David Sneddon

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Sneddon
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 15, 1978(1978-09-15)
Age	46
Birthplace	Paisley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Virgo

David Sneddon Biography

David Sneddon is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on September 15, 1978 in Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom. David Sneddon (born 15 September 1978) is a British musician, singer musician, and music producer of modern pop music. He took a different path to the world of music through appearing on stage and in television as well as singing in lead roles on musicals staged in Glasgow. In 2002, he was able to win the very first season of the BBC One’s musical contest Fame Academy. He released his debut single “Stop Living the Lie” in 2003. It was an UK top single that sold more than 250k copies. This made it the UK’s twelveth top-selling single in 2003. The album that he released as his debut, Seven Years Ten Weeks was released in April 2003 It reached No.5 on the UK Albums Chart. He scored three more UK Singles Chart singles – “Don’t Let Go” (No. 3), “Best of Order” (No. 19) and “Baby Get Higher” (No. 39). His hit song “Baby Get Higher” was popular at the club for Almighty Records and a chart song for VanVelzen during 2006 as well as for Emin Agalarov.

As of the month of October in 2003 Sneddon’s hit song “Baby Get Higher” had been able to reach No.39 on the UK Singles Chart, and the track scored further chart success in November 2003, when the DJ label Almighty Records produced an exclusive promo remix that became an instant dance hit. The label also made a song with Belle Lawrence, which was included on a variety of compilation albums of dance music. The song was released in November of 2006. track was also a top singles chart smash by Dutch musician VanVelzen.

After the show he toured with a band that included James Bauer-Mein. David has continued working with Mein as a songwriting and music production partnership in London since 2003. Throughout 2003, Sneddon and his band played a university tour, the Box Live and Summer XS tours, and headlined at the ‘Pop on the Rock’ music festival in the Channel Islands. Highlights of the year were supporting Bryan Adams in Bristol and his musical hero, Elton John, in Hull. Sneddon also performed on TV many times, including the BBC’s chart music program Top of the Pops. David was also a guest presenter on The Saturday Show (BBC TV series) and the BBC Scotland Children in Need Appeal, and he took part in Avid Merrion’s comedy show ‘Bo Selecta’ on Channel 4 In 2003 Sneddon and the show drew negative press from the UK tabloid media such as The Sun.

Seven Years – Ten Weeks Sneddon’s album, was released in April 2003, four months after he won the show, and entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 5. The album contains all original compositions written by Sneddon, two co-writes with Scott MacAlister and four songs co-written with Martians’ member Kielty. Sneddon wrote songs about his seven years after leaving university when he performed with bands, and on stage in Scotland – and about his ten weeks singing live on the BBC television series. It contains his three chart singles “Stop Living the Lie”, “Don’t Let Go” and “Best of Order”. The album was produced by Hugh Padgham, and was recorded with Elton John’s band. There was a Scottish album launch for the release on 27 April, when Sneddon performed seven gigs in ten hours all over Scotland. Sneddon was given three months to write, rehearse and record original material for his debut album.

Since 2003, the Sneddons have collaborated with guitarist and producer James Bauer-Mein while touring making his first album. Since the time, Sneddon and Mein have established a partnership and have been working in the London recording studio to discover the best producers, writers and emerging talent from both their native US in addition to the UK. Sneddon along with Mein have established an impressive reputation as songwriters, writing songs that charted on the music charts for artists, including Hurts, Morten Harket of A-ha, X Factor winner Matt Cardle, Newton Faulkner and the top-selling American musician Lana Del Rey. In 2009, they decided to refer to themselves as “The Nexus”.

David Sneddon Net Worth

David Sneddon is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Sneddon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the role of Romeo and Juliet He also came across John Kielty (Sneddon played Romeo and John was Juliet’s dad). After performing acoustic shows with each other at The Tron Theatre located in Glasgow in 2001 and 2002, they decided to create an ensemble and named the group The Martians. The Martians performed and busked in The Edinburgh Festival. Sneddon was on stage alongside The Martians in 2002 when they decided to join the BBC’s inaugural series of Fame Academy. Following the show, David took home the award, the show, he invited John Kielty up to London to write their debut record and then go to tour together. Sneddon also performed in the band called indie-rock The Sham with John Kielty in 2004 and 2005. Since then, The Martians won the Highland Quest for The Sundowe, a new musical, in the year 2006. The Sundowe The Sundowe was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and toured the Scottish Highlands in early 2007.

Sneddon was recognized for his performance on the first season of a reality television music contest known as Fame Academy in December 2002. He wasn’t selected for the show’s first episode, but was brought in to fill in for a contestant was forced to withdraw from the show because of illness. Sneddon is a popular contestant, thanks to his strong voice and friendly charismatic charm was an instant favorite with the audience as well as his fellow contestants. He took home the top prize of the show, bringing viewers’ attention with his memorable renditions of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by Elton John, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It” by Danny Whitten, and his own composition “Stop Living the Lie” and was voted the winner by the public with 3.5m votes.

Sneddon then took the step of moving from being a popstar to working as a songwriter for other singers. He signed an exclusive publishing deal as a songwriter with Universal Music Group in October 2003. Sneddon’s main focus has always been his songwriting. He said “I’ve loved all the music side of it, it’s everything I hoped it would be – the recording, the studio, writing, but the other stuff……….?”

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From July 2006 to October 2007, he performed occasional gigs mostly in London – at the Bedford, the Regal Room, The Cobden and the Troubadour venues. When Kielty moved to America in late 2006, Sneddon brought in David Mullins as his backing guitarist. He also presented a radio sports show “Keep Off the Grass” on BBC Radio Scotland in June 2007. Sneddon performed a few gigs in Scotland over this time at the Oran Mor, Dunstaffstage, the Jazz Bar and the Kilsyth festival.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Sneddon celebrates birthday on September 15 of every year.

White Noise (released through Indiestore, January 2007)

Was David Sneddon ever found?

David Sneddon’s body was never recovered at the site. The Sneddon story is one of many among the families of abductees who suspect their loved ones were forcibly taken to North Korea. Other families joined James Sneddon on Tuesday, including activists in Japan and relatives of alleged victims from Thailand and Romania.

What does David Sneddon do now?

Sneddon was given three months to write, rehearse and record original material for his debut album. After the show he toured with a band that included James Bauer-Mein. David has continued working with Mein as a songwriting and music production partnership in London since 2003.

What happened to Lamar from Fame Academy?

Initially rising to fame after finishing third on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy, he was later signed to Sony BMG, where he has gone on to release five studio albums , three of which are certified platinum or double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Who started Pop Idol?

Pop Idol is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003.

What happened to Alex from Fame Academy?

Alex Parks (series 2) Since the show she’s fallen off the face of the planet. The star – who apparently now goes by the name Lexi Parks – released her second album Honesty in 2005 and rumour has it she was last spotted at the Music Sales Film & TV Songwriters Week with none other than The X Factor’s Joe McElderry.