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Tom Odell

English singer-songwriter (born 1990)

Thomas Peter Odell is an English singer-songwriter. His debut EP, Songs from Another Love, was released in 2012, earning him a BRITs Critics' Choice Award.

He won an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year in 2014. His first full-length album, Long Way Down, came out in 2013 and was followed by Wrong Crowd in 2016.

Odell went on to release Jubilee Road (2018) and Monsters (2021), both through Columbia Records. In 2022, he became an independent artist and released two more studio albums: Best Day of My Life (2022) and Black Friday (2024), the latter featuring the breakout track "Black Friday", which was one of his most successful singles as of June 2025.

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Tom Odell

what: one person
from: Chichester
born: 1990
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 1 song

File card: Tom Odell

real name: Thomas Peter Odell

labels: Columbia Records, In the Name Of

genres: indie pop, folk-pop

plays: piano, voice, guitar

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Early life

Odell was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England, to an airline pilot father and a primary school teacher mother. He has an older sister. He spent part of his childhood living in Auckland, New Zealand after his family moved to the country. He was educated at Bishop Luffa School and Seaford College in West Sussex but also recalls attending school in New Zealand.

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2012–2013: Career beginnings and Long Way Down

Odell was signed to In the Name Of, an imprint of Columbia Records. He was discovered by the label head Lily Allen, who remarked that "his energy onstage reminded me of David Bowie". He released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love, in October 2012. He made his television debut in November 2012 as a performer on Later... with Jools Holland; the show's producer Alison Howe later described it as "a classic Later debut". Odell was announced as one of 15 nominees for the BBC Sound of 2013 poll in January 2013. Also that month, his single "Another Love" was used by the BBC to advertise their 2013 schedule. Odell's music has been used in numerous Burberry fashion runway shows. He was named the BRITs' Critics' Choice Award winner,...

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Influences

Odell grew up listening to Elton John. One of the first albums he listened to was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973). He also cites David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell, Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Rodríguez and Bruce Springsteen as influences. He is a fan of Adele, James Blake, Cat Power, Blur, Beach House, Radiohead, Coldplay and Ben Folds.

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British singer-songwriter, born 24 November 1990 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. Also known as: Odell, Tom Odel, Tom Peter Odell, 汤姆·奥德尔, 湯姆歐德 From Discogs (free to use). Their entry