Conor Maynard

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Conor Maynard is a British singer-songwriter and actor

Nov 21, 1992

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: November 21, 1992
  • Nationality: British
  • Famous: Singer-songwriter, Songwriters, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers
  • Siblings: Jack Maynard
  • Birth Place: Brighton, United Kingdom
  • Height: 178cm
  • Gender: Male

Conor Maynard born at

Brighton, United Kingdom

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Birth Place

Conor Maynard started dating at the age of 13 but was mostly unsuccessful in carrying on any relationship for long.

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Personal Life

He grew up in Brighton with his younger brother and sisters and was attracted to music from a very early age.

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Personal Life

Conor Paul Maynard was born Conor Paul Maynard in Brighton, England on November 21, 1992. His father is a builder named Gary Maynard and his mother is an office worker named Helen Maynard.

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Childhood & Early Life

He has a younger brother, Jack and two younger sisters, Anna and Sophie. He attended the ‘Cardinal Newman Catholic School’ on Hove.

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Childhood & Early Life

Both his parents were fond of Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson which exposed Conor to music and helped him to take up a career in singing.

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Childhood & Early Life

He started singing from a very early age but got serious about it only at the age of 15.

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Childhood & Early Life

When he was young he took piano lessons but soon gave up because he got bored by sitting still and having to learn the various scales.

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Childhood & Early Life

On May 19, 2006, Conor Maynard started his own YouTube channel and uploaded his first video in which he sang the song ‘Breathe’ sung earlier by another English musician, Lee Carr.

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Career

He appeared in a television series ‘Dream Team’ in the role of Casper Rose, broadcast by ‘Sky 1’ in 2006.

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Career

From 2009 to 2011, Conor in collaboration with Anthony ‘Anth’ Melo, a rapper and a close friend, uploaded a large number of covers for songs sung by other artistes such as ‘Only Girl In the World’ sung by Rihanna and ‘Dynamite’ sung by Taio Cruz.

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Career

In November 2011, Conor was nominated and participated in a contest for the ‘Brand New for 2012’ award conducted by MTV in which he competed against other talented singers such as Lana Del Ray, Delilah, Liane La Havas and Michael Kiwanka.

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His cover for the song ‘Beautiful Monster’ impressed the American singer and songwriter, Ne-Yo and he took Conor under his guidance and helped him sign up with the ‘Parlophone and Turn First Management’ which was a subsidiary of ‘Electric and Musical Industries’ also known as ‘EMI Records’ or ‘EMI Music’ in 2011.

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In October 2013 Conor Maynard published his book ‘Take Off’ which described how he became famous.

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Major Works