Singe covered Drake's song " Hotline Bling" on 24 September. In September and October, One Direction's Liam Payne and the singer T-Pain reached out via Twitter to connect with Singe, expressing interest to collaborate with him. Singe announced on 14 October that he signed to Paradigm, a US entertainment agency representing Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Sia and Black Eyed Peas among others. Starting 2015 with 6 cover videos and around 20 thousand followers on his Facebook page, Singe grew to more than two million followers by the end of the year with 44 additional cover videos. He sang in his bedroom and uploaded the videos to Facebook and YouTube. 2015–present: Solo career Īs a solo performer, Singe recorded cover tracks of contemporary singers, from Justin Bieber and Adele to Drake, Fetty Wap and The Weeknd.
The remaining members of The Collective disbanded that same month to also pursue solo careers. On 18 February 2015, Singe announced on Facebook that he had left the group to pursue his solo career. In 2013, Singe was featured on fellow X Factor contestant Bella Ferraro's single "Forgot You" which peaked at number 75 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The album debuted at number 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold. The group's self-titled mini album, The Collective, was released on 14 December 2012. On 22 November 2012, The Collective signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. On 20 November 2012, it was announced that The Collective finished in third place. 2012–2014: The Collective Īfter Singe did not to make it into the top six of the Under-25 Boys category during super bootcamp, the judges decided to put him together with Trent Bell, Julian De Vizio, Zach Russell and Jayden Sierra to form a boy band named The Collective. He progressed to the super bootcamp stage.
In 2012, he auditioned for the fourth season singing Justin Bieber's " One Less Lonely Girl" (with added rap lyrics that Singe wrote himself) and received positive comments from the judges. In 2011, Singe auditioned for The X Factor in season three and made it to the end of the bootcamp stage. He was a student at St Augustine's College in Brookvale and worked as a bank teller at the Commonwealth Bank in Dee Why. William began recording music as a child, drawing inspiration from his father, a singer and songwriter from Ngāti Porou, New Zealand. William Singe was born and raised in Forestville, aka 'Forry', a suburb of northern Sydney.
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