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'''William (Will) Robert Young''' (born [[January 20]], [[1979]]), British [[singer]], is best known for winning the British version of ''[[Pop Idol]]'' in 2002. |
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Revision as of 18:42, 14 August 2004
William (Will) Robert Young (born January 20, 1979), British singer, is best known for winning the British version of Pop Idol in 2002.
Contrary to popular belief, he wasn't a surprise winner when beating Gareth Gates in the final show; in fact, he gained the most votes nearly every week throughout the entire finals.
His first single was a double A-side featuring Westlife's song "Evergreen" and "Anything Is Possible", a new song written for Young by Cathy Dennis. This became the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history selling 300,000 copies on its day of release. It went on to sell over 1.4 million copies and in the official list of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK issued later that year, it appeared 12th. Will subsequently made headlines by revealing he was gay. He went on to win the Brits Best Newcomer Award and a plethora of other awards including most recently the Capital Awards 2004 for Best UK Male Vocalist and Best Album, the latter award gained for his, largely self-penned, million-selling second album Friday's Child.