Nathan Abraham Lauren Fagan-Gayle, known commercially as Nathan and more recently Starboy Nathan, is an English Rhythm & Blues singer, most famous for his Top 40 singles "Come into My Room" and "Diamonds".
Background
Nathan is the son of reggae singer Lorna Gee. Nathan and his mother moved to Jamaica when he was two years old so that she could pursue her career. At the age of five he joined his mother in New York City where they settled until Nathan turned eleven years old.
Career
2006-2008: First studio album, Masterpiece In 2006, Nathan released his debut single "Come into My Room" which charted inside the United Kingdom top 40, peaking at number 37. This was his only single for the label V2 Records. His second single "Round and Round", released in January 2007, marked a change in record label and was the first for Mona Records/Vibes Corner Music.
On 9 October 2006, he released his debut album Masterpiece, which was led by the third single "Cold as Ice".
Masterpiece debuted and peaked at number 122 on the United Kingdom albums chart when it was subsequently reissued in 2007. The fourth single from the album, "Do Without My Love" was released prior to this reissue and became the second biggest hit from Masterpiece, peaking at number 44 on the United Kingdom Chart.
On 3 January 2008, Nathan entered the Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack house. He came sixth in the show.
2009-present: Second studio album, 3D and name change Since the release of Masterpiece and the promotion for it ending in 2008, Nathan has been working on his sophomore effort.
His second studio album is due for release in November 2011 and is entitled 3D - Determination, Dedication, Desire. The first single from the album was "Caught Maine Slippin" featuring Flo Rida, which was issued on 5 July 2010. In 2011, Nathan began using the moniker Starboy Nathan instead of the mononym by which he was originally recognised.
I mean, you can type in Nathan, just Nathan into Google and I might come up or you get 50 million other things whereas "Starboy Nathan" is very defiant and it"s definitive and you can search it and all of my library will come up and stuff so it"s a bit more like that.
And I"ve changed the Twitter name to "Starboy Nathan" and the Facebook name as well. lieutenant didn"t confuse any fans, I told them, they were with me on lieutenant" Following a support slot on the second JLS tour,And The Ndubz tour Starboy Nathan announced that "Diamonds" would be the second single from the 3D album.
The single was released on 18 April 2011. Starboy Nathan will also be supporting The Wanted on their United Kingdom tour.
Starboy Nathan"s single "Hangover" (featuring Wretch 32) was released on 12 September 2011 and reached position 92 on the United Kingdom Chart.
His album 3D - Dedication, Determination, Desire was released the following year. Nathan auditioned in 2012 for The X Factor. In auditions he received four yeses to take him through to the Bootcamp round, where he then progressed to the Judges Houses round in Dubai.
However, judge Nicole Scherzinger did not select him to be one of her final three male singers.