{"id":47469,"date":"2019-03-01T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T11:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=47469"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T11:48:26","slug":"brit-award-winner-tom-walker-releases-debut-album-what-a-time-to-be-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/brit-award-winner-tom-walker-releases-debut-album-what-a-time-to-be-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIT Award Winner Tom Walker Releases Debut Album &#8216;What A Time To Be Alive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Today March 1 sees the release of Tom Walker&#8217;s debut album, &#8216;What A Time To Be Alive&#8217;. The title could well be a description of what&#8217;s been going on in Tom&#8217;s head lately: he won the BRIT Award for British Breakthrough Act, and was nominated for his single, &#8216;Leave A Light On&#8217;. That track entered straight into the UK Official Top 40 songs of 2018, and also hit the #1 spot on iTunes in 20 countries, and sold Platinum in 10.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- Random Ad stuff --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2018 also saw Walker nab several other awards, including Sync Artist of the Year at the Music Week Sync\u00a0Awards as well as the notable ASCAP Vanguard Award &#8211; previous recipients include Dua Lipa, Jess\u00a0Glynn and Calvin Harris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ten track album, &#8216;What A Time To Be Alive&#8217;, features previous releases &#8216;Angels&#8217;, &#8216;Leave A Light On&#8217;, and the currently BBC Radio 1 A-listed track, &#8216;Just You And I&#8217; &#8211; as well as a great collaboration &#8211; previously unheard &#8211; with Zara Larsson, on &#8216;Now You&#8217;re Gone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scottish-born and Manchester-raised, Tom Walker has carved for himself a success story to be proud of. With &#8216;What A Time To Be Alive&#8217;, he&#8217;s sure to mark even more milestones in this and the coming years. What a time to be alive, indeed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom is about to set off on his UK and European tour starting tomorrow. Find tickets and further information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamtomwalker.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Tom Walker online on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamtomwalker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamtomwalker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IamTomWalker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamtomwalker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. Stream and download &#8216;What A Time To Be Alive&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/TWWhatATimeToBeAlive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_84873\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8lICbtXlMo?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/m8lICbtXlMo\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today March 1 sees the release of Tom Walker&#8217;s debut album, &#8216;What A Time To Be Alive&#8217;. The title could well be a description of what&#8217;s been going on in Tom&#8217;s head lately: he won the BRIT Award for British Breakthrough Act, and was nominated for his single, &#8216;Leave A Light On&#8217;. That track entered straight into the UK Official Top 40 songs of 2018, and also hit the #1 spot on iTunes in 20 countries, and sold Platinum in 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":47468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,57,9,640],"tags":[10457,1486,8859,394,7299,18622,19608,984,144,77,19609,284,872,6360,103,840,18623,13012],"class_list":["post-47469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-angels","tag-bbc-radio-1","tag-brit-award","tag-concerts","tag-european-tour","tag-just-you-and-i","tag-leave-a-light-on","tag-manchester","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-now-youre-gone","tag-scotland","tag-scottish","tag-tom-walker","tag-tour","tag-uk-tour","tag-what-a-time-to-be-alive","tag-zara-larsson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-clD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49636,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/05\/tom-walker-rock-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":47469,"position":0},"title":"Tom Walker Rocks Nottingham At Rock City Gig","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"06\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"On the back of his two Brit Awards wins and his chart-topping debut album \u2018What A Time To Be Alive\u2019, Tom Walker put on a heartfelt performance for his Nottingham fans at Rock City.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/823E8F60-23C1-4562-9F08-35A7A710A421.jpeg?fit=602%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/823E8F60-23C1-4562-9F08-35A7A710A421.jpeg?fit=602%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/823E8F60-23C1-4562-9F08-35A7A710A421.jpeg?fit=602%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45112,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/tom-walker-releases-just-you-and-i-from-debut-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":47469,"position":1},"title":"Tom Walker Releases &#8216;Just You And I&#8217; From Debut Album","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"18\/01\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Following what was undoubtedly the most impressive 12 months of his career, Tom Walker, who has established himself as one of UK\u2019s biggest stars, sets himself up for bigger things as he starts off 2019 with the release of single \u2018Just You And I\u2019. 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