Barratt was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England and while still very young moved north to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. He started singing and dancing in junior school and had to put up with years of bullying because of it. He might well have become a professional dancer and even attended The Royal Ballet for a while but, in his early teens, he was ‘spotted’ singing by comedian and TV host Michael Barrymore, and appeared on his ‘My Kind of People’ and ‘My Kind of Music’ programmes.
Barratt was introduced to Sir Cliff Richard who, with Clive Black, had just launched Black Knight Records, and was immediately signed to them. He was guest performer 90 times for Sir Cliff at the Royal Albert Hall and in Birmingham, and appears on two of Cliff’s videos. Black Knight licenced Barratt to Warner Music and his first album was produced.

‘I Love You’ Goodbye’ was released in France, Japan, Korea and the USA in 2000 and stores sold out very quickly. New stocks of the album were about to be ordered when Warner Music underwent restructuring and the new version seemed to have no place for crossover classical. So Barratt went his own way, developed a broader vocal range and began writing his own music.
He released the single ‘Skip a Beat’ in 2003 and his 2nd album ‘Much Love…’ on which he has either written or co-written the majority of the tracks. ‘Much Love…’ has been released in the UK on Barratt’s own label (BNW) and is also available worldwide as a digital download.

Who does he sound like? Many have tried to liken him to established artists such as Michael Jackson, Darren Hayes and the Bee Gees, but no one can quite agree. No wonder. His sound encompasses traces of each, and yet the overall vocal is all his own. It questions its very location and has a heartfelt delivery that makes even the most hardened soul take notice. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.