Altiyan Childs
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Altiyan Juric best known by his stage name Altiyan Childs, is an Australian singer-songwriter. He was the winner of the second season
of The X Factor Australia in 2010. After X Factor ended, Childs subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. His debut single, "Somewhere in the World
", was made available for download
, following his win on the show on 22 November 2010. The song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart
at number eight. It was followed by the release of Childs' self-titled
debut album on 10 December 2010. The album has reached a peak of number three on the ARIA Albums Chart
and certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
.
but grew up in Sydney
. His father is of Croatian
descent and his mother is Serbia
n. Childs and his sister, Altiyana, were named after their father's sister Altijana, who was murdered at only two months of age.
At the age of 13, Childs had a high school band called Over the Top and, less than two years after graduating from high school, he formed a band called Masonia
with Daniel Rivers, Mo Bloomfield and Nathan Meryment. The band had minor success in 2004 with their debut single "Simple" which reached Number 41 on the ARIA singles chart
.
Masonia disbanded in 2008 and Childs decided to retire from music. Before auditioning for The X Factor, he worked in Sydney as a forklift driver.
in 2010. Falling into the "Over 25's" category, he was mentored by Irish
singer Ronan Keating
who selected him for the finals – a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated by public vote. Keating had received criticism by the Australian public for sending Childs through, as he had forgotten his lyrics multiple times during the audition process.
Throughout the finals, however, Childs was praised continually from the judges, specifically for his performances of Bon Jovi
's "Livin' on a Prayer
", U2
's "Beautiful Day
", "Eye of the Tiger
", "Sex on Fire
" by Kings of Leon
and also Bryan Adams
' "Summer of '69
". After week five's performance show, Childs disappeared from rehearsals and visited a cave on the Sydney
Northern beaches in a need to reconnect with "beautiful sadness". During a radio interview with 2Day FM
, he said "It kind of hit me randomly at about 2 am that I had to reconnect with part of my sadness, it’s my secret power it’s what drives me through the song and ignites that part of me, it’s got to do with sadness, I needed to go back to somewhere where I felt an intimate romantic thing with an ancient memory and it worked".
Throughout the competition, Childs had never landed in the bottom two, and ended up progressing through to the final show with Sally Chatfield and Andrew Lawson. The grand final results show was held on 22 November 2010 and during the early stage of the show it was revealed that Lawson had received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated. Chatfield and Childs became the final two and after the public votes had been tallied it was announced that Childs was the winner. As winner, Childs received a recording contract with record label Sony Music Australia.
as the winner, Childs signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. His debut single, "Somewhere in the World
", was made available for download
following his win on the show on 22 November 2010. The song debuted on the ARIA singles chart
at number eight. It also made its debut in New Zealand at number five on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
Childs' self-titled
debut album was released in Australia and New Zealand on 10 December 2010. It features re-recorded covers of the songs he performed on the X Factor. The album has peaked at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart
and certified platinum in its first week of release. In New Zealand, the album has also reached number three and has certified platinum by the RIANZ.
On 4 April 2011, Childs' personal manager was arrested after police uncovered a chemical lab that was used to manufacture large quantities of prohibited drugs, in Childs' suburban home. His manager was also charged over illegal weapons, which included rifles, pellet guns and a Taser. Childs however, was not charged. In an interview with Today Tonight
which broadcast on the Seven Network
on 11 April 2011, Childs revealed that he was earning less than he had as a forklift driver, despite releasing a single in 2010 and touring all over Australia. He also revealed that he is planning to marry his 19 year-old girlfriend, Nikki Kingston, who he met through Facebook
.
In June 2011, Childs told Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show
that he was planning a national tour of Australia in August, and that—if his record label agreed—would love to release a second album.
The X Factor (Australia season 2)
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The 2010 season premiered on 30 August 2010 and was won by Altiyan Childs on 22 November 2010. Ronan Keating emerged as the winning mentor of the series...
of The X Factor Australia in 2010. After X Factor ended, Childs subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. His debut single, "Somewhere in the World
Somewhere in the World (song)
"Somewhere in the World" is a song by season two winner of The X Factor Australia, Altiyan Childs. Serving as the lead single from his self-titled debut album, "Somewhere in the World" was released as a download-only single following his win on the X Factor on 22 November 2010...
", was made available for download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
, following his win on the show on 22 November 2010. The song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
at number eight. It was followed by the release of Childs' self-titled
Altiyan Childs (album)
-Release history:...
debut album on 10 December 2010. The album has reached a peak of number three on the ARIA Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
.
1975-2008: Early life
Altiyan Childs (formerly known as Altijan Juric) was born in Mount Isa, QueenslandMount Isa, Queensland
-Culture and sport:The local theatre group, the Mount Isa Theatrical Society, or MITS, often holds plays and musicals, at least once every few months or so....
but grew up in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. His father is of Croatian
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
descent and his mother is Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n. Childs and his sister, Altiyana, were named after their father's sister Altijana, who was murdered at only two months of age.
At the age of 13, Childs had a high school band called Over the Top and, less than two years after graduating from high school, he formed a band called Masonia
Masonia
Masonia , is a five-piece rock band hailing from Sydney, Australia. Also known as the band Blind Verdict & Nine Times Over. Their debut single reached #41 on the ARIA singles chart, reaching #26 in NSW...
with Daniel Rivers, Mo Bloomfield and Nathan Meryment. The band had minor success in 2004 with their debut single "Simple" which reached Number 41 on the ARIA singles chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
.
Masonia disbanded in 2008 and Childs decided to retire from music. Before auditioning for The X Factor, he worked in Sydney as a forklift driver.
