John Newman (born 1991 in Settle, Yorkshire Dales, Northern England) is a British soul singer and musician from London. He is best known as being a featured artist for Rudimental’s number one single “Feel the Love” and top 20 single “Not Giving In”. He started playing guitar and writing his own songs at the age of 14 and soon learned how to record and produce himself, even making his own house tracks and DJing. At 20 he moved to London, started a band, played live and got signed to Island Records.