Gary Barlow Biography
Gary Barlow OBE is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, and TV personality. He is the lead singer for the British pop group Take That.
How old is Gary Barlow? – Age
He is 53 years old as of 20 January 2024. He was born in 1971 in Frodsham, United Kingdom
Gary Barlow Family – Education
He is the second child of Colin and Marjorie Barlow (née Cowan) gave birth to Barlow. He attended Weaver Vale Primary School before moving on to Frodsham High School in 1982.
Gary Barlow Wife – Children
In 2000, Barlow married Dawn Andrews, a dancer on Take That’s 1995 Nobody Else Tour. They have three children: Daisy (born 2009), Emily (born 2002), and Daniel (born 2000). On August 4, 2012, he reported that their daughter, Poppy, was stillborn.
Despite the loss of his daughter one week earlier, Barlow sang the smash “Rule the World” during the London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, earning international acclaim for his fortitude and determination to take the stage so soon after his sorrow. Due to the grief, it was stated that Barlow will not attend the X Factor press premiere.
Gary Barlow Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of £90 million.
Gary Barlow The X Factor
In 2011, Gary was in cutting edge converses with supplant Simon Cowell as an adjudicator on The X Component. He was formally affirmed as an appointed authority on 30 May, close by returning appointed authority Louis Walsh and individual new adjudicators Tulisa and Kelly Rowland. Barlow was given the “Young men” classification for live shows and guided Marcus Collins to the last of The X Element, where he became next in line.
After an effective presentation in 2011, ITV makers opened converses with Barlow to return briefly series and offered a significant increment on his £1.5 million compensation. On 17 April 2012, it was reported that Barlow would get back to The X Element for a subsequent year, joining returning appointed authorities Walsh and Tulisa, and new appointed authority Nicole Scherzinger. For his second year as a tutor, he was given the Over 28s classification, highlighting both male and female specialists beyond 28 years old.
Barlow uncovered on 9 December 2012 that he may not return as an appointed authority for a third series on The X Variable, expressing that he didn’t have the foggiest idea “whether there is room” in his journal for the program. In any case, on 20 May 2013, it was affirmed that he and Barlow would both re-visitation of proceed with their jobs as judges on the 10th series of The X Component, close by Scherzinger and previous appointed authority Sharon Osbourne who supplanted Tulisa.
Barlow picked Kingsland Street, Miss Dynamix, and Harsh Duplicate as his last three, and in the wake of losing two of his last ventures, directed Unpleasant Duplicate to the semi-last. During Harsh Duplicate’s presentation on the main live demonstration of The X Component 2013, Barlow uncovered that this would be his keep going series on the show because of his performance visit responsibilities and the impending arrival of another Take That collection.
Gary Barlow Walk the Line
After being ousted as a judge on The X Factor by a returning Simon Cowell, Barlow took Cowell’s place on the panel of Syco’s new talent program Walk the Line before the first episode aired. Barlow will join Craig David, Dawn French, and Alesha Dixon on the judging panel when the show premieres on ITV on December 12, 2021.
Gary Barlow Talent Show
In the summer of 2016, Gary started his own talent competition, Let It Shine, in search of five boys to star in an upcoming national musical based on Take That’s music. The musical will tour the UK, performing up to eight concerts per week. Let It Shine premiered on BBC One on January 7, 2017, with the first live broadcast premiering on February 11, 2017.
Gary Barlow Back for Good
To date, Barlow has written 14 number-one singles in the UK and two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in the United States, including “Back for Good,” which reached number one in 31 countries worldwide.Take That’s song “Back for Good” is from their third studio album, Nobody Else, released in 1995. It was composed by lead singer Gary Barlow and co-produced with Chris Porter before being released by RCA and Arista on March 27, 1995. The song topped the UK Singles Chart, charted at number one in 31 countries, and reached the top ten in many more.
Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton directed the song’s music video. At the 1996 Brit Awards, “Back for Good” won the British Single of the Year award. The song was named number 910 in Q Magazine’s list of the “1001 Best Songs Ever” in 2003, and number 11 in a UK poll on the ITV show The Nation’s Favourite Number One Single in 2012.
Gary Barlow Progress
Progress was the band’s first album with the original lineup since 1995’s Nobody Else. The band also announced a stadium tour called Progress Live, which took place in 2011. Tickets for the tour went on sale on October 29, 2010. Due to unprecedented high public demand for tickets, Ticketmaster websites in the UK and Ireland failed, and all first tour dates sold out in less than 15 minutes. According to reports, a record-breaking one million tickets were sold on the first day of sale, shattering the previous box office record set in 2008 by Take That Present: The Circus Live.
Due to exceptional demand, Take That added further dates to their tour, concluding in the UK with a record-breaking eight consecutive nights at Wembley Stadium before continuing around Europe, with an estimated 1.75 million people scheduled to attend the events.
The lead single from Progress was named “The Flood”. The record debuted at number two and sold more than 500,000 copies. On its first day of sale, Progress sold over 235,000 copies in the United Kingdom, making it the fastest-selling record of the century. On November 21, 2010, Progress debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, marking the band’s eighth number-one album.
By the conclusion of its first week, the album had sold over 520,000 copies, making it the second fastest-selling album in UK chart history. Progress has sold 2.8 million copies in the UK and has enjoyed comparable chart success throughout Europe. In June 2011, Take That released their debut extended play collection, Progressed, which returned the band to number one in the UK on its first week of release and charted throughout Europe.