Olly Murs - Artist Background Research

1. B Y J A C K W H I T E
Olly Murs – Artist Research

2. Background
 Oliver Stanley "Olly" Murs (born 14 May 1984) is
an English singer-songwriter, musician and
television presenter. Murs rose to fame after
finishing as the runner-up in the sixth series of The X
Factor in 2009. He is currently signed to Epic
Records in the United Kingdom, Columbia Records
in the United States, and Syco Music.

3. Personality
 Murs was born in Witham, Essex, the son of Vicki-Lynn (Pollard) and Peter
Murs. He has a younger twin brother, Ben Murs, and a sister, Fay Murs.
Two of his paternal great-grandparents were Latvian. He attended
Howbridge Junior School in Witham and Notley High School in
Braintree, Essexwhere he was a striker in the school's football team. He is a
supporter of Manchester United, and played semi-professionally for
Witham Town. He gave up his football career following an injury. Prior to
The X Factor, Murs worked as a recruitment consultant at Prime
Appointments in Witham, and performed as part of a covers band called
the Small Town Blaggers with a friend, Jon Goodey. He also appeared on
the game show Deal or No Deal in 2007, where he won £10, he returned
for a celebrity version of the show in 2012 which made him the only person
to appear on it twice. In 2008 he travelled to Australia, backpacking alone
along the east coast for three months, and it was upon his return that he
decided, having tried it out unsuccessfully in the past twice (when he didn't
make it past the stage where he had to audition in front of the
producers), to audition for The X Factor again.

4. Music
 In late August 2010, Murs released his debut single
"Please Don't Let Me Go", which debuted at number one
on the UK Singles Charts, becoming Murs' s first number
one single after releasing "You Are Not Alone" with the
other series 6 finalists. "Please Don't Let Me Go" received
a Silver certification by the BPI. He released his second
single from his debut album "Thinking of Me" which
charted at number four on the UK Singles
Charts, however the single also got a Silver certification
by the BPI. "Heart Skips a Beat" was released and
became his second number-one hit. Murs' first single
from his follow up album In Case You Didn't
Know, "Dance with Me Tonight", became his third to
reach number one.

5. Right Place, Right Time
 November 2012 Murs released his third album Right
Place Right Time and so far has released two singles
from it, the first, "Troublemaker" which became his
fourth number one and the second "Army of Two"
which reached number twelve.