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- Brighter Than Sunshine
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1972-01-17
britishenglishindie poprock and indieuk
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Matt Hales (born January 17, 1972), better known as Aqualung, is a British singer/songwriter best known in the United Kingdom for his song "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You)", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart later that year. Prior to his success as Aqualung, Hales was known as the lead singer of mid-1990s, London-based Britpop band Ruth. <a href="http
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Southampton
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- alternative rock
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.aqualung.net
- Image
- Aqualung at Webster Hall September 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1972-01-17
- Commons category
- Aqualung (musician)
- pseudonym
- Aqualung
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- social media followers
- 9789
- birth name
- Matthew Nicholas Hales
- name in native language
- Matt Hales
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