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Benjamin John "Ben" Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter. born in Middlesex, London in 1987 and moved near Totnes, Devon when he was about eight. He was raised by musical parents who exposed him to their favourite records from singer-songwriter artists from the 1960s and 1970s at an early age, such as John Martyn, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and Simon & Garfunkel, by whom he was strongly influenced.
He self-released his debut EP Games in the Dark (2008) followed by two more EPs, These Waters (2009) and Old Pine (2010). He is currently signed to Island and Communion. His major debut studio album came in 2011 titled Every Kingdom, which was certified 2× Platinum in the United Kingdom and Gold in Germany and earned a nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize and for the Ivor Novello Awards, followed by two more EP releases, Ben Howard Live (2011) and The Burgh Island E.P. (2012).
At the 2013 Brit Awards he received two Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. He released his second studio album, I Forget Where We Were, in October 2014, which was certified Gold in the United Kingdom.
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