Callum Beattie
{{short description|Scottish singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Callum Beattie
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| birth_name = Callum Beattie
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1989|10|17}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland {{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/music/rising-star-callum-beattie-returns-edinburgh-swap-stage-street-542863|title=Rising star Callum Beattie returns to Edinburgh to swap stage for street|website=Scotsman|date=12 August 2019|accessdate=21 May 2020|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726004646/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/music/rising-star-callum-beattie-returns-edinburgh-swap-stage-street-542863|url-status=live}}
| origin =
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals}}
| genre = Indie
| label = {{hlist|3 Beat Records|AATW|Universal}}
| years_active = 2017–present
| website = {{URL|https://www.callumbeattie.co.uk/}}
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Callum Beattie is an independent Scottish singer-songwriter
He has released six singles, two EPs and his debut album People Like Us was released in May 2020. His second album Vandals was released in February 2023.
Career
Beattie grew up in Musselburgh, East Lothian{{Cite web |date=12 August 2019 |title=Rising star Callum Beattie returns to Edinburgh to swap stage for street |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/music/rising-star-callum-beattie-returns-edinburgh-swap-stage-street-542863 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=Scotsman}} and released his first single "We Are Stars" in 2017. In 2019, he uploaded the anti-Brexit and Conservative Party song "Boris Song" onto YouTube, becoming viral.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2019 |title=Boris Johnson ripped to shreds in Scots singer's anti-Tory anthem ahead of General Election |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/boris-johnson-ripped-shreds-scots-21071286 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=Daily Record}}
His debut album People Like Us was released in 2020, reaching number 18 on the UK Albums Chart's mid-week chart according to Official Charts Company,{{Cite web |date=18 May 2020 |title=Sleaford Mods battling for Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with retrospective album All That Glue |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sleaford-mods-battling-for-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-with-retrospective-album-all-that-glue__29799/ |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=Official Charts Company}} and eventually debuting at number 68 with sales of 1,449 units.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2020 |title=Charts analysis: Lewis Capaldi returns to albums summit |url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-lewis-capaldi-returns-to-albums-summit/079881 |access-date=23 May 2020 |website=Music Week |archive-date=31 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531031559/https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-lewis-capaldi-returns-to-albums-summit/079881 |url-status=live }} In May 2020 Beattie was interviewed by Robin Galloway on Pure Radio about his pride in the Scottish sound of the album, saying that his "heart will always lie back home".{{Cite web |date=20 May 2020 |title=Callum Beattie is the next big thing |url=https://www.facebook.com/PureRadioScot/videos/callum-beattie-is-the-next-big-thing/2575270539361002/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153928/https://www.facebook.com/PureRadioScot/videos/callum-beattie-is-the-next-big-thing/2575270539361002/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=Facebook}}
On 26 June 2020 Beattie released his first music video for the song "Salamander Street", about a former classmate who became a prostitute in Edinburgh.{{Cite web |url=https://celebmix.com/callum-beattie-unveils-music-video-for-salamander-street/ |title=Callum Beattie unveils first music video |date=28 June 2020 |access-date=10 July 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710230105/https://celebmix.com/callum-beattie-unveils-music-video-for-salamander-street/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiependent.co.uk/track-review-salamander-street-callum-beattie/ |title=Review of Salamander Street, by The Independent |date=28 June 2020 |access-date=10 July 2020 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713125024/https://www.indiependent.co.uk/track-review-salamander-street-callum-beattie/ |url-status=live }}
On 24 February 2023 Beattie released his second album, VANDALS. The album reached number one on the national iTunes chart, beating Gorillaz, Pink and Adam Lambert. VANDALS went straight to number one on the Scottish album charts. The first single from the album Heart Stops Beating stayed on the Bauer Radio playlist for two years.
Discography
=Albums=
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
|
| scope="row"| "We Are Stars"
| rowspan="2"| 2017 | — || — | rowspan="7"| People Like Us |
| scope="row"| "Man Behind the Sun"
| — || — |
| scope="row"| "Connection"
| rowspan="2"| 2019 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Easter Road"
| — || — |
| scope="row"| "Talk About Love"
| rowspan="5"| 2020 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Some Heroes Don't Wear Capes"
| — || — |
| scope="row"| "Salamander Street"
| 6 || 49 |
| scope="row"| "Fuckers"
| 13 || — | rowspan="3"| People Like Us (Scottish Edition) |
| scope="row"| "Don't Walk Alone"
| 12 || — |
| scope="row"| "Tears in My Eyes"
| rowspan="2"| 2021 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "It's Christmas"
| — || — | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Heart Stops Beating"
| rowspan="2"| 2022 | — || 95 | rowspan="2"| Vandals |
| scope="row"| "Can’t Kill the Summer"
| — || — |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
References
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Category:Scottish male singer-songwriters
Category:Scottish singer-songwriters