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Bens Brother biography

Ben's Brother is a five-piece band from the UK, headed by founder Jamie Hartman. Their band was named after Jamie's big brother Ben, in whose shadow he lived as a teenager. Jamie always considered himself the beta male of the family, which gave him the idea for the title of their debut album.

Their debut album, Beta Male Fairytales, was released on August 6, 2007, went to number 3 on iTunes UK and achieved Gold status. Successes followed in Europe and North and South America.

A song from their album, "God By Another Name," became the first iTunes Store free single of the week to be made available in the iTunes Plus format. Beginning in September 2007, their song "Stuttering" was featured in a Dentyne Ice commercial in Canada and the U.S.. This turned into a larger partnership where the band gave away free songs to fans and flew a fan to see them play in Texas, via a specially created website.

The band made their American festival debut at South by Southwest in March 2008.

In 2008 the band were nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Let Me Out".

Dropped by EMI group despite the Ivor Novello Nomination and success with BetaMale Fairytales in the UK and around the world, they formed their own label and recorded their second studio album in Autumn 2008, going on to release the first single, Apologise, in early 2009 before being signed to Island Records for the forthcoming singles from album 2, Battling Giants, which contains a duet with Joss Stone - Stalemate - and other vocal collaborations including Jason Mraz on the title track and Jack MacManus, Cass Lowe and Pete Gordeno doing group harmonies on the other tracks.

Band members

• Jamie Hartman (Vocals)
• Kiris Houston (Keyboard/Guitar)
• Malcolm Moore (Bass)
• Karl Brazil (Drums)
• Luke Potashnik (Guitar)

Discography

Albums

• Beta Male Fairytales (July 2, 2007) (UK #14, ITA #100)
• Battling Giants (May 11th, 2009) (UK #56)

Singles

• 2007 "Let Me Out" (UK #38,ITA #8)
• 2007 "Carry On"
• 2008 "Stuttering (Kiss Me Again)" (UK #41)
• 2009 "Apologise" (UK #TBC)
• 2009 "Q & A" (forthcoming)

References

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