Sony Music UK scoops up breakout gospel choir that performed ‘Stand By Me’ at the Royal wedding. When The Kingdom Choir sang “Stand By Me”…
Sony Music UK scoops up breakout gospel choir that performed ‘Stand By Me’ at the Royal wedding.
When The Kingdom Choir sang “Stand By Me” at Harry and Meghan’s May 19 Windsor wedding, their voices were heard round the world. Just a few short months later, the group of 30 London-based singers is reveling in a new milestone after being signed by Sony Music UK.
BBC News reported on the story.
‘We are absolutely over the moon, delighted, it’s a dream. We’re all so excited.”
The Kingdom Choir had been together for two decades already when they were invited to perform at the royal nuptials, stunning the world with their rendition of Ben E. King’s 1961 hit song at the Windsor wedding. The song topped the charts at No. 4 when it was released, and Billboard added that The Kingdom Choir’s rendition sold 9,000 downloads by May 24. Before this first royal performance, the biggest crowd they’d ever had at one of their shows since their founding in 1994 was 200 people. In the weeks following the royal wedding, the YouTube clip of their performance has been viewed three million times.
Gibson also was quoted by The New York Post saying that the attention they received, and the resulting record deal, was anything but expected.
“We really didn’t expect that and we really just thought that we would have a lovely time at the wedding and maybe have a bit of a platform, but then this happens. I would never have thought it in a million years.”
