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Posted on Jun 17, 2017

This Young Indian Boy Is 1st Indie Verified Artist In India On Spotify

His name is Stuart Matthew and he lives nowhere but in India. Read article to know more.

by JohnnyHopkins1991

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Stuart Matthew is 18 years old English singer-songwriter from India, started recording songs in his bedroom and posting them on YouTube since he was 16. He started getting international views on his videos. In 2015, Stuart released his first EP "Passion" and got international radio airplay feature for his cover of "Good For You" after which MTV picked him as an artist. Stuart had his first ever original song which got nominated in Radio City Freedom Awards 2015. He kept uploading videos and start selling songs on platforms like iTunes, Spotify etc. His unique sensual voice captured thousands of attention across the world. Having almost 100k views on his YouTube channel his cover of Love Yourself by Justin Bieber got multiple entries in "Shazam City Chart of the Week".