About Lemar

There aren’t many who can claim success on the scale of Lemar. As well as awards, acclaim, platinum sales and sold-out tours, the North London singer/songwriter is one of a handful of artists able to balance incredible commercial success whilst maintaining credibility as one of the best ever UK vocalists.

To date, each of his albums – 2003’s Dedicated, 2004’s Time To Grow and 2006’s The Truth About Love - have sold in excess of 500,000 copies each. An incredible achievement for anyone, but particularly for a young man from Tottenham who, just months before selling half a million albums, nearly quit the music industry to do a computer programming degree.

Luckily, 'Fame Academy' called, and Lemar became its most successful graduate. With a vocal comparative to the late, great Luther Vandross, a humble, engaging personality and serious time spent on the live music circuit supporting Destiny’s Child and Usher, Lemar became the not-so-overnight success story of 2003.

In addition to albums sold and awards won, Lemar has helped redefine British pop music. Years before Adele, Duffy or Amy arrived, Lemar bought horns, heart and some serious soul back to the UK charts. Six top 10 singles including If There’s Any Justice, Dance With U, 50/50 and Time To Grow established Lemar as a successful commercial act, and proved that British soul music had the power to go pop. Both the record industry and music fans acknowledged Lemar’s contributions with two BRIT and two MOBO awards achieved over successive years.

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