Barratt Waugh

Barratt Waugh was born in August 1979 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England and while still very young moved north to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. He has been singing and dancing since the age of three. By 14 he had attended the Royal Ballet School and attained Grade 5. He first came to the UK's attention when featured on Michael Barrymore's "My Kind of People" and "My Kind of Music", and went on to perform 90 dates at the Royal Albert Hall supporting Sir Cliff Richard.

Having been signed to the Warner Bros. Records Classics subsidiary Erato, Barratt's album, a collaboration with Diane Warren, I Love You, Goodbye was released in Japan, France and the USA in year 2000. 50,000 copies were sold, with Barratt making promotional appearances in these countries. The album was featured on the USA's QVC channel, and I Love You, Goodbye was declared their fastest selling album for a debut artist, selling more than 400 copies in 10 minutes.

In the USA, Atlantic Records picked up on the track "A Time for Us" and released a club version. It made Number 14 in the Billboard play chart, selling all 5,000 copies very quickly.

By 2001 Warner Bros. Records Classics were undergoing major restructuring and in the UK, "I Love You, Goodbye" was only "technically released" with zero exposure. The few copies that were made available sold very quickly.

In 2002 Barratt first underwent brain surgery to remove an abscess and started writing his own material. There were to be several repeat operations to cure the problem. Working with writer/producer Ryan Laubscher, Barratt found his "other" voice and 11 new tracks were recorded plus covers of Dirty Dancing's "Hungry Eyes" and "She's Like the Wind" (which have not yet been released).

With Warner Bros. Records out of the picture, Barratt released the single "Skip a Beat" in June 2003 under his own label BNW Records. It reached No 5 on The BOX and No 53 in the singles chart. During this time Barratt went on a 100 date nationwide schools tour; appeared with Blue, D Side, Liberty X, Lulu, Fast Food Rockers, Lisa Scott Lee, Blazin' Squad, Sugar Babes, Kim Marsh, Gareth Gates and many others; and appeared at Live & Loud in Hampden Park, Summer Pops in Liverpool, the Blackburn Music Festival, Party in the Park and Heaven, as well as numerous night clubs and radio roadshows across the country.

Barratt's influences are Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Eva Cassidy. Barratt is possessed of an extraordinary voice and vocal range. In fact you could say he has two voices. While rivaling Will Young's tenor tones, He can also sing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" in her pitch perfectly demonstrates his wide range.

Barratt Waugh: "I've been singing for...well since before I could tie my own shoe laces!!!!! I love it! I grew up in the mining village of Rainworth, Mansfield with three brothers and a sister. We all get on really well now, although as kids we were pulling each others hair out. Kinda fun when I look back!For years I would sing songs I heard on the radio, songs I heard on my parents stereo etc., but it wasn't till only a few years ago that started to write my own songs and haven't really looked back. I mean, sure I do still sing covers for fun, but my heart is in the delivery of my own message. A bit cheesy you might think, but we all got something to say about life, and a message to share don't we? Mine is in my music."