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**John William Grant** (born July 25, 1968) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter who holds both American and Icelandic citizenship. He first became known as the co-founder, lead singer, pianist, and primary songwriter for the [alternative rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock "Alternative rock") band [the Czars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Czars "The Czars"). After releasing six albums from 1994 to 2006, the band split up and Grant retired for four years before starting a solo career. Grant's debut solo album [*Queen of Denmark*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Denmark_\(album\) "Queen of Denmark (album)") (2010) was named the best album of the year by [*Mojo*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo_\(magazine\) "Mojo (magazine)"). His second album [*Pale Green Ghosts*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Green_Ghosts "Pale Green Ghosts") (2013) was named the best album of the year by [Rough Trade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Trade_\(shops\) "Rough Trade (shops)"). His third album [*Grey Tickles, Black Pressure*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Tickles,_Black_Pressure "Grey Tickles, Black Pressure") (2015) received widespread critical acclaim and peaked at No. 5 on the [UK albums chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_albums_chart "UK albums chart"), while his fourth album [*Love Is Magic*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Magic "Love Is Magic") (2018) entered the top 20 in the UK. His fifth and sixth albums [*Boy from Michigan*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_from_Michigan "Boy from Michigan") (2021) and [*The Art of the Lie*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Lie "The Art of the Lie") (2024) also received acclaim. His other work includes the live album *John Grant and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: Live in Concert* (2014), on which he performed songs from his first two albums while accompanied by the [BBC Philharmonic Orchestra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Philharmonic_Orchestra "BBC Philharmonic Orchestra"). Grant is also known for his collaborations with varied musicians such as [Budgie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgie_\(musician\) "Budgie (musician)"), [CMAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMAT_\(musician\) "CMAT (musician)"), [Elbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow_\(band\) "Elbow (band)"), [Elton John](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John "Elton John"), [Goldfrapp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfrapp "Goldfrapp"), [GusGus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GusGus "GusGus"), [Hercules and Love Affair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_and_Love_Affair "Hercules and Love Affair"), [Kylie Minogue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue "Kylie Minogue"), [Midlake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlake "Midlake"), [Robbie Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Williams "Robbie Williams"), [Sinéad O'Connor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O'Connor "Sinéad O'Connor"), [Tracey Thorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Thorn "Tracey Thorn"), [Linda Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Thompson_\(singer\) "Linda Thompson (singer)"), [Big Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Special "Big Special") and [Bi-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-2 "Bi-2"). Since 2018, he has been the lead vocalist of Creep Show, a side project he formed with the members of rock band [Wrangler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Mallinder "Stephen Mallinder").
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Alternative Rock, Synth-Pop
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