2010: X Factor Australia
Childs auditioned for the second series of The X Factor AustraliaThe X Factor (Australia season 2)
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The 2010 season premiered on 30 August 2010 and was won by Altiyan Childs on 22 November 2010. Ronan Keating emerged as the winning mentor of the series...
in 2010. Falling into the "Over 25's" category, he was mentored by Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
singer Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
who selected him for the finals – a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated by public vote. Keating had received criticism by the Australian public for sending Childs through, as he had forgotten his lyrics multiple times during the audition process.
Throughout the finals, however, Childs was praised continually from the judges, specifically for his performances of Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
's "Livin' on a Prayer
Livin' on a Prayer
"Livin' on a Prayer" is Bon Jovi's second single from their Slippery When Wet album. Written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora with Desmond Child, the single, released in late 1986, was well-received at both rock and pop radio and its music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band...
", U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
's "Beautiful Day
Beautiful Day
"Beautiful Day" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the first track from their 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, and it was released as the album's lead single. It was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2's biggest hits to date...
", "Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger
"Eye of the Tiger" is a single by American rock band Survivor, from their third album Eye of the Tiger. It was released as a single on May 29, 1982, the same year as the album. It was written at the request of actor Sylvester Stallone, who was unable to get permission for Queen's "Another One Bites...
", "Sex on Fire
Sex on Fire
"Sex on Fire" is the first single to be taken from Kings of Leon's fourth studio album Only by the Night and as of September 2009, the second most-downloaded digital single ever in the United Kingdom...
" by Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
and also Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
' "Summer of '69
Summer of '69
"Summer of '69" is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Bryan Adams, from his fourth studio album, Reckless . The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, a long-time writing partner of Adams. "Summer of '69" was produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain. It was released in June 1985 under...
". After week five's performance show, Childs disappeared from rehearsals and visited a cave on the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Northern beaches in a need to reconnect with "beautiful sadness". During a radio interview with 2Day FM
2Day FM
Not to be mixed up with Today FM in Ireland.2Day FM is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network.- Transmission :...
, he said "It kind of hit me randomly at about 2 am that I had to reconnect with part of my sadness, it’s my secret power it’s what drives me through the song and ignites that part of me, it’s got to do with sadness, I needed to go back to somewhere where I felt an intimate romantic thing with an ancient memory and it worked".
Throughout the competition, Childs had never landed in the bottom two, and ended up progressing through to the final show with Sally Chatfield and Andrew Lawson. The grand final results show was held on 22 November 2010 and during the early stage of the show it was revealed that Lawson had received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated. Chatfield and Childs became the final two and after the public votes had been tallied it was announced that Childs was the winner. As winner, Childs received a recording contract with record label Sony Music Australia.
2010–present: Post X Factor career
After coming out of The X FactorThe X Factor (Australia season 2)
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The 2010 season premiered on 30 August 2010 and was won by Altiyan Childs on 22 November 2010. Ronan Keating emerged as the winning mentor of the series...
as the winner, Childs signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. His debut single, "Somewhere in the World
Somewhere in the World (song)
"Somewhere in the World" is a song by season two winner of The X Factor Australia, Altiyan Childs. Serving as the lead single from his self-titled debut album, "Somewhere in the World" was released as a download-only single following his win on the X Factor on 22 November 2010...
", was made available for download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
following his win on the show on 22 November 2010. The song debuted on the ARIA singles chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
at number eight. It also made its debut in New Zealand at number five on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
Childs' self-titled
Altiyan Childs (album)
-Release history:...
debut album was released in Australia and New Zealand on 10 December 2010. It features re-recorded covers of the songs he performed on the X Factor. The album has peaked at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and certified platinum in its first week of release. In New Zealand, the album has also reached number three and has certified platinum by the RIANZ.
On 4 April 2011, Childs' personal manager was arrested after police uncovered a chemical lab that was used to manufacture large quantities of prohibited drugs, in Childs' suburban home. His manager was also charged over illegal weapons, which included rifles, pellet guns and a Taser. Childs however, was not charged. In an interview with Today Tonight
Today Tonight
Today Tonight is a controversial Australian News and Current Affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
which broadcast on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
on 11 April 2011, Childs revealed that he was earning less than he had as a forklift driver, despite releasing a single in 2010 and touring all over Australia. He also revealed that he is planning to marry his 19 year-old girlfriend, Nikki Kingston, who he met through Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
.
In June 2011, Childs told Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show
The Kyle & Jackie O Show
The Kyle & Jackie O Show is Australia’s most listened-to breakfast radio show hosted by Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O on 2DayFM, Sydney. Syndicated to over 78 stations nationwide, the show has been airing since 16 January 2005. The show is a 9-time winner and 36-time finalist of the Australian...
that he was planning a national tour of Australia in August, and that—if his record label agreed—would love to release a second album.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| 2010 | Altiyan Childs Altiyan Childs (album) -Release history:...
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Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... : Platinum |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... s |
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| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| 2010 | "Somewhere in the World Somewhere in the World (song) "Somewhere in the World" is a song by season two winner of The X Factor Australia, Altiyan Childs. Serving as the lead single from his self-titled debut album, "Somewhere in the World" was released as a download-only single following his win on the X Factor on 22 November 2010... " |
8 | 5 |
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| 2011 | "Ordinary Man" | 55 | — | Second studio album | |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Type | Award | Result |
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| 2011 | ARIA Music Awards ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association... |
Highest Selling Album (Altiyan Childs) | |
| Most Popular Australian Artist | |||