Conor Maynard Contrast Zip

• ' Released: 2 March 2012 • ' Released: 22 July 2012 • ' Released: 11 October 2012 • ' Released: 20 January 2013 Contrast is the debut by English singer. It was released on 30 July 2012 in the United Kingdom through and across Europe between August and October. Index of vampire diaries season 1. Contrast mainly includes production from, who produced seven of the fourteen songs available on the album, along with production from,,,,,,, and, among others, and features guest appearances from American recording artists and, as well as British record artist.

Contrast was recorded between 2011 and 2012 and its album's music consists of. The album's lead single ' entered the at number 2. The second single ' was released the same day as Contrast, entering at number 4. Another two singles were released after the album release. The album peaked at number 1 on the, and charted in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland,, Switzerland, Italy and United States.

Contents • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] On 20 May 2006, Maynard signed up to online video-sharing website and uploaded his very first video of him singing 'Breathe' by fellow British musician Lee Carr. Throughout 2009–present, Maynard uploaded cover versions of songs with rapper and close friend, Anthony 'Anth' Melo who resides in Virginia. Together they have covered a variety of songs, including: ('), ('), ('). Maynard was brought to label attention when singer/songwriter watched a cover version of his track ' – who contacted the musician soon afterwards, and became Maynard's mentor.

Written By: Anthony Melo, Conor Maynard Produced by: Conor Maynard Follow Anth on. Conor Maynard - Pictures - Contrast - Duration: 4 minutes, 10 seconds.

In November 2011, Maynard received a nomination for 's Brand New for 2012 award, competing alongside,,. It was announced on 31 January 2012 that Maynard had been crowned winner of the award, having received approximately 48% of the public vote. February 2012 saw the reveal that Maynard had been signed to label subsidiary, in late 2011 and that work would begin in the coming months on his debut, Contrast. Maynard released the for his debut single ' on 1 March 2012, which by September 2012 had already surpassed fourteen million views. The single was met with positive reviews, with Lewis Corner (of ) describing it as ' playful, fun and immediately leaves you wanting another go', whilst others compared Maynard to singer; both vocally and career-wise. However Conor disputes this claim, saying 'I'm not like Justin Bieber.' But - while insisting his music has a more mature R&B flavour to it than Bieber's - recognises that they both gained popularity from being young and from being found through.

Singles [ ] ' was released on 2 March 2012 as the first single from the album. It was produced by and The Arcade, and written by The Invisible Men, Sophie Stern, Jon Mills, Joe Dyer, Kurtis McKenzie and Maynard.

' was released on 20 July 2012 as the second single from the album. ' was confirmed as the third single to be released from the album. The music video premiered on September 10, 2012 and was released on 8 October 2012. ' was confirmed to be the fourth single from the album. The music video was released on 10 December 2012 and was released to radio on 21 January 2013.

The song was released as a remix with UK rapper. Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 67/100 Review scores Source Rating (Positive) (Positive) 7/10 (Positive) 7/10 (Positive) (Positive) Contrast received generally positive reviews from music critics. At, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67 based on 11 reviews. Lewis Corner of criticized Maynard's lyrics for being 'mismatch with his boy-next-door persona', ultimately stating the songs feel 'like a by-product of his mentors rather than an expression of his teenage self.'