Will Young

Quick Facts

Full Name	Will Young
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1979(1979-01-20)
Age	45
Birthplace	Wokingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Will Young Biography

Will Young is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on January 20, 1979 in Wokingham, England, United Kingdom. Winner of the first season of Britain’s Pop Idol. His debut single, “Anything is Possible,” was released in 2002. To date, he has won three BRIT Awards.

He and Kelly Clarkson were both first season winners of Idol in their respective countries.

Will Young was born on 20 January 1979 in Wokingham, Berkshire, and is the second-oldest child of Robin Young, a company director of an engineering firm, and Annabel Young (née Griffith), a plant nursery gardener. Born six weeks prematurely, he is ten minutes older than his twin brother, Rupert. He also has an older sister Emma.

William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor from Wokingham, England, who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise. His double A-sided debut single “Anything Is Possible” / “Evergreen” was released two weeks after the show’s finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK. Young also came in fifth place in World Idol performing the single “Light My Fire” written by the band The Doors.

He has an older sister, Emma, as well as a twin brother named Rupert Maxwell. Young publicly came out as gay in 2002.

Will Young Net Worth

Will Young is one of the richest Pop Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Will Young 's net worth $3 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied musical theater for three years at the Arts Educational Schools in London.

His performance of “Light My Fire” by The Doors helped him to win the first season of Pop Idol and place fifth in World Idol.

Young was born into an affluent, middle-class family, whose paternal ancestry has strong ties to the British government and military services. His grandfather, Digby Aretas Young (d. 1966) served in the Royal Air Force, and his great-great-great-great grandfather was Colonel Sir Aretas William Young, who, in 1795 at seventeen years old, joined the British Army and served in Ireland and Egypt before fighting in the Peninsular War. Aretas was later stationed in Trinidad and eventually took charge of the Trinidadian government, before moving to Demerara where he was appointed Protector of Slaves. Aretas became the sixth Governor of Prince Edward Island in 1831, and three years later was knighted by King William IV. One of Aretas’s sons was Sir Henry Young, fifth Governor of South Australia, later first Governor of Tasmania.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Will Young height 5 feet 11 inches Will weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Will Young Dating?

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– Exchange between Will Young and Simon Cowell, after Cowell criticised Young’s performance of “Light My Fire”. “Open Auditions 5”. Pop Idol. ITV. 20 October 2001. No. 5, series 1.

Facts & Trivia

Will Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Will Young celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.

On 20 June 2001, one of Young’s university classmates showed him an advertisement in the News of the World for auditionees of Pop Idol, a planned nationwide televised talent show to find a solo pop artist in a similar way that Popstars had created the pop band Hear’Say the previous year. The winner was guaranteed a £1 million recording contract with BMG and representation by 19 Management. He printed out an application form from the website, filled it out and posted it on 28 June. On 7 August 2001, he received a reply which told him he had been accepted for an audition at ExCeL London on 5 September 2001. On the day of the audition, Young performed Aretha Franklin’s “Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)” in front of an assistant producer, and was deemed good enough to be given a second audition two days later. For his second audition, Young sang “Blame It on the Boogie” by The Jacksons in front of a show producer and won a place to the third round to perform before the show’s judges: Simon Cowell; Nicki Chapman, a Popstars judge who also worked as a publicist at 19 Entertainment, the company that was producing Pop Idol; Pete Waterman, a music producer who had written or produced twenty-one singles that had charted at Number One in the UK Singles Chart, 200 Top Tens, and sold over 500 million records for the artists such as Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Steps and Westlife; and Neil “Dr Fox” Fox, a disc jockey who presented the drivetime show on Capital FM and the nationally syndicated Pepsi Chart. He was the final contestant the judges saw, and after a day of watching mostly poor performances they were not in the best spirits. Again, Young performed “Blame It on the Boogie”, but the judges thought his overall performance was merely average. Chapman told him that his dance moves had let him down, but his vocal was good. Fox described him as cheesy, Waterman was unimpressed by his stage presence and image – Young was wearing baggy and faded jeans, scuffed shoes and his grandfather’s jumper which was stained with egg yolk – but conceded that his voice was “nice”. Despite their uncertainty, however, they advanced him through to the next round. The following week, auditions were held at the Criterion Theatre, and Young sang “All or Nothing” by O-Town, The Drifters’ “Up on the Roof” and “Fast Love” by George Michael. Still not completely convinced by his performances, he was made to wait in the “Maybe” room until the judges decided to send him through to the Final 50.

Where is Will Young now?

In May 2022 Will bravely opened up about his twin brother’s suicide. The singer took part in a Channel 4 documentary called Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, where he talks about Rupert’s death in 2020. You can watch the doc on May 10, 2022 at 10pm.

How much is Will Young worth now?

Will Young
Genres| Pop
Occupation(s)| Actor, singer-songwriter
Instruments| Vocals
Years active| 2001–present

How old is Will Young?

43 years (January 20, 1979)

How did Will Young become famous?

Will Young is a British singer-songwriter, author and actor. He burst onto the entertainment scene after winning Pop Idol in 2002. The final was watched by over 13 million people, and he became the first ever winner of any Idol show around the world.

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