Christian Burns
Christian Anthony Burns is an English singer and songwriter. He is the son of Tony Burns of The Signs, a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.
Career
Burns was a member of the popular British band BBMak, along with Mark Barry and Stephen McNally. The group sold nearly three million albums worldwide and had a top 5 single with "Back Here", in the UK. In the United States, "Back Here" reached number 1 in the charts and received heavy video play on MTV and TRL.In 2003, the band broke up, and all the members went on to pursue solo careers.
Since then Burns has been collaborating with other artists and dance projects. In 2007, he worked with Tiësto on the track "In the Dark", for the album Elements of Life. He collaborated with Tiësto again on the track entitled "Power of You", where Tiësto used the alias Allure.
He has also collaborated with Benny Benassi, on the song "Love and Motion", and American singer Jes Brieden on the song "As We Collide".
He is featured heavily on electronic musician BT's 2010 album These Hopeful Machines, co-writing the songs "Suddenly", "The Emergency", and "Forget Me". He provides lead vocals on "Suddenly" and backing vocals on "The Emergency" and "Forget Me".
He also collaborated with Richard Durand on "Night & Day", and with Armin van Buuren on "This Light Between Us", taken from his album Mirage. Other collaborations include tracks by Matt Darey, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Dirty South.
Burns' debut solo album is called Simple Modern Answers and was released on 25 October 2013.
In 2012, Burns began a collaboration with BT on a single entitled All Hail the Silence, eventually leading to a full studio album initially set for release in the late summer or fall of 2012, but was postponed until after both are done with their solo albums. All Hail the Silence and the subsequent album are notable in that they were created using analog synthesizers without the aid of a computer. On 21 July 2014, Transeau and Burns announced that their band would be touring with Erasure in the fall of 2014 for the album The Violet Flame. On August 24, 2016, the band announced that they would release a limited edition colored 12" vinyl collectible extended play entitled AHTS-001 with Shopify on September 19, 2016. On September 28, 2018, the band released their first official single, "Diamonds in the Snow", along with its accompanying music video. The band's first album, Daggers, was released on January 18, 2019.
In 2016, Burns, instrumentalist Jonathan Radford Mead and drummer Ash Soan formed a band called The Blind Love. Their first song, "Without You", was released and premiered on the episode "Coming Home Was a Mistake" on the television series The Vampire Diaries. Their next song, "Run ", premiered on November 30, 2016 on the episode "Interference" for the television series Frequency. A third song, "Wild Horses", was released on April 2, 2018. Their first extended play was released on May 14, 2018. The second extended play was released on August 13, 2018.
Burns is also working on a solo album to be released by Black Hole Recordings in 2019. He recently reunited with members Barry and McNally for a tour and a new BBMak album the same year.
Discography
- For the Christian Burns discography with BBMak, see BBMak discography.
- For the Christian Burns discography with All Hail the Silence, see All Hail the Silence discography.
Albums
Solo
- Simple Modern Answers
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart Positions | Album |
| Year | Song | UK | Album |
| 2012 | "Bullet" | – | Simple Modern Answers |
| 2012 | "As We Collide" | – | Simple Modern Answers |
| 2013 | "Perfectly" | – | Simple Modern Answers |
| 2013 | "One Thousand Suns" | – | Simple Modern Answers |
| 2013 | "We Are Tonight" | – | Simple Modern Answers |
| 2014 | "Frozen Heart " | – | Simple Modern Answers |
| 2016 | "Bright Enough to See You" | – | |
| 2018 | "You're Not Alone" | – | TBA |
| 2019 | "Fire + Ice" | – | TBA |
| 2020 | "The Magic" | – | TBA |
As featured artist
| Date | Song | Chart Positions | Album |
| UK | Song | - | Album |
| 16 April 2007 | "In the Dark" | 133 | Elements of Life |
| 29 September 2008 | "Something About You" | – | Non-album single |
| 22 November 2008 | "Power of You" | – | |
| 12 January 2010 | "Suddenly" | – | These Hopeful Machines |
| 2 August 2010 | "Night & Day" | – | Wide Awake |
| 14 June 2010 | "Forget Me" | – | These Hopeful Machines |
| 28 September 2010 | "The Emergency" | – | These Hopeful Machines |
| 12 November 2010 | "This Light Between Us" | – | Mirage, Simple Modern Answers |
| 28 February 2011 | "Tokyo Cries" | – | Non-album single |
| 12 September 2011 | "On the Wire" | – | Kiss from the Past |
| 13 March 2012 | "Silver Splits the Blue" | – | Non-album single |
| 26 May 2014 | "Still In Love" | – | Uplifting |
| 11 August 2014 | "Paralyzed" | – | Non-album single |
| 15 September 2014 | "We Are the Ones" | – | Non-album single |
| 23 February 2015 | "Miracles" | – | Find Your Harmony |
| 23 February 2015 | "In the Dark " | – | Non-album single |
| 17 July 2015 | "Who I Am" | – | Non-album single |
| 7 August 2015 | "Where the Lights Are" | – | Non-album single |
| 7 September 2015 | "Skin & Bones" | – | Non-album single |
| 25 August 2016 | "Brightheart" | – | Non-album single |
| 6 October 2016 | "All I See Is You" | – | Non-album single |
| 16 December 2016 | "One More Time" | – | Non-album single |
| 28 July 2017 | "One More Time " | – | Non-album single |
| 1 September 2017 | "Planet Earth" | – | Non-album single |
| 6 October 2017 | "In the Dark " | – | Non-album single |
| 18 February 2019 | "Supersonic" | – | Non-album single |
Other appearances
The Bleachworks- 12 October 2009 – "Gravity"
- 4 March 2010 – "Breakdown"
- 9 September 2010 – "Save This City"
- 11 April 2011 – "It's Ok"
- 30 December 2005 – Sky High – "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
- 21 November 2006 – Little Athens – "Tranquilized"