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<\/p>\nCHART-topping pop star Calum Scott has reflected on his rise to fame admitting it "blows my mind".<\/p>\n
The former\u00a0Britain's Got Talent\u00a0star, 34, has gone from working at the council to achieving a billion streams for his cover of Robyn's hit Dancing On My Own.<\/p>\n
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Last year he performed at the King's Coronation with Take That and he is currently on a world tour – and soon to release his third album.<\/p>\n
But a decade ago chart success was a just a pipe dream as he penned songs at home in his bedroom.<\/p>\n
Calum said: "It blows my little Yorkshire mind to bits. <\/p>\n
"There are moments where you have reality hit whilst you're on stage. Singing for the King is the craziest thing I've ever done. <\/p>\n
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"Then there's singing with pop royalty – Gary Barlow and the Take That boys, be singing to all these people and then my brain will flash me back to when I was working at the council, sat at my desk, dreaming of performing for audiences – not even across the world, just in my home town.<\/p>\n
"We were performing in Turkey for the first time the other night and it's now rare for me to say that, because I've been so lucky to tour in most countries. <\/p>\n
"It is a surreal feeling; my imposter syndrome goes off massively. <\/p>\n
"I'm just absolutely loving it. I'm so grateful and can't think of anything else I'd rather do."<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Revealing that he's eager to keep his feet on the ground, he told\u00a0Metro: "Craziness does set in from time to time because it's not real. <\/p>\n "I spend the time I get off back up in my home town with my best friends.<\/p>\n "I've known since before music, and with my family. Being Uncle Calum to my nephew and going to the park is more important than me being a pop star. <\/p>\n "Things like that keep me grounded. <\/p>\n "And then when Im away on tour, I'm lucky that I'm surrounded by the most amazing team – so when things do get tough on tour, which they do, as much as this is a dream job\u2026<\/p>\n "Having that support network makes sure you're talking about it and not locked in your hotel room shutting the world out."<\/p>\n He shot to fame back in 2015 after competing on\u00a0Britain's Got Talent, where he performed his version of Robyn's hit Dancing On My Own.<\/p>\n After coming sixth in the contest, Calum released his version as a single the following year, which peaked at No2 on the UK Singles Chart and became Britain's best-selling single of summer 2016.<\/p>\n He released his debut album Only Human in 2018, which was followed in 2022 by Bridges.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, the singer confessed he's keen to become a father.<\/p>\n He said: ""I\u2019ve got this amazing career, and I hope to have it for the rest of my life, but what\u2019s outside this job?<\/p>\n "I want to have my own family. I want to be able to do all that sort of stuff. <\/p>\n "This year I told myself I would look at surrogacy and what that looks like, and how to start my own family. Hopefully, as we go through this year, I\u2019ll be sat making plans."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bbc-breakfast-logo-2.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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