Due to his continued work for the troops and their mental health around the world, Goss was made an honorary captain in the 17th Special Battalion. On 7 June 2021, he was awarded the Royal Society of St George medal.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As featured artist

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, Matt 1968 births Living people English identical twins English male singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters Bros (British band) members Singers from the London Borough of Lewisham People from Lewisham English expatriate musicians in the United States English twins