History

Conor Maynard (born 21 November 1992) is a British singer from Brighton. Maynard rose to success in 2012 when he was nominated for, and subsequently won, MTV's Brand New for 2012 award. His debut single, "Can't Say No", was released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2012. In December 2008, Maynard signed up to online video site YouTube, uploading the track "Breathe", a cover version of the track by British musician Lee Carr. Throughout 2009-2011, Maynard uploaded cover versions of songs with rapper/friend Anthony "Anth" Melo who resides in Virginia. Together they covered a variety of popular artists, including: Chris Brown ("Crawl"), Taio Cruz ("Dynamite"), Jessie J ("Price Tag") and Katy Perry ("E.T."). Maynard was brought to label attention when American singer/songwriter Ne-Yo watched a cover version of his track "Beautiful Monster" - who contacted the musician soon afterwards. Conor Maynard now is growing more and more